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The last post in the Christmas craft series focuses on Christmas cards. We made a few different types out of thick red paper, which we decorated with a mix of materials including magazine paper, glitter glue, metallic pens and felt. We love our good old felt; it is such a versatile material! We used it [...]

These pictures were taken by my 6 year old son during an early evening stroll in Alghero were we live. He gets bored wandering around the shops so we let him take photos to stop the whining and it worked!
More travel photos over at Delicious Baby.

Today’s craft is made completely out of recycled ribbon from presents, left over felt (from our advent calendar and Christmas stocking) and from things that we found in the pinewoods.
Our Christmas branch is perfect anywhere in the house; horizontal on the mantelpiece, or on the front door or simply in a long vase in the [...]

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 [...]

This weekend we have been busy making a personalized Xmas stocking. Although a little stitching was involved to make the stocking itself, the fun part was all done with glue and glitter so my son would enjoy it too. Crafts projects are supposed to be fun and educational and if they are too difficult, kids [...]

The best part of Christmas celebrations  is the build up to it and particularly the effort that goes into decorating your home and the Christmas tree. With that in mind I have had a good look around for the ecofriendly alternative to the real tree and this is what I found.
At the top of my list [...]

For the second part of the advent calendar crafts edition we have been very laborious and I am very proud to present our very own hanging advent calendar with 24 pockets to fill with little treats of every sort and size. I will admit soon after tackling this project I was a little concerned by [...]