Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
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To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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Send your child a special message from Father Christmas
November 30, 2010 – 7:56 am | One Comment
Send your child a special message from Father Christmas

My son was so excited last year when he received a video message from Santa himself. What made it even more special was that Santa not only knew his name and where he lived, but …

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Monday crafts: Rudolf the Christmas sock
November 29, 2010 – 4:39 am | 2 Comments
Monday crafts: Rudolf the Christmas sock

When Only Dads, a support website for single dads was approached to decorate a large Christmas tree in the Dartington Hall Trust, Bob Greig, the single father behind this great organization came up with the …

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Simple Christmas cards
November 27, 2010 – 6:55 am | No Comment
Simple Christmas cards

The theme for this month’s Get Crafty is white. To some people white might be plain, but to a lot of us white is stylish and beautiful that’s why we made these lovely Christmas cards. …

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Giveaway: win a fabulous educational game
November 26, 2010 – 4:06 am | 20 Comments
Giveaway: win a fabulous educational game

It is competition time here at Fabmums for you lovely readers. The Happy Puzzle Company has generously offered this wonderful game, Thinktangles (read the review), to one lucky winner.  To enter all you need …

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The importance of songs in the bilingual journey from nursery rhymes to pop music
November 25, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comment
The importance of songs in the bilingual journey from nursery rhymes to pop music

When it comes to exposing children to another language there is nothing better than songs. Nursery rhymes are not only very popular with young kids, they are also educational and they lay the foundations for …

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Learn through play with board games: Thinktangles
November 23, 2010 – 2:50 am | No Comment
Learn through play with board games: Thinktangles

I would like to welcome on board my lovely new sponsor The Happy Puzzle Company, a great place to find educational games and puzzles for kids of all ages. They also organize puzzle challenge days for …

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Monday Crafts: Homemade Nativity
November 22, 2010 – 11:29 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: Homemade Nativity

At the weekend we have been busy making our Nativity with recycled items and air dry clay. It is a little early, but we’ll be away for a week at the beginning of December so …

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Before & After: from bed to desk
November 20, 2010 – 8:58 am | 3 Comments
Before & After: from bed to desk

I have recently come across The Gallery hosted on Sticky Fingers, a weekly link up of photographs that follows a different theme every week. When I saw this week’s theme, Before & After, I immediately …

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Christmas crafts: how to make a candle holder with air dry clay
November 18, 2010 – 6:58 am | No Comment
Christmas crafts: how to make a candle holder with air dry clay

Our first Christmas decoration of the year is a candle holder made out of air dry clay. I am a huge fan of air dry clay and I have used it a lot in the …

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London Paris New York
November 17, 2010 – 6:36 am | No Comment
London Paris New York

Do you remember the hand paper cut maps of London, Paris and New York by Famille Summerbelle? Now those gorgeous maps are reproduced onto canvas shopping bags and they are fabulous. The shoppers are made …

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Bedtime made easy with Glo, the nightlight with portable balls
November 16, 2010 – 1:47 am | No Comment
Bedtime made easy with Glo, the nightlight with portable balls

The multi-colour nightlight by Boon is just what you need to get your kids to go to sleep willingly. The innovative night light is a low energy L.E.D. base with removable phosphorescent balls that keep …

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Christmas crafts: hanging snowman made of newspaper pages and cotton wool
November 15, 2010 – 3:53 am | 3 Comments
Christmas crafts: hanging snowman made of newspaper pages and cotton wool

We have been very busy at the weekend working on ideas for our Christmas crafts and setting a few of them in motion. We will make our own nativity using a variety of materials, from …

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