Articles by Mariangela Garau
The Design Museum in London has an interesting workshop coming up in April to coincide with the current exhibition, Brit Insurance Designs of the Year. The theme of the workshop is transport hence the title: Slide, …
The Snail and the Whale is the latest addition to our bookshelf. As usual Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have come up with the goods and produced yet another great story with fabulous illustrations. The Snail …
For our weekly crafts this week we have made two little Easter baskets out of white clay. To make the baskets you need a packet of DAS modelling air dry clay, a cup, acrylic …
I like the funky radiators by Italian company ID-EE, with radiators like these there is no need to resort to space wasting covers but you will want them in full view. The puzzle shaped radiators …
With favourite children classics hitting the App Store, it is not surprising to find Old MacDonald joined the latest trends and got his very own iPhone to use on his farm! Fish The Mouse Media …
I love the print your own Easter party kits available from Etsy seller Happy Thought. The lovely Bunny car rally kit includes templates for Easter baskets, individual Bunny cars with space for eggs, cupcake toppers, …
What was intended to be a simple print on a white t-shirt ended up in a full on expression of my son’s creativity. Last time we printed fabric we encountered a few problems with smudging …
Funky Lunch is a great website with lots of creative ideas to make lunch entertaining for kids with sandwiches in the shapes of their favourite animals and characters. The idea behind Funky Lunch is to …
I love these Easter eggs crayons that I found while having a browse at Etsy last night. It had been a while since I had a good pick at their wonderful handmade products so don’t …
Le Tulip is a cute cradle by Lazzari that grows with your child. It starts off as a cradle, with a very soft rocking movement, to suit newborn babies in the first few …
Dr Seuss’ books have helped generations of kids to learn how to read with a simple technique based on repetitions of the primary words written in catching rhymes that are easy to remember. It works …
This week for our Monday crafts we have more Easter cards on the menu. We used different techniques to make the basic cards in the photo. Our first card was the …