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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Cute party invites and thank you notes by Sukie designs
July 24, 2009 – 1:59 am | One Comment
Cute party invites and thank you notes by Sukie designs

These animal cards by Sukie are perfect as party invites and tank you notes. The box set contains 16 cards and envelopes with a selection of animals in a varied colour range and a sticker …

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Make your own colourful storage box
July 15, 2009 – 1:37 am | No Comment
Make your own colourful storage box

I can’t stop raving about how pleased I am with the summer camp my kid goes to, which is run by the same people I have written about a while back Bibliomela who host such …

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Printable birthday set from Etsy
July 8, 2009 – 1:21 am | No Comment
Printable birthday set from Etsy

If you are creative and enjoy crafts, but your design skills are limited then this print and fun solution is for you. You can still have fun making the party bags, invites and party hats …

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Make a card for Father’s Day
June 12, 2009 – 3:44 am | No Comment
Make a card for Father’s Day

Because we like crafts, we are going to make our Father’s Day card this year. I have been looking around for original ideas and as always I have found great inspiration from Kaboose crafts section. …

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Fun crafts project turned rocks into colourful ladybugs
May 13, 2009 – 3:12 am | One Comment
Fun crafts project turned rocks into colourful ladybugs

I have so many rocks and shells in my house that I just had to find a way to do something with them. My little rock collector seems to know exactly how many pieces he …

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Best Mother’s Day Gift
May 10, 2009 – 12:34 am | No Comment
Best Mother’s Day Gift

  This year I have had two mother’s days, I guess it is one of the benefits of hopping between two countries that celebrate mothering Sunday at different times. I had …

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Creative recycling for kids
April 28, 2009 – 5:48 am | No Comment
Creative recycling for kids

I have recently discovered a fantastic website with great ideas for art and crafts projects to do with children aged 3-6. All projects are created by Kerri Sellens a mother of 2 with over …

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Celebrating Earth Day with recycling crafts
April 21, 2009 – 1:34 am | No Comment
Celebrating Earth Day with recycling crafts

What better way to celebrate Earth Day then entertaining your kids with fun recycling crafts. I went looking for fresh ideas and I found some great projects on Kaboose. There is a lot that …

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Flowers and chocolate for Easter
April 9, 2009 – 8:11 am | One Comment
Flowers and chocolate for Easter

I am so proud when Luca brings home one of his projects from school. This year the best Easter basket in our house is definitely his hand crafted flower basket. A lovely and simple paper …

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Easy bookmark
April 6, 2009 – 6:37 am | No Comment
Easy bookmark

We recently started reading The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) by Roald Dahl. This is the first long book we read, and with a chapter a night we needed something to bookmark our pages so instead …

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Easter fun
April 3, 2009 – 3:58 am | One Comment
Easter fun

For a little extra fun this Easter visit the kids department at Selfridges on Oxford Street for Bunny Hunts, Easter Crafts and even a chance to meet the Easter Bunny. Bunny Hunts start tomorrow and will continue daily …

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Farmyard Tales creations
March 18, 2009 – 3:01 am | No Comment
Farmyard Tales creations

We are constantly making things out of paper, cardboard, plastic and anything we can find, but we often need a little help to find new ideas. I have found a great book with original suggestions …

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