Diy foam pig door sign Ted has decided that he wants to decorate his door with animals. So the last few days we've been busy crafting some funky foam creatures. This cute little pig is our favourite so far and has taken centre stage to make our diy foam pig door sign....
Pom Pom Ladybug pal We have hundreds upon hundreds of pom poms in our craft box and we rarely ever get to use them. This is simply because we have a baby in the house who loves to eat everything and anything. Pom poms seem to have a habit of getting everywhere and...
Paper Heart mice Today has been yet another day of valentines day crafts. We've still got so many left to share that im hoping ill get chance to post them all before valentines! We started off today with these paper heart mice and how cute did they turn out? These...
Pipe cleaner snakes Today's craft is a 5 minute make. My son loves all things animal and today he asked if we could make a snake from a fluffy pipe cleaner that he found in the craft box. After a bit of trial and error we came up with these pipe cleaner snakes. we...
Handmade Penguin Bookmarks It's been a while since I've posted, Cold and flu season combined with Christmas and new year has made for a very busy few weeks. But now we're back in the swing of things and my son and I have been cooking up some fun new crafts to share...
Winter is right around the corner and it's getting cold outside. These wet and icy days are perfect for snuggly days inside with a fun winter craft. This paper plate penguin is adorable and simple - perfect for young children to make with their favourite grownups. My...
My son is always collecting leaves, I'm not quite sure why, its just something he's always done. Usually we make cute little nature pictures from them but sadly once off the tree, leaves don't last very long! This time we decided to use our leaves to make a picture we...
Printed crafts are great because they offer a real personal touch to a gift. These little thumbprint reindeer are so cute that we make always some cards in this style every year. The best part is they are really simple to make which means they're great for younger...
Rockin' paper plate whale If you hadn't already realised, we absolutely love to make ocean themed crafts in this house. Learning about sea creatures is something we all find enjoyable. Right now my son is obsessed with Orcas so this little paper plate whale was the...
Wavy paper Jellyfish How Cute are these little wavy paper jellyfish? The idea for these actually came about when I was making my Halloween paper ghosts and my son said how they looked like Jellyfish. He absolutely loves all things under the sea so I tweaked about with...
Ted's Paper Halloween spiders. We've gotten behind on our Halloween decorations this year, so the last few days have been packed with Halloween crafts. How sweet are these paper Halloween spiders that my son made, I was really impressed with how they turned out and...
Pinecone Penguin ornament This year my son is upgrading from a little tree in his room to a full size one. we like to decorate his tree in handmade decorations and we don't have a huge amount from last Christmas so we've started crafting extra early this year. We...
Pom Pom Printed sheep Has anyone else seen the children's programme Shaun the sheep? My Grandparents (yes, grandparents!) love it. They discovered it when watching tv with one of their other great grandchildren and every now and then we'll walk in on them watching it...
Pop up Ted in a bed. My niece and nephew came to visit the other day, they call my house the making house. My niece came in the door dragging this massive teddy bear behind her and asked if we could make a picture or something of her bear. However, my nephew just...
Simple and fun corner book marks. These little bookmarks are so sweet and really simple, they only take a couple of minutes to make and you can create pretty much any design. They make lovely handmade gifts from children and are also great as party bag fillers too! To...
Make your own Clay fossils How we made our fossils You will need: Clay. we used air drying. items to imprint Brown paint Cream/beige paint Paintbrushes 1) make the bases of your fossils, we rolled our clay into a ball and then used the palms of our hands to flatten it...
You will need 1 piece of blue card 1 piece of paper 1 piece of grey (or white) card Scissors double sided tape Blue paint (we added white dots to add to the effect) 3 paint colours of your choice googly eyes String fold your piece of blue card in half to make...
You might notice that this page has had a bit of a refresh! We made this cute paper plate baby elephant over a year ago but decided the other day that it was time that we made another as my sons old one met an unfortunate fate at the hands of his baby sister, oops!...
