I have had a good look around for advent calendars, not to buy one as this year I will make my own but for original ideas and I was amazed at how many options are …

This week and next week’s crafts will focus on advent calendars. Advent calendars are often associated with sweets and chocolate, but they don’t need to be. They can be creative projects to make the countdown …

This hanging Christmas tree is a very original advent calendar made of embroidered wool felt. Each felt pocket can fit a gift, sweet or even a note so you can fill each day in the …

Our house is covered with drawings.  The first point of display of a new drawing is always the fridge; thankfully we have a large two-door fridge, but even so the space ran out a  long …

Christmas decorations are everywhere in the outside world, although it might be a little early to put up a tree in your lounge it doesn’t mean you cannot get things started. If in the past …

I have written about costumes, trick-or-treat bags and recycled decorations, but no Halloween selection would be complete without some food recipes so I have been riding the waves of the Internet and I landed at …

I have been looking around for crafts ideas for more Halloween decorations to add to the hanging bats we made last week and I found two very good projects. Both involve recycling, which makes them …

You don’t have to spend a fortune to have funky party decorations, you just buy the graphics and print it all yourself from High resolutions PDF files and have fun in the process. Party preparation …

With Halloween approaching yesterday we made some very easy bats decorations. It was a completely recycled craft as we used the tissue paper from shoe boxes. Yes, we went shopping for shoes on Saturday…in fact …

More favourite Halloween picks from Etsy: The first one is a handmade silly spider costume. Easy to wear as a child’s costume should be, the cape is made of felt which means it is also …

It is a renowned fact and a sore point for mothers of boys when it comes to shopping for clothes, shoes and accessories the choice is very limited. We really have to make more of …

Halloween is an important appointment on every kid’s calendar. Having a good trick or treat bag to collect all those goodies is part of the fun. With that in mind I have been searching for …