After the success of our peruvian drums, we built a colourful xylophone with some old pencils, polystyrene and cardboard. It is very easy to make and you can easily find all you need for this …
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 …
This summer we went to Rome for the first time and it was spectacular. I knew this unique city had many sights and we were pretty organized with our time and even purchased our tickets …
During the school year I found many games to help my son learning the times tables. We have used songs, online games and a variety of iPhone apps that make learning easy and most importantly …
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 …
The colouring placemats by Dwell Studio bring together the appeal of design with the practical side of an item that needs to be safe and useful at the same time. The reusable placemats made from …
My son loves baking and helping me in the kitchen so some months ago we made a jam pie. I must admit we didn’t make the pastry from scratch; it is straight out of a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Lately we have been consuming large quantities of ice cream so we are left with so many ice cream tabs to transform into useful things. I have already shared the storage containers decorated with comics, …
Here are some delicious ideas from the web to celebrate
Easter. The Easter chick muffins by Birds
on a Cake are almost too cute to eat! The vanilla sugar cakes by Nish Whips up
a dish are as …
Looking around for Halloween songs I landed on a fantastic website Science with Me where you will find songs, science movies, games and fun experiments for kids to learn about science. Whilst I was attracted …
