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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Twas The Night Before Christmas for iPhones
December 16, 2010 – 6:38 am | No Comment
Twas The Night Before Christmas for iPhones

Twas the Night Before Christmas, the classic poem by Clement Clarke Moore is available on iTunes thanks to an interactive iPhone app brought to us by Once Upon An App. You can listen to the …

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Monday crafts: hanging Christmas decoration
December 13, 2010 – 4:16 am | 3 Comments
Monday crafts: hanging Christmas decoration

Our Monday craft this week is a hanging Christmas decoration made of very thin strips of bolster wood consisting of a star, a ball and two pinecones tied in a bow. I wanted something simple …

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Monday crafts: how to make a Christmas message holder with a cereal bar box
December 6, 2010 – 1:03 am | 2 Comments
Monday crafts: how to make a Christmas message holder with a cereal bar box

Our craft this week is a file container to store the messages we write for every day in December. You can read the post about how we are using last year’s advent calendar this …

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Advent calendar: one year later
December 3, 2010 – 12:15 am | 3 Comments
Advent calendar: one year later

The theme for the Friday Carnival over at Notes from Home this week is Advent, so I thought it would the perfect opportunity to bring up the lovely advent calendar I made last year. To …

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Send your child a special message from Father Christmas
November 30, 2010 – 7:56 am | One Comment
Send your child a special message from Father Christmas

My son was so excited last year when he received a video message from Santa himself. What made it even more special was that Santa not only knew his name and where he lived, but …

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Monday Crafts: Homemade Nativity
November 22, 2010 – 11:29 am | 2 Comments
Monday Crafts: Homemade Nativity

At the weekend we have been busy making our Nativity with recycled items and air dry clay. It is a little early, but we’ll be away for a week at the beginning of December so …

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Christmas crafts: how to make a candle holder with air dry clay
November 18, 2010 – 6:58 am | No Comment
Christmas crafts: how to make a candle holder with air dry clay

Our first Christmas decoration of the year is a candle holder made out of air dry clay. I am a huge fan of air dry clay and I have used it a lot in the …

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Happy Christmas
December 23, 2009 – 11:29 am | No Comment
Happy Christmas

After four busy days in London and a packed schedule, which amongst other things included an exciting visit to Hamleys, a cold Sunday afternoon at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park and a fab morning at …

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Baking is fun with the Doodle Bread kit
December 17, 2009 – 1:57 am | No Comment
Baking is fun with the Doodle Bread kit

Kids love baking and being around in the kitchen so I can only imagine how many children will be baking cookies and cakes with their mums or dads over the Christmas holidays. I have recently …

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Cool educational gifts
December 16, 2009 – 4:53 am | No Comment
Cool educational gifts

My son is fascinated by the solar system and he already knows the names of the planets and their correct cosmic arrangement so I have had a good look around for a gift to encourage …

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Christmas Crafts: easy Christmas cards
December 14, 2009 – 3:09 am | 3 Comments
Christmas Crafts: easy Christmas cards

The last post in the Christmas craft series focuses on Christmas cards. We made a few different types out of thick red paper, which we decorated with a mix of materials including magazine paper, glitter …

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Photo Friday: Christmas lights in Sardinia
December 11, 2009 – 11:47 am | 3 Comments
Photo Friday: Christmas lights in Sardinia

These pictures were taken by my 6 year old son during an early evening stroll in Alghero were we live. He gets bored wandering around the shops so we let him take …

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