Wax Crayon Poppies: a Remembrance Day Craft A couple of years ago I made some Pumpkin/Jack-o-Lanterns from wax discs of paper and wax crayons. I found the post recently and it occurred to me that you could use precisely the same technique to make poppies- an easy and effective Remembrance Day Craft. It's quite simple: you grate the wax crayons- I used red and black- then arrange the colours on a disc of waxed paper. Mine are from the sets … [Read more...]
How to paint your front door
Growing up I moved around the world with my parents, I went to boarding school, then I got a job that involved travelling. So with our first house, it was so important to me that I declared my ownership. In my case (and the then-boyfriend, of course) it was with a smart new front door, painted black and decorated with frosted numbers on the glass panel above, just like I'd seen in the Grand Designs magazine. Once that was done, it really felt … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Thank You Teacher cards
Summer holidays are almost here and I have already shared several ideas for Teacher Gifts that you can make, so now's the time to make Thank You Teacher cards to go with them. The best thing about them is that they are quick and easy and don't require too many craft supplies. They literally take five minutes to make and I love the cute lined-paper look that they have. You just need: White card: in my case I used plain cards I bought in bulk … [Read more...]
{Teachers Gifts} How to make a Tea Bouquet
Last year the Teacher's Gifts were all about coffee. I had 14 of them to make from the funds collected as a Class Rep. This year, I don't have that pressure and so can take the time to create something a little more unusual. Which is why, when I spotted a Tea Bouquet on a recent trip to Holland, I bought one for Granny- the only tea lover on my corner of the world- and decided to replicate it for LBG's teachers. The key thing with this … [Read more...]
Rapunzel in the tower Bookmarks and a dozen other great Fairytale Crafts
LBG is on her way with reading: she came home screaming with joy last week because she has moved up a reading stage and is utterly delighted with herself. DH and I are so happy to see her love of reading grow by the day. Now that she has moved on to larger longer books, she often needs to leave some pages for the following day, so we have been plunged into the world of the bookmark. With the awful weather beating down all around, The Girls and … [Read more...]
Candy Cane Horse: Year of the Horse
At the end of January it's time for Chinese New Year. As I was taking down the Christmas Tree the other day it occurred to me that you could make such a cute little Horse for Chinese Year of the Horse using the candy canes and a few bits of felt. I used the candy cane as a template and drew around it, then used that as the basis for a template. I traced around the template and cut out a pair of horses heads. Then I sewed the pair of felt … [Read more...]
Hot glue and glitter Snowflake ornament
This really is a wonderfully simple festive craft inspired by the most amazing craft blogger- Aunt Peaches. Earlier in the year she shared a post on how to make a confetti cake topper which is, I think you will agree, a fabulous craft. It was an idea that I tucked away in my head (and on Pinterest) with a view to making later in the year. And then, when I was working out ideas for our Christmas Ornament Craft , the confetti cake topper came … [Read more...]
