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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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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Monday Crafts: sun shaped cushion & photo holder
April 26, 2010 – 3:45 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: sun shaped cushion & photo holder

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 …

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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: Easter bunny card
March 8, 2010 – 4:17 am | 4 Comments
Monday Crafts: Easter bunny card

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, …

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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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Monday Crafts: how to decorate a shelf with comics’ cuttings
February 1, 2010 – 7:19 am | No Comment
Monday Crafts: how to decorate a shelf with comics’ cuttings

If your child is an avid comics’ reader, then you are probably wondering what to do with all that precious paper piling up on the bookshelves. Well, I know one thing for sure comics or …

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Monday crafts: pegs and cardboard storage wheel
January 25, 2010 – 4:38 am | 2 Comments
Monday crafts: pegs and cardboard storage wheel

For our fourth and final post in the Todd Oldham’s kid Made Modern series we picked the storage wheel inspired by Ray and Charles Eames. This is a very enjoyable project especially because we used …

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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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Monday Crafts: old linen revamp with fabric printing fun
January 18, 2010 – 7:23 am | One Comment
Monday Crafts: old linen revamp with fabric printing fun

This is the third part of a four-post series about crafts inspired by Todd Oldham’s book, Kid Made Modern published by Ammo Books. The previous two posts featured a cork effect vase and wooden spoon …

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Funky recycled lamps by OOO My Design
January 13, 2010 – 2:30 am | 2 Comments
Funky recycled lamps by OOO My Design

I love the eco friendly lamps by OOO MY DESIGN made of recycled materials. Not only they are innovative and modern, but they are the perfect example of the beautiful and original pieces that can …

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Eco friendly 2010 calendar
December 30, 2009 – 10:07 am | One Comment
Eco friendly 2010 calendar

I love this earthy looking 2010 calendar and planner. Made of Banana paper with visible fibres, the calendar is bound with natural hemp cord and each page contains famous eco quotes from famous people. This …

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