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 …

Snakes and ladders is one of our favorite games so this week we made an original version with cardboard, coloured tissue paper, acrylic paint and glue. We took a piece of sturdy cardboard already cut …

If your children are fascinated with dinosaurs as much as mine is then you may want to take a look at this fabulous little book we picked up at The Natural History Museum’s shop when …

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson is a great book that inspired many crafts and games in our house. In addition to the animals and palm trees we made along the way, we started making masks …

Today we painted a simple drawing by cutting the shapes of the drawing out in such a way to make a stencil and transferring the image with one colour paint applied with a wet cloth. …

What do you do when your child is off school with the flu? You quickly put your thinking cap on and improvise a range of unexpected crafts. Today we went through daddy’s old stuff such …

In view of Valentine’s Day next week we have made a heart printed desk file and pen holder. The best part of this craft was the printing of plain paper with potato hearts. Before starting …

Today’s craft is something we made back in the summer, we have a few crafts up our sleeve for times like this when we are unable to craft at the weekend due to other commitments. …

After the magazine coasters it is the turn of a magazine placemat. I first saw the amazing stuff you can make with magazine pages browsing the Natural History Museum’s shop and since then I have …

This weekend we played with geometrical shapes, which inspired today’s craft. As we pride ourselves for being keen upcyclers we made something out of what would normally hit the recycle bin. Recently I got really …

The amount of pencils and pens that are mounting up on my son’s desk is scary so this weekend we got into our crafty mood and made something that also helps to store some of …

Creative storage solutions, crafting and recycling are amongst my favourite topics so I often bring them together to express our creativity. The sweet looking animal in the picture is our recent desk organizer, which we …