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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How to make simple maracas
May 11, 2011 – 4:20 am | 4 Comments
How to make simple maracas

After an elaborate kind of craft, today we have something much simpler, which not only is suitable for kids of all ages, but it is also a lot of fun to make and to use. …

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Recycled crafts: comics storage pot
May 5, 2011 – 1:52 am | No Comment
Recycled crafts: comics storage pot

Lately we have developed an addiction for Morello cherry ice cream that comes in particularly sturdy tabs.  As you all know I love to turn junk into useful and pretty things so I started collecting …

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How to make an owl out of recycled objects
April 26, 2011 – 4:10 am | 2 Comments
How to make an owl out of recycled objects

Each holiday is always font of inspiration for our crafts, before and after. We made a lot of things on the lead to Easter and now that the day has passed we are left with …

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From cereal box to Easter bunny bag
April 14, 2011 – 1:32 am | One Comment
From cereal box to Easter bunny bag

It’s been a while since I transformed a cereal box into something useful and pretty to look at. Yesterday morning while I was tidying up after breakfast I suddenly got an idea for an Easter …

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Easter crafts: how to turn a plain box into a cute bunny gift box
April 5, 2011 – 1:25 am | No Comment
Easter crafts: how to turn a plain box into a cute bunny gift box

Last week I said I will be making all my Easter gift boxes this year so I started with my first one by turning a normal face cream box into a cute Easter bunny box. …

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Monday Crafts: cardboard farm animals
March 21, 2011 – 3:37 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: cardboard farm animals

Empty cereal boxes are great to get creative at so many levels. They can be used for storage, as desk organizers or simply to make things to play with. This weekend, we made some cute …

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Monday Crafts: how to make flowers with magazine pages
March 14, 2011 – 1:47 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: how to make flowers with magazine pages

I like making things with old newspapers and magazine pages. They are a great material to make anything you want, so at the weekend we made some pretty flowers using glossy magazine paper, glue, straws …

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How to make a Spring lantern with a glass jar and tissue paper
March 9, 2011 – 2:03 am | No Comment
How to make a Spring lantern with a glass jar and tissue paper

I have so many empty jars stacked away that a craft using one of them was unavoidable. We made Halloween lanterns back in autumn and now it is the turn of a spring lantern that …

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Monday crafts: homemade snakes & ladders
February 28, 2011 – 1:43 am | 4 Comments
Monday crafts: homemade snakes & ladders

Snakes and ladders is one of our favorite games so this week we made an original version with cardboard, coloured tissue paper, acrylic paint and glue. We took a piece of sturdy cardboard already cut …

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Monday Crafts: monkey mask made with recycled packaging
February 21, 2011 – 6:59 am | One Comment
Monday Crafts: monkey mask made with recycled packaging

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson is a great book that inspired many crafts and games in our house. In addition to the animals and palm trees we made along the way, we started making masks …

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How to turn an old tie into a toy snake
February 16, 2011 – 11:03 am | No Comment
How to turn an old tie into a toy snake

What do you do when your child is off school with the flu? You quickly put your thinking cap on and improvise a range of unexpected crafts. Today we went through daddy’s old stuff such …

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Valentine’s Day crafts: Heart printed paper with potato stamps
February 10, 2011 – 7:55 am | No Comment
Valentine’s Day crafts: Heart printed paper with potato stamps

In view of Valentine’s Day next week we have made a heart printed desk file and pen holder. The best part of this craft was the printing of plain paper with potato hearts. Before starting …

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