Fabric upcycle: make a chicken door stop
September 11, 2014 – 5:55 am | No Comment

To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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Children workshop coming up at the Design Museum: Slide, Glide and Ride
March 31, 2010 – 2:26 am | No Comment
Children workshop coming up at the Design Museum: Slide, Glide and Ride

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, …

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The Snail and the Whale
March 30, 2010 – 9:19 am | No Comment
The Snail and the Whale

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 …

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Monday crafts: clay Easter baskets filled with shredded paper and chocolate eggs
March 29, 2010 – 9:32 am | One Comment
Monday crafts: clay Easter baskets filled with shredded paper and chocolate eggs

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 …

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Funky radiators for kids’ bedrooms
March 26, 2010 – 5:51 am | 2 Comments
Funky radiators for kids’ bedrooms

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 …

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Old MacDonald has a farm on iTunes
March 24, 2010 – 4:16 am | No Comment
Old MacDonald has a farm on iTunes

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 …

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Etsy find: Easter party printables
March 23, 2010 – 8:11 am | No Comment
Etsy find: Easter party printables

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, …

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Monday crafts: when the canvas is a white t-shirt…
March 22, 2010 – 5:13 am | No Comment
Monday crafts: when the canvas is a white t-shirt…

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 …

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Sandwiches that look almost too perfect to eat by Funky Lunch
March 19, 2010 – 5:22 am | One Comment
Sandwiches that look almost too perfect to eat by Funky Lunch

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 …

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Etsy find: Easter egg crayons
March 18, 2010 – 2:14 am | No Comment
Etsy find: Easter egg crayons

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 …

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Three beds in one save money and space
March 17, 2010 – 4:52 am | No Comment
Three beds in one save money and space

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 …

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Dr Seuss books available on your iPhone
March 16, 2010 – 7:05 am | 3 Comments
Dr Seuss books available on your iPhone

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 …

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Monday Crafts: Easter cards part 2
March 15, 2010 – 7:04 am | One Comment
Monday Crafts: Easter cards part 2

  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 …

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