Posts around Christmas – including crafts, meals, present ideas etc
Christmas can be such an expensive time that I wanted to share some Christmas Craft that has been pinned onto the Christmas board which are made using recycled materials. Click on each of the pictures to visit the original websites with instructions on how to make them. This is not a sponsored post
Some days you just want a simple activity to keep the kids entertained. What I love about this Star Badge Craft is that it is so versatile. We made them for their Dad for his birthday, but could easily have been applied to Father’s day, as a Christmas Craft, or even a Teacher leaving gift … Read more
Of course you want to build a snowman that’s why you are here! Popular even before the days of Frozen and Frozen 2 who does not love to create this festive guy. We have had so much fun as our children grew over the years making snowmen in all different ways – not just outside … Read more
I love how adaptable this Christmas Bingo set is and how much fun and learning it provides, across the ages of my 3 children (aged 9, 5 and 3). My 5 year old has just started school and is learning to read – what a fun way of spelling out the words to match them … Read more
I love those special little touches that make Christmas even more magical. Personalisation I feel is one of those things. So I was delighted when Tracey from Digery Designs let me have one of these Photo Gingerbread Tree Decorations to review. They can be bought ready made or in a pack with clear instructions. All … Read more
I originally had this idea that I could make some stamps and it would make writing Christmas Cards easier, as my 5 year old could just stamp his name! First of all I wrote the names on paper in bubble writing and cut them out. Next I took a potato and cut it in half. … Read more
Easy peasy to make this Christmas Pudding. We are going to add some string on the back and hang them on the tree. We mixed up some paint until we got the brown we wanted and then my youngest set to work in just covering the whole of the plates. I reused an old curry … Read more
Well I thought it time we started to think about Christmas. I like to get the children excited in the build up to Christmas by doing some Christmas craft in the weeks leading up to it. We have previously made Sheep which could be part of the nativity story. This week we made Angels. See … Read more
I love Christmas Activities – it’s something that brings my family together with their varying ages. You can’t go wrong with sweets either! Sweet Snowmen You will need: icing sugar marshmallows curlywurly pieces dolly mixtures strawberry laces or anything else sweet you fancy First take a marshmallow and cover it in icing. Then place another … Read more
Are you still desperately trying to find that perfect present for Christmas? Maybe you still haven’t even started Christmas shopping. Or maybe there’s just the odd one or two people to buy for. Well I thought I’d help you out by saying what NOT to buy this Christmas. Think about who you are buying for … Read more