Pretend play seems to be my son’s favourite activity right now; in particular he likes to pretend to be a restaurant owner/chef who welcomes customers and serves them food. After a few times of playing …

Often in the attempt of tidying a messy shelf I encounter old craft projects that are just too precious to dispose of, but unfortunately this does not help to keep my house tidy because what goes …

We have been a little quiet over the summer, but we have done a lot of stuff some of which we have shared with you already and lots more is still to come in the …

After a period of silence we are back with yet another set of homemade musical instruments, which were fun to make and are even more fun to play with. During one of our summer evening …

Lately I have been looking at kits to recycle paper to make your own as a fun activity to do with my son. There are many kits that are very affordable and that will probably …

Clearing up my son’s room last week we found an old toy guitar that was well passed repair. It used to be a cute mini acoustic guitar with real chords that you could actually play, …

We are very proud of the way this dragon puppet turned out. It took a little bit of work and fine tuning but in the end we managed to put it all together into a …

When it comes to crafting people have their favourite materials, things that are always present in their art box. We are particularly fond of recycled crafts so we tend to use any junk we can …

Loo rolls are great to make characters and animals with children. We made a bee with a loo roll, acrylic paint, adhesive tape and a strip of flexible bolster wood. First we covered one of …

A for Apples is another alphabet craft from the past. Apple printing has remained one of our favourite activities and we usually revisit in autumn when the abundance of the seasonal fruit fills us with …

Shoe boxes are fantastic to craft. With a little imagination you can make anything out of boxes and we have. Among the rest we made bookshelves, storage boxes of many shapes and sizes and a …

We love making things out of stuff around us. Working out how to connect things together is part of the fun, but often glue and tape are just not enough to convert your idea into …