It’s been a while since I had a good look around Etsy. Today I was looking for inspiration for my Easter gifts and I found just the thing I was looking for: gift boxes that …

This is a sponsored post I am in the process of redecorating my son’s room to make it more suitable for a growing boy that is truly over his preschool years. His interests are changing …

Spring is definitely in the air so at the weekend we made a kite that we hope to fly soon. We live on an island so we won’t have to wait too long for the …

Model building with bolster wood kits turned out to be more complicated than I had originally expected, but it was a lot of fun. I got two kits, an airplane and a windmill. I thought …

This is a sponsored post Winter is officially over and though we might still have the odd cold day, you can really feel spring is in the air. Days are longer, trees are blossoming and …

Empty cereal boxes are great to get creative at so many levels. They can be used for storage, as desk organizers or simply to make things to play with. This weekend, we made some cute …

To celebrate St Patrick’s Day we made two napkin rings with a three leaf clover decoration, which is one of the symbols of this day celebrated all over the world by all Irish people. To …

 I was just browsing around for summer clothes for my son and I was quite taken by their funky t-shirts on Mini Boden. I have bought a few items from them before and I …

I like making things with old newspapers and magazine pages. They are a great material to make anything you want, so at the weekend we made some pretty flowers using glossy magazine paper, glue, straws …

  Ever since it was formed in 1844 the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers continued growing steadily and quickly turned itself into a co-operative model that remains the foundation of …

I have so many empty jars stacked away that a craft using one of them was unavoidable. We made Halloween lanterns back in autumn and now it is the turn of a spring lantern that …

Times tables is a hot topic in our house at the moment and luckily so far so good. It is just a matter of learning them one by one, but why not making it …