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Personalised gifts, party invites and more…

Posted by Maria

I discovered mooo last year when I was looking for eco-friendly Christmas tree options and I was really impressed with their wall stickers. Since then I have been keeping an eye on their products and I found they have a great range of personalised goods across the board.
Their party invites with matching envelope seals, gift [...]

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Monday Crafts: how to decorate a shelf with comics’ cuttings

Posted by Maria

If your child is an avid comics’ reader, then you are probably wondering what to do with all that precious paper piling up on the bookshelves. Well, I know one thing for sure comics or not we keep running out of room on the bookshelves so we need to add more shelves to cope with [...]

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Free Christmas workshop at the Contemporary Applied Arts

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What I love about London is that if you look well enough you find plenty of free activities to do with kids like the fabulous workshop for children aged between 6 and 12 offered by the Contemporary Applied Arts (CAA).
The Make It – Magical workshop is inspired by the gallery’s current exhibition Mystery, Magic [...]

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Free Family Sundays at the National Gallery

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As the mum of a creative child I am always on the lookout for workshops and activities to do at home to encourage his naturally artistic vein. Taking part to one of the free workshops at the National Gallery is on my list of things to do next time we are in London.  The workshops [...]

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Tate Kids: resources online for young artists

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The Tate Modern is one of our favourite places, whenever we are in London we wander down to the South Bank and have an early morning visit so we avoid the really busy time. In view of an imminent trip to London I was looking around the Tate Modern website for any interesting exhibitions and [...]

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The V&A Museum of Childhood

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My last post about the Museum of Childhood consisted only of a few photos from a lovely afternoon we spent there with some friends who live nearby but I didn’t give enough information about this great museum with such colourful history.
I recently discovered the original iron structure was moved from West London to Bethnal [...]

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Beach fun: unusual sand sculptures

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My son is fascinated by the popular TV program Art Attack. The best part is the inspiration he gets from artist/presenter Neil to use different art materials and techniques, which he then puts into practice. He is particularly fond of the giant art creations with everyday objects viewed from the air. Throughout the series Neil [...]

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