Getting crafty with cardboard, tissue paper and glue is the perfect way to spend a rainy winter’s afternoon. Having a theme often helps provide inspiration for crafts. With Valentine’s Day coming up, our craft activities have been all about hearts. This year we are part of the Tots100 #BostikBlogger family. We were sent a box… Read More
My girls love to sit down together and do some “making” and we often have themed craft weeks to help give me ideas for projects that we can work on together. As a result, our craft cupboard needs to be kept well stocked with all the little things that we use regularly. The Works is… Read More
Our latest craft theme was insects and we’ve been busy creating various mini-beasts out of paper plates, egg cartons, craft sticks and other materials. Here you can find out how to make all the different mini-beasts in our insect-themed crafts. Some of them are fairly simple to make with just a little assistance needed; others… Read More
The flowers are starting to appear in our garden and our crafts lately have been all about spring flowers too – creating a flower crown, making flowery pictures and creating our own mini garden as part of our spring crafts sessions. Here’s our latest mini creations: Paper plate spring flower crown This pretty… Read More
With all the rain this week, we’ve been spending a lot of time indoors doing crafts together. Our theme for the week has been “mini-beasts” and we’ve been creating ladybirds and butterflies out of paper plates, spiders and caterpillars from egg boxes and pipe cleaners and various mini-beasts out of the foam shapes that came… Read More
Every so often, we have a theme week for crafts. It makes it easier for me to think of ideas (or find some on Pinterest!) This week, “in the sky” was the prompt for our crafting endeavours. Most of our creations have been simple enough for both my toddler and preschooler to join in with,… Read More
From the moment their chubby fingers could first hold a crayon, my children have loved drawing and colouring, and getting creative with paints, paper and glue to produce their mini masterpieces. Their artwork has taken over the door to our dining room and the side of the bookcase. I love displaying it. Whilst I’d love… Read More