Our latest mini creations activity has seen Jessica having fun making masks out of paper plates. It’s been lovely over recent weeks to see Jessica engaging more and more in imaginative play – I can see her making up stories whilst playing with her In The Night Garden figures and she is now showing an… Read More
Over the summer, we have been combining Jessica’s love of painting, drawing and sticking and making lots of cards for various occasions. We usually start with cutting up one of Jessica’s many paintings to provide a background which Jessica then sticks on to a pre-folded card. Then Mummy selects some stickers and/or foam shapes for… Read More
I love doing beading and one of my favourite things to make is this pretty necklace. It is fairly quick and simple to make and makes a perfect gift for friends and family. You will need: 5 x 12mm glass pearl beads 10 x 8mm crystal beads Crimp beads Silver balls 1 jump ring… Read More
A hot sunny day, two cousins staying over, paddling pool out, plus lots of paint and lining paper available. The perfect combination for some mini creation time in the garden. We spread the lining paper out in the garden, put some paint into a couple of trays and left the three older girls to it… Read More
It’s been a fun week this week and I have been enjoying embracing my: Grandma very kindly agreed to babysit so I could go to a craft morning as part of a friend’s birthday celebrations. I was very excited about this, firstly because I love craft sessions but also because it was my very first… Read More
One of my latest craft projects has involved making a couple of cushions with the girls’ names on them. I love how pretty these cushions are. The middle panel could be personalised with any name (not too long though!) or with shapes instead. To make a cover for a 15 inch square cushion,… Read More
Jessica will be getting her funding for pre-school from January next year and so we have started to look at the pre-schools near us in preparation for this. We are lucky enough to live within five minutes’ walk of three different pre-schools/nurseries so we are concentrating on these as I am hoping not to have… Read More