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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Learn through play: Kid Science Stanley the Skeleton
October 7, 2011 – 5:51 am | No Comment

Looking around for Halloween songs I landed on a fantastic website Science with Me where you will find songs, science movies, games and fun experiments for kids to learn about science. Whilst I was …

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Celebrate Book Week with a theme: Dinosaurs Books
October 4, 2011 – 2:44 am | No Comment
Celebrate Book Week with a theme: Dinosaurs Books

To celebrate Book Week I looked at the books on our shelves with a particular theme in mind: the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs have been popular in our house for quite some time so I found a …

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The Butterfly Farm in Stratford-Upon-Avon
September 23, 2011 – 1:21 am | No Comment
The Butterfly Farm in Stratford-Upon-Avon

I would like to welcome Visit Britain’s new video on board. The video on the right hand column is part of the Itinerary series that explore holiday destinations in the United Kingdom and show you …

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Pretend play with a creative twist
September 22, 2011 – 1:14 am | No Comment
Pretend play with a creative twist

Pretend play seems to be my son’s favourite activity right now; in particular he likes to pretend to be a restaurant owner/chef who welcomes customers and serves them food. After a few times of playing …

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C like Caterpillar
September 19, 2011 – 2:29 am | No Comment
C like Caterpillar

Often in the attempt of tidying a messy shelf I encounter old craft projects that are just too precious to dispose of, but unfortunately this does not help to keep my house tidy because what goes …

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Rome with kids
September 15, 2011 – 1:58 am | No Comment
Rome with kids

This summer we went to Rome for the first time and it was spectacular. I knew this unique city had many sights and we were pretty organized with our time and even purchased our tickets …

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Times tables game old style
September 14, 2011 – 2:08 am | No Comment
Times tables game old style

During the school year I found many games to help my son learning the times tables. We have used songs, online games and a variety of iPhone apps that make learning easy and most importantly …

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How to make recycled paper cards
August 9, 2011 – 2:19 am | No Comment
How to make recycled paper cards

Lately I have been looking at kits to recycle paper to make your own as a fun activity to do with my son. There are many kits that are very affordable and that will probably …

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Colouring placemats by Dwell Studio
July 27, 2011 – 1:21 am | One Comment
Colouring placemats by Dwell Studio

The colouring placemats by Dwell Studio bring together the appeal of design with the practical side of an item that needs to be safe and useful at the same time. The reusable placemats made from …

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Baking with kids: geography pie
July 22, 2011 – 2:15 am | 2 Comments
Baking with kids: geography pie

My son loves baking and helping me in the kitchen so some months ago we made a jam pie. I must admit we didn’t make the pastry from scratch; it is straight out of a …

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Cardboard guitar
July 20, 2011 – 4:34 am | No Comment
Cardboard guitar

Clearing up my son’s room last week we found an old toy guitar that was well passed repair. It used to be a cute mini acoustic guitar with real chords that you could actually play, …

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How to make a dragon puppet
July 14, 2011 – 3:24 am | 4 Comments
How to make a dragon puppet

We are very proud of the way this dragon puppet turned out. It took a little bit of work and fine tuning but in the end we managed to put it all together into a …

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