Seasonal posts
They say the way to a man’s heart s through his stomach. Well here’s some simple love (heart) ideas for Valentine’s The cake mix 8oz of self-raising flour, 8oz butter 5oz castor sugar 5 eggs Red colouring Vanilla essence Cut strawberries into hearts, cover in yoghurt and then freeze. Even vegetables can get into the … 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
We keep on seeing a lot of hedgehogs at this time of year. They are so fun and easy to make too. For me they are a good way of introducing hibernation to the children (although I have yet to convince one to sleep all winter with me!) as well as talking about hedgehogs. The … Read more
When I saw this Gift Bag Tutorial at Hello Sandwich I just knew I had to make one with the children as Treat Bags. I think it is quiet straight forward and even my 5 year old made one (under guidance). Fold your piece of paper in half horizontally – note this is the size your gift bag … Read more
We are currently on half term and what better way to pass the time than doing a bit of Halloween craft by making Pumpkin Plates. This simple activity involves just paper plates, crayon and orange plate (green feathers/or green paint optional) Simply draw your pumpkin face or pattern onto the paper plate with a black … Read more