Fab Mums

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 puts it in good working order and then send it to under developed countries. It is what they do at [...]

I knew all those Popsicle sticks we have been collecting would come in handy sooner or later. Yesterday we used them to make yet another pen holder to collect all those pens and crayons accumulating on my son’s desk.
Materials: sticks of the same length, 1 toilet roll tube, vinyl glue, a piece of cardboard, [...]

It is always rewarding to make new things by recycling objects that would be otherwise regarded as waste. It is exactly what we did this week for our Monday crafts appointment. We made the ancient game of bilboquet, the classic cup and ball connected by a piece of string using a plastic water bottle and [...]

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 song “Ten green bottles sitting on the wall…” in which every player has 10 green bottles on the wall with [...]

This week our Monday Crafts feature was inspired by clearing up for spring. I learned a while back that there is no much point on keeping certain items of clothing in my son’s wardrobes, because in a few months most things will no longer fit. The best pieces make their way to the charity shop, [...]

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 ring pulls and unveiled the great charity behind it.
This bag and other similar items are made in Brazil as part [...]

Yesterday we made our first Easter card. I got the inspiration from allaboutyou, which is a great source for simple kids’ crafts.
All you need to make the card is blue card or thick paper, green paper, an old paper bag, cotton wool, glue, colouring pens or paints and brushes.
I like the kind of craft where [...]