Simple Toilet roll parrot Birds have been a popular topic in our house the last couple of days. Yesterday we made a gorgeous tp roll Peacock and today this cute and simple parrot pal. My son loves to dress up as a Pirate and go on little treasure hunts around the...
If you have been to this blog before you will know that my son and i love animals. Our favourite days out are spent going to animal sanctuaries. Birds are a species that are easily overlooked, they're not as tall as a giraffe or as cool as a lion but they are...
Handmade berry heart gifts We've had a busy few weeks making valentines cards and gifts for my son to give to his loved ones. These little handmade berry heart gifts have been drying on our shelf for a lot longer than planned but we've finally got around to painting...
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...
Popsicle stick flowers With all this cold and wet weather spring seems a million miles away but it's never too early for some bright and colourful spring crafts! We had so much fun making these popsicle stick flowers that we ended up with enough to make our own...
When it comes to scrap paper I'm something of a hoarder. You never know when you're going to need a small piece of just one colour. However, lately my scrap paper box has been completely overflowing, so I decided it was time we emptied it out a bit. These scrap paper...
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...
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...
Handprint flower messages There's no gift quite like a handmade gift. These handprint flower messages were really easy and quick to make - which came in handy when I realised i'd forgotten to buy 3yo's preschool teacher a card to go with her present! She loved her...
A super simple way to create your own window suncatchers without contact paper/sticky back plastic! You can make any design you like, using any colours and you can use your template as much as you like!
Painting with nature The other day Ted went all round The garden collecting 'bits of nature that look cool', at the end he had a whole bucket full of stuff and no idea what to do with it. We'd been planning on doing some painting that afternoon any way so we thought...
