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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Take your pledge for the environment and pass it on
January 13, 2011 – 7:40 am | One Comment
Take your pledge for the environment and pass it on

Recycling and upcycling are high up on my list of priorities so when I read about the ASAP Pledge for the environment (For A World As Sustainable As Possible) organised by Baglady Productions I took my pledge immediately. …

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London Paris New York
November 17, 2010 – 6:36 am | No Comment
London Paris New York

Do you remember the hand paper cut maps of London, Paris and New York by Famille Summerbelle? Now those gorgeous maps are reproduced onto canvas shopping bags and they are fabulous. The shoppers are made …

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Learn through play: recycling online games for kids
November 11, 2010 – 2:53 am | One Comment
Learn through play: recycling online games for kids

Children learn through play, this is a popular topic among parents and educators. Playing hands on improves motor skills in young children, pretend play develops social skills and imagination, while arts and crafts projects make …

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Monday Crafts: how to turn two pinecones into mummy and baby porcupine
September 13, 2010 – 2:37 am | 8 Comments
Monday Crafts: how to turn two pinecones into mummy and baby porcupine

With autumn on our doorstep we have been taking long walks in the pinewoods to collect all those lovely natural materials to inspire our crafts for the coming season. Admittedly living in Sardinia, you can …

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Green Start: a series of earth friendly books good for the kids and for the planet
July 8, 2010 – 3:38 am | No Comment
Green Start: a series of earth friendly books good for the kids and for the planet

I have written about Innovative Kids’ books before as I am an admirer of the quality of information their books are able to communicate to children through simple and entertaining stories. Green Start is a …

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Computer Aid International: refurbishing old computers for a good cause
July 6, 2010 – 3:13 am | No Comment
Computer Aid International: refurbishing old computers for a good cause

If your computer is no longer fast enough and you need to change it for a reason or another, but it still works you have the opportunity to donate it to a fabulous organisation that …

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Learn through play: counting game with a recycling edge
May 13, 2010 – 1:07 am | No Comment
Learn through play: counting game with a recycling edge

During my ongoing search for educational board games I found a great one, which is a counting game with a recycling edge. Ten Green Bottles is a simple board game based on the popular counting …

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Grow My First Pocket Garden in a bag
April 8, 2010 – 4:15 am | No Comment
Grow My First Pocket Garden in a bag

With Earth Day coming up it is only natural to get the kids hands on with a green pastime, which is both educational and fun. Grow My First Pocket Garden is an easy way to …

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Ecofabulous bags from Brazil
March 12, 2010 – 4:37 am | No Comment
Ecofabulous bags from Brazil

The most inspiring post I have read this week is about making fabulous designs from objects that are usually regarded as waste by Karen at The Rubbish Diet  who shared her fabulous bag made out of …

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Monday crafts: how to reuse and recycle old furniture
February 22, 2010 – 3:36 am | No Comment
Monday crafts: how to reuse and recycle old furniture

Our passion for crafts has made my son’s room eclectic to say the least. There is nothing I dislike more than a perfect kid’s room that looks like it has just come out of a …

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Introducing Belkiz Feedaway, the portable and recyclable baby chair
February 17, 2010 – 4:03 am | No Comment
Introducing Belkiz Feedaway, the portable and recyclable baby chair

After raving about cardboard furniture, playhouses and rockets, rocking horses and even cots it is the time of the cardboard feeding chair. Designers’ trend is going green as more and more parents become environment aware …

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Disney Earth, a movie worth watching
February 12, 2010 – 3:16 am | One Comment
Disney Earth, a movie worth watching

Finally we got to watch the Disney movie Earth and we loved it. The film takes you through an astonishing journey on earth following the lives of three extraordinary animal families and their hardship to …

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