Fab Mums

The Design Museum in London has an interesting workshop coming up in April to coincide with the current exhibition, Brit Insurance Designs of the Year. The theme of the workshop is transport hence the title: Slide, Glide and Ride. Children between 5 and 11 are invited to express their creativity coached by industry experts to create [...]

The Snail and the Whale is the latest addition to our bookshelf. As usual Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have come up with the goods and produced yet another great story with fabulous illustrations. The Snail and the Whale is the sweet tale of two very different creatures that use their individual strengths to help each [...]

For our weekly crafts this week we have made two little Easter baskets out of white clay.
To make the baskets you need a packet of DAS modelling air dry clay, a cup, acrylic paint, paint brushes, shredded tissue paper, and mini chocolate eggs.
To start with we made a round base for the basket using the [...]

I like the funky radiators by Italian company ID-EE, with radiators like these there is no need to resort to space wasting covers but you will want them in full view. The puzzle shaped radiators add colour to children’s bedroom turning a necessary item which is often unpleasant to the eye into a decorative object. [...]

With favourite children classics hitting the App Store, it is not surprising to find Old MacDonald joined the latest trends and got his very own iPhone to use on his farm! Fish The Mouse Media is the company behind the rejuvenation of one of the most popular classic children songs. This engaging app features beautiful [...]

I love the print your own Easter party kits available from Etsy seller Happy Thought. The lovely Bunny car rally kit includes templates for Easter baskets, individual Bunny cars with space for eggs, cupcake toppers, mini buntings and tags. All you need to do is follow the instructions to print the template on the paper [...]

What was intended to be a simple print on a white t-shirt ended up in a full on expression of my son’s creativity.  Last time we printed fabric we encountered a few problems with smudging so this time I was determined to make a stencil. Stencils worked well in our previous Easter cards crafts project [...]