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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Monday Crafts: cardboard farm animals
March 21, 2011 – 3:37 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: cardboard farm animals

Empty cereal boxes are great to get creative at so many levels. They can be used for storage, as desk organizers or simply to make things to play with. This weekend, we made some cute …

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Monday crafts: Yogurt pots puppet
February 7, 2011 – 4:40 am | 2 Comments
Monday crafts: Yogurt pots puppet

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. …

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Monday crafts: magazine geometrical coasters
January 31, 2011 – 5:00 am | 5 Comments
Monday crafts: magazine geometrical coasters

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 …

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Learn through play: homemade maths game
January 26, 2011 – 6:45 am | 2 Comments
Learn through play: homemade maths game

I am really keen to make maths fun for my son. So far we have enjoyed a great array of iphone apps, activity games, songs and crafts.  Last year we played a great maths board …

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Monday crafts: tin pen holder
January 24, 2011 – 1:28 am | No Comment
Monday crafts: tin pen holder

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 …

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How to turn a cereal box into a wolf desk organiser
January 19, 2011 – 7:33 am | 4 Comments
How to turn a cereal box into a wolf desk organiser

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 …

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Learn through play: iPhone apps for early maths exposure
January 12, 2011 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
Learn through play: iPhone apps for early maths exposure

After the success of the iPhone app Measurement with my son I looked at the other two maths apps by the same developer. Punflay very kindly provided promo codes for us to download Number Sense …

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Monday crafts: how to make a fun bookshelf out of cardboard boxes
January 10, 2011 – 6:49 am | 6 Comments
Monday crafts: how to make a fun bookshelf out of cardboard boxes

We have a lot of boxes lined up waiting for a second chance in this world so I hope you like cardboard crafts as much as we do because we have a few more coming. …

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Learn through play: how to turn a box into a toy house
January 4, 2011 – 9:07 am | 2 Comments
Learn through play: how to turn a box into a toy house

Small boxes that are not good for storage purposes are still good for something. We think they are perfect for junk play so today I bring you a lovely house we made out of a …

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Monday crafts: how to turn a shoebox into a fun storage box
January 3, 2011 – 7:54 am | 2 Comments
Monday crafts: how to turn a shoebox into a fun storage box

With the holidays just gone the amount of stuff lying around my son’s bedroom has multiplied so we are in need of extra storage. Thankfully we have a lot of boxes that can rise …

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Recycled crafts: make a party banner out of used wrapping paper
December 29, 2010 – 8:50 am | One Comment
Recycled crafts: make a party banner out of used wrapping paper

This year the build up to Christmas was as exciting as always. So many creative ideas and work went into the lead up to one single day and when Christmas Day did come we tore …

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Monday crafts: Christmas puzzle blocks
December 20, 2010 – 4:26 am | One Comment
Monday crafts: Christmas puzzle blocks

I love wooden blocks so for our weekly craft this week we have made a six sided Christmas puzzle with six cubes. Instead of buying the already made cubes ready to decorate I bought a …

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