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: puppets made out of old socks and buttons
April 19, 2010 – 2:42 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: puppets made out of old socks and buttons

With spring is in the air, the first thing I want to do is to put away those warm socks and with little feet getting bigger every season there is definitely no point in …

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Dr Seuss books available on your iPhone
March 16, 2010 – 7:05 am | 3 Comments
Dr Seuss books available on your iPhone

Dr Seuss’ books have helped generations of kids to learn how to read with a simple technique based on repetitions of the primary words written in catching rhymes that are easy to remember. It works …

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Active kids campaign for 2010 is on
February 23, 2010 – 12:57 am | No Comment

The active kids campaign last year has donated to many schools and groups in local communities and the 2010 campaign intends to do just the same and more. Thanks to shoppers at Sainsbury’s, who …

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Learn through play: rhymes to teach children how to tie shoe laces
February 3, 2010 – 9:20 am | No Comment
Learn through play: rhymes to teach children how to tie shoe laces

Teaching children to tie their shoe laces requires patience, practice and a lot of praise.  There are various ways to teach how to tie a bow, so it is important to decide which method to …

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Learn through play: telling the time
January 27, 2010 – 7:36 am | 2 Comments
Learn through play: telling the time

Learning to tell the time is an important milestone for young ones, even more so nowadays that kids are equally exposed to analogue and digital clocks, which it might be a tad confusing. …

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Recycly: colour coded & interactive educational waste containers
January 21, 2010 – 5:48 am | One Comment
Recycly: colour coded & interactive educational waste containers

When it comes to educating children about recycling there is no better way than a playful environment, which can be paired with a reward system to keep the interest going. I have …

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Photo Friday: A typical Nativity in Sardinia
January 8, 2010 – 5:49 pm | One Comment
Photo Friday: A typical Nativity in Sardinia

The number one wish on my son’s long list to Santa was a camera. As a first reaction I thought  that a digital camera to a 6 year old was a little extravagant  and it …

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Fab backpacks and family trails at the Victoria & Albert Museum
December 15, 2009 – 2:28 am | No Comment
Fab backpacks and family trails at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Visiting a museum can be a very dispersing experience for kids who have so much to take in all at once, that’s why museums’ visits for children should be channeled to specific sections for them …

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Family activities at the British Museum
December 8, 2009 – 12:39 am | No Comment
Family activities at the British Museum

Museums have really become children friendly in recent years and not just the usual family oriented museums that have always appealed to children, but more traditional national treasures like the British Museum now offer specific …

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Kid Made Modern by Todd Oldham, modern inspired crafts for kids
December 3, 2009 – 4:29 am | 2 Comments
Kid Made Modern by Todd Oldham, modern inspired crafts for kids

I love crafts and I love books so when I was contacted by Ammo Books for a review of the new crafts book Kid Made Modern by artist Todd Oldham I couldn’t wait to receive …

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Family activities at the Natural History Museum
November 17, 2009 – 2:48 am | One Comment
Family activities at the Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum has always been one of my favourite museums and more so since I have been a mum. Now that my son is at school age he can really take part in …

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Tate Kids: resources online for young artists
November 10, 2009 – 2:28 am | No Comment
Tate Kids: resources online for young artists

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 …

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