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Candle light-catcher ornament

I really love making light-catchers. They are a super craft for all ages and all seasons. They are so easy to make too. Cut your ‘outline’- in this instance, a flickering candle, from dark coloured...

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Christmas Stocking Game

There’s nothing my children love more than a game which allows them to eat sweets. We’re playing the knife-and-fork game at their Gingerbread House Decorating Party (that expression is too long to say...

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How to make printed Christmas cards from take-away boxes

When looking at schools for the Girls earlier in the year we came across a classroom of girls who were working on printing. They used styrofoam from take-out boxes to create the design. LBG and the...

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Simple Paper Wreath craft

As we are in the Czech Republic, I needed some Christmas crafts that are easy to make and require minimal crafting ‘stuff’. Paper wreaths are a re-working of the traditional paper lanterns and...

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How to make a quick hat for New Year’s Eve

There’s such a big build up to Christmas that I always find New Year’s Eve is overlooked, yet it is only seven days after Santa visits. We won’t get back to the UK until just before New Year’s so will...

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Paper plate unicorn

  To make a paper plate unicorn, you will need: a paper plate paper scraps (I used the outer cover of a magazine) stickers glue/sellotape First take your plate and fold the two sides in, so that you...

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How to make a snake puppet for Chinese New Year

This simple craft uses paper and a pair of chopsticks. Just a few minutes of your time and you will have a dancing snake puppet in time to celebrate Chinese New Year. You will need: thick paper ( I...

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Burn’s Night Kilt craft

Burn’s Night, celebrated on January 25th every year, has long been a part of my yearly schedule: Dad and Mum attended a Burn’s Night supper every year when I was a child. This Burn’s Night Kilt craft...

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The Ultimate A-Z of paper plate crafts: over 150 ideas.

Paper plates are a great tool for crafting with. If you don’t know what to do with them, then this is the post for you: an A-Z of paper plate crafts with 150 ideas for how to use paper plates in crafts...

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20 great Valentine’s Card ideas and {how to} print Valentine’s cards with...

After the success of our Christmas card printing, LBG suggested that we used the same technique to make Valentine’s Cards. She will draw a heart on pretty much anything, so this is a great outlet for...

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How to make a bunny rabbit from a pipe cleaner

This is a really simple pipe-cleaner bunny rabbit that you can make with children of all ages and is perfect for Easter. First, take your pipe cleaner and fold over at the middle. You want to make a...

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how to make a pompom flower

        How to make a pompom flower from a stick and a pompom*. What I love about this craft is it’s simplicity. They genuinely look sweet and rustic and pretty. Yet they also have many, many...

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{Kids Craft} Mother’s Day flowerpots from egg cartons

A really simple craft for children to make ahead of Mother’s Day is a tiny egg carton flower pot with pompom flowers. You need: egg carton green card or felt playdough- air drying clay would work too...

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How to make a bird’s nest

Take one just-three-year-old and wrap well. Tear coffee filters or tissue paper or indeed kitchen roll, into strips. Apply insane amounts of glue to your plastic bowl (ours was one half of a giant...

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Egg carton Easter Nest and Lindt Bunnies

A couple of weeks ago, The Girls and I were making Mother’s Day flowerpots from egg cartons. They are super easy to make and so we had a few left over, which I have ‘reinvented’ as Easter nests that we...

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How to make a shamrock from a pipecleaner

Pipecleaners are such great crafting tools when what you need is a simple outline shape. Take how to make a shamrock from a pipecleaner. Although this post seems lengthy, in reality each shamrock takes...

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Paper Plate Easter Bonnet

Last year I was really pleased with how the Paper Plate Easter Bonnet, inspired by Philip Treacy, turned out, so I turned to paper plates- one of my favourite kid’s crafting tools- when I needed to...

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Cork Bunnies and Easter Chicks

I do love corks. In the past I have made a nativity, some keyrings, and a cake topper. Frankly I cannot believe it has taken me this long to make something festive for Easter with them. That changed...

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Easter Egg stained Glass Window

The Girls were ill last week: a combination of the looming end-of-term, horrific colds and the kind of bugs that get you all. This precipitated 48 hours in their pjs, all of us trapped in the house...

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5 crafts using toilet rolls

I was recently unable to attend a hangout with a bunch of UK craft bloggers where the challenge was ‘crafts using toilet rolls’. So I thought I’d share with you 5 super crafts that we have made using...

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