If you are a regular reader you will know that before Christmas I made some hot glue and glitter snowflakes to hang on our tree, based on the original idea from Aunt Peaches. Ahead of the Red Ted Art Valentine's Craft Hangout, I adapted the idea to make some Hot Glue Heart- Shaped cake toppers. Here's how: Using your hot glue gun, pipe out a heart shape onto silicone baking sheet. Sprinkle with glitter and wait until cool. When cold, turn … [Read more...]
Three Crafts for Burn’s Night
I grew up celebrating Burn's Night on January 25th. I presume it's an Armed Forces thing because we aren't Scottish. That doesn't stop me wanting to share three great Crafts you can make for Burn's Night with your children, though! 1. Haggis Craft: what could be easier that splatter painting? Children love it and the texture works brilliantly too. 2. Thistle craft: pompoms and sticks make simple yet striking … [Read more...]
Cardboard box craft: golden ticket Roald Dahl costume
Roald Dahl Day is a new thing for me. As was the request for a costume at fairly short notice. I know my daughter and costumes: she is highly sensitive and thus costumes have a social terror attached to them that I cannot begin to understand. So I knew that she would need a costume that she could take off totally- to remove herself from a stressful situation- but that she would need a costume- to follow the school request, which is law in her … [Read more...]
A weekend in London with Tots 100
I received an email whilst on holiday this summer telling me that we had won a weekend break in London with Tots100 and Sealife. It was such a shock to find that our picture of fish, made so long ago and such a treasured memory, had won. And so in November we took the train to London for a night at the Marriott County Hall and a host of wonderful treats. First was the London Eye. I spent the time welded to the middle seat praying the … [Read more...]
Washi Tape Thank You Cards
Inspired by a memory of a post I saw at Red Ted Art a few years ago, today The Girls and I made some super-easy Thank You Cards that would work well not just post-Christmas but any time you receive a present. I cut different-sized squares from brown paper, which we stuck to pre-folded cards you can get in most Arts and Crafts shops. Then we used various colours of washi tape to 'wrap' the parcels. I added a few bows here and there, … [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...]
New Year’s Interview printable
I mentioned in my last post that we like to talk with the children about what they have enjoyed and achieved in the outgoing year and if there is anything they would be keen to do in the year ahead. We look at our memory jar of funny clever and insightful things that they have said throughout the year, and talk about the future. It helps get a focus as a family. But it's also a great way of charting change in your growing [up] family. In … [Read more...]
