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Find of the day is this gorgeous free printable calendar for kids to decorate with rotating days and dates – I am definitely going to make with Miss6 this weekend. A wonderful idea, love it. via pysselbolaget
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priceless silicon egg shaper from monkeybusiness :) found via handmadecharlotte
Simple tic tac toe homemade valentine cards for your kids to have fun making. My only input on this activity was to glue the heart and bead onto the wine corks – and to be the O and lose, deliberately on purpose!! First give your child the task of finding something O shaped (see this [&hellip
Molly and her buddies are progressing from picture books to chapter books, a BIG step, so these little cuties will help them chart their progress to the story’s end :) So with a fistful of coloured craft sticks, oven bake clay, beads and twine I came up with this simple and pretty handmade gift for [&hellip
It’s Little Editor time again at Anorak Magazine – the happy mag for kids. They’ve got a stack of lovely children’s books for 5/6yr olds and are looking for kids to review them. Molly’s all signed up and waiting for the first book to arrive…… patiently!! It’s simple to get involved: you just register at [&hellip
- Jumping Rupert – defiantly one of the best DIY cardboard toys I’ve stumbled across in a while. Easy to color, assemble and play… just unwrap it, colour it, klick it out, assemble it and pull. discovered via HandmadeCharlotte Check out their gorgeous dollshouse that slots together for limitless play options and their super slick [&hellip
I finally found some styrofoam sheets in a local craft store so this weekend MollyMoo and MommyMoo enjoyed some monoprinting. I chopped up a few sheets into smaller manageable squares and let her off to just draw, my only instruction was to use a pencil to draw on the sheet and lean just enough for [&hellip
I think Molly was about four when I took this photo of her on International Dance Day. You wouldn’t know it from the photo but there were over 200 people in the venue that evening, but for that split second it was just Molly, standing on a rattan cushion, utterly transfixed by this elegant “sticky-out-tutu [&hellip
Curious as to what all the ‘Decoupage Craft’ talk was about over the past few months I had to satisfy my curiosity and try it. One of my ‘goals’ this year is to try more craft techniques. Well I tried it….. and don’t really get what all the fuss is about to be honest. The [&hellip
even giants fall in love :) to see Molly’s originals
I just spotted these great craft book for kids recommendations over on CurlyBirds - and have ‘added them to cart’. I am super excited about getting my hands on Show Me A Story – filled with 40 creative projects and activities to free the little ‘uns storytelling instincts – it looks promising. I absolutely love [&hellip
This just about sums up my day already!! via Mr Will Vincent
I’m swooning over these wooden lego minifigs by French designer Malet Thibaut. Each 11cm toy is unique and numbered under the feet of the character for collectors. How *yum* is the cardboard packaging and wood shaving filling
Upcycling daddy’s odd socks to make hand puppets is a classic, no home is complete without them. Hop on over to babyccinokids for the step by step photos of this hilarious craft for kids
DIY bath toys out of hardware store supplies – novel and brilliant. Just get yourself some plumbing pipes, elbows, T joints and suction cups and off you go – I dare you to find a toddler that wouldn’t love it. Complete tutorial on TheBroodingHen
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