Today I have a nice little recycling project that turned out to be a functional toy.  I am in recycling juice cartons mode at the moment so I decided to make a dumper truck from …

Pegs, pegs and more pegs. Today we have a very simple raft put together with wooden pegs, glue and construction paper. We glued seven spare pegs side by side with the flat side facing up …

Lately I have grown fond of making things with broken wooden pegs. After the success of our rocking chair decorated with comics we made a raft, which actually floats, and a not so scary crocodile.
To …

 I am crazy about new ideas on how to reuse before recycling and as much as I often come up with some clever ideas of my own I am regularly inspired by the brilliant works …

Our craft this week is a fun construction that actually floats and it’s bound to provide hours of fun in the water on windy days. We made a catamaran with two small plastic bottles, one …

To complete our magazine themed table set this week we make some napkin rings with a kitchen roll tube and magazine cuttings. First we cut the tube into rings of the same height and we cut …

I started this craft with the idea of making flowers using the colourful cereal packaging we have collected and some wooden sticks. I made one to try it out and then suggested to make some …

After an elaborate kind of craft, today we have something much simpler, which not only is suitable for kids of all ages, but it is also a lot of fun to make and to use. …

Today’s craft is for older kids who have reached a good level of manual ability to construct things and decorate with precise skill. We are really on a mission here to use all those old …

Lately we have developed an addiction for Morello cherry ice cream that comes in particularly sturdy tabs.  As you all know I love to turn junk into useful and pretty things so I started collecting …

For a paper craft addict like me the recent Etsy find was a breath of fresh air. The most adorable paper craft projects from Fantastic Toys turn cardstock into the cutest toys. All you need …

Each holiday is always font of inspiration for our crafts, before and after. We made a lot of things on the lead to Easter and now that the day has passed we are left with …