Halloween is over a month away but we are already preparing for it. In fact I think the anticipation is part of the fun and certainly makes the occasion last longer. Unfortunately where we live …

I love autumn’s colours, but unfortunately we don’t get to see much of the wonderful shades of red and brown where we live. We are on the west coast of Sardinia and the weather is …

The collection of my son’s tennis caps was becoming a bit of an issue in his room, especially because the number continues to grow.  With every business trip to London daddy returns with a new …

This is our selection of decorated jars that can have many uses, in the summer evenings we use them as lanterns to decorate and illuminate our outdoor. They are great for floating candles. I also …

We are really looking forwards to the Olympic games so while we are waiting we have made a chart to keep a record of the gold, silver and bronze medals for some of the countries …

It has taken us a little while, but we are back. When school broke up at the beginning of June – yes in Italy the summer holidays are quite substantial…three months of it! – We …

Today I have a very easy and useful craft to share with all you lovely readers. My special double-sided animal placemats made with old calendar paper and colourful thick paper. The drawings are very simple …

After the success of our peruvian drums, we built a colourful xylophone with some old pencils, polystyrene and cardboard.  It is very easy to make and you can easily find all you need for this …

Lately we have been consuming large quantities of ice cream so we are left with so many ice cream tabs to transform into useful things. I have already shared the storage containers decorated with comics, …

Today’s project is a blue vase that we made with a glass jar, a piece of cotton gauze, vinyl glue, paint and colourful elastic bands. The process is very easy. Coat the vase …

At the weekend we had a good clear out so you can just imagine the amount of potential crafts we are going to do with all those unwanted goods. We started our crafty upcycle with …

Here we are again at the start of a new year, Happy 2012 everyone! We have been a little quiet at FabMums over the holidays, but we are back now and what better way to …