Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

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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Learn through play: rhymes to teach children how to tie shoe laces
February 3, 2010 – 9:20 am | No Comment
Learn through play: rhymes to teach children how to tie shoe laces

Teaching children to tie their shoe laces requires patience, practice and a lot of praise.  There are various ways to teach how to tie a bow, so it is important to decide which method to …

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Personalised gifts, party invites and more…
February 2, 2010 – 8:18 am | One Comment
Personalised gifts, party invites and more…

I discovered mooo last year when I was looking for eco-friendly Christmas tree options and I was really impressed with their wall stickers. Since then I have been keeping an eye on their products and …

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Monday Crafts: how to decorate a shelf with comics’ cuttings
February 1, 2010 – 7:19 am | No Comment
Monday Crafts: how to decorate a shelf with comics’ cuttings

If your child is an avid comics’ reader, then you are probably wondering what to do with all that precious paper piling up on the bookshelves. Well, I know one thing for sure comics or …

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Introducing the new chalk table by P’kolino
January 29, 2010 – 3:25 am | No Comment
Introducing the new chalk table by P’kolino

I love the new chalk table with reversible top by P’kolino. I am a huge fun of draw-on/wipe-off surfaces and this table seems particularly good. The modern and simple design typical of …

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Save the Children’s appeal continues
January 28, 2010 – 1:19 am | One Comment

Save the Children was one of the first to bring aid to Leogane, a town close to the epicentre of the Haiti earthquake. Since Jan 20th 2010, when this film was shot, Save the …

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Learn through play: telling the time
January 27, 2010 – 7:36 am | 2 Comments
Learn through play: telling the time

Learning to tell the time is an important milestone for young ones, even more so nowadays that kids are equally exposed to analogue and digital clocks, which it might be a tad confusing. …

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Light-up balloons that make you feel like throwing a party
January 26, 2010 – 8:07 am | No Comment
Light-up balloons that make you feel like throwing a party

Kids will absolutely love these light-up balloons.  They can be inflated with air or helium and last up to 15 hours for hours and hours of fun.  iLLoomm balloons are safe for kids to play …

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Monday crafts: pegs and cardboard storage wheel
January 25, 2010 – 4:38 am | 2 Comments
Monday crafts: pegs and cardboard storage wheel

For our fourth and final post in the Todd Oldham’s kid Made Modern series we picked the storage wheel inspired by Ray and Charles Eames. This is a very enjoyable project especially because we used …

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Fun cabin beds
January 22, 2010 – 3:37 am | 2 Comments
Fun cabin beds

There is nothing like a cool bed to stop that bedtime resistance all parents experience at some point or another. The new cabin beds by Thuka certainly look the part. What little girl wouldn’t …

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Recycly: colour coded & interactive educational waste containers
January 21, 2010 – 5:48 am | One Comment
Recycly: colour coded & interactive educational waste containers

When it comes to educating children about recycling there is no better way than a playful environment, which can be paired with a reward system to keep the interest going. I have …

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Fun cupcakes for children parties
January 20, 2010 – 1:35 am | One Comment
Fun cupcakes for children parties

If you say children parties, I say cupcakes; if you say cupcakes I say Martha Stewart. She has the most fun looking cupcakes, which, I am sure, are as delicious as they look. Cupcakes are …

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Help raising funds for Haiti
January 19, 2010 – 4:12 am | No Comment
Help raising funds for Haiti

As well as promoting many ways of raising funds for Haiti British Mummy Bloggers have come together to raise funds to send shelter boxes. English Mum has set up a JustGiving page Bloggers for Haiti …

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