With Halloween just around the corner, it can be quite difficult to find things for small children to do. I wrote a piece a few years ago about me not being wholly comfortable with Halloween-probably stemming from my own childhood when my parents wouldn’t let me go trick or treating because of the begging aspect. … [Read more…]
I have been thinking about this video for a while. We are brand ambassadors for Baker Ross and, in our latest box, for Easter, we were sent plastic eggs which are yellow and chicks painted on them. Like many other small children, Boo is completely obsessed with watching Surprise Eggs on YouTube. She loves them. … [Read more…]
There are many times I put off activities like painting and play dough because of the mess. I do feel a bit mean about it though so I came up with a painting craft activity which will help on the future. Boo and I spend an afternoon making a craft table cloth. I picked up … [Read more…]
Earlier in the year, I posted about my new love of pom poms. I have always loved them but they were such a pain to make that I usually just made one and gave up. Since finding my amazing pom pom maker though, I can make them in record speed and I have basically pom … [Read more…]
It’s never too early to start the Christmas crafting in my book-especially if you’re making homemade things for a lot of people. For that reason, I have put the children to work already. In the last week or so we have been finger painting up a storm-all in the name of Christmas cards. As part … [Read more…]
We don’t celebrate Halloween. You can read why here but despite Boo attending a Catholic school, it seems they turn a blind eye to the meaning behind it and are throwing a Halloween disco. Not one to deprive her, I decided bats were the least Halloween-like because we actually have them in our garden so … [Read more…]
It is a sad realisation that Summer is over. I think September is technically the start of Autumn but with the rubbish weather we have had here this year, I think we have all been crossing our fingers that we might just get one more week of warm, dry weather. As I looked up at … [Read more…]
Picture the scene. It’s a rainy day in the summer holidays. We’ve all got a touch of cabin fever so what is the answer? Become superheroes of course. So here is Super Mummy Saving the day with sticker crafts With her side-kick Super Baby. Together, they can save the four year old from an afternoon … [Read more…]
In our house, Hubster and I don’t buy each other gifts for Mother’s and Father’s Day. Our children aren’t really old enough to want to buy us things so until they are old enough, we are happy to just get cards. You can’t beat hand made things from children though. Boo made things for Mother’s … [Read more…]
I find most of my crafting at the moment takes place with Boo but before children, there was nothing I liked better than to sit and do something crafty in an evening. It is worth remembering that places like Baker Ross, while aimed at children in the main, also provide a lot of equipment for … [Read more…]
