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Category Archives: Creativity

Crafting with kids – clothes-peg planes

02/03/202102/03/2021
Two yellow clothes-peg planes

I love it when a home-learning topic provides inspiration for a craft activity. Sophie has recently been learning about Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She already knew a little about Amelia Earhart thanks to an episode of ‘Go-Jetters’ and enjoyed learning more. We decided that it would be… Read More

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Crafting with kids: A rainforest in a shoebox

17/02/202116/02/2021
A rainforest in a shoebox with pipe cleaner animals

Sophie has been learning about Brazil and the Amazon rainforest over the last few weeks. Her project this half-term was to make a rainforest in a shoebox. She enjoyed having a project to focus on and spent a few afternoons putting her shoebox rainforest together. Although it does sound very time-consuming, most of the time… Read More

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Home learning: Making a ‘Great Fire of London’ house

03/11/202013/11/2020
A model of a 1666 house made from cardboard boxes and craft sticks

Sophie has been learning about the Great Fire of London in school recently. Her half-term project was to make a 1666 house to take to school for them to recreate the Great Fire of London. What a great way to bring history to life – although it is a shame that her efforts are destined… Read More

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Creating a teddy bears’ picnic in an egg box

17/09/202016/09/2020
A teddy bears' picnic scene in an egg box

Egg boxes are brilliant for creating small world play scenes and helping keep them contained. We had fun recently creating a small-world teddy bears’ picnic in an egg box using odds and ends from the craft cupboard. It was quite a fiddly craft in places, particularly with making the teddy bears, but was a fun… Read More

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How to make a shoebox theatre

25/08/202025/08/2020
Sophie's shoebox theatre with cartoon figures of me holding Thomas, hubby, Jessica and Sophie stuck to wooden skewers

One of Sophie’s Christmas presents from us last year was her ‘Special Time with Sophie’ box – containing twelve envelopes of activities that I had planned to do for each month of the year. Covid-19 has meant that some of the activities I originally planned have not been possible, but I’ve tried to think outside… Read More

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Home learning: creating a family tree

14/07/202013/07/2020
Sophie's paper doll family depicting Mummy, Daddy, Jessica, Sophie and Thomas

Last week’s theme for our home-learning was ‘Family and Friends’ and one of the activities for this was to make a family tree picture. I remember having to do family trees at school myself – and being part of a big blended family meant that I always found it difficult to fit everyone on my… Read More

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Crafting with kids: making an ocean in an eggbox with peg doll mermaids

08/07/202007/07/2020
(left) Sophie with her ocean in an egg box; (right) two peg doll mermaids

Last week’s home learning theme was ‘the seaside’ which gave us lots of inspiration for crafts to go alongside the school-work. We revisited a couple of ‘under the sea’ crafts which I’d done before with the girls as well as trying a few new ideas. Our favourite craft activity was making peg doll mermaids to… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about child loss, CHD, days out, crafts and family life.

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