Arts and crafts are a huge part of our family life, I am a big crafter myself. I love to draw, knit, crochet, make jewellery and more. It pleases me greatly that the Beans also enjoy crafting, even if many of their preferences are of the ‘messy’ variety at the moment.
I couldn’t even begin to hazard a guess as to how many hours I spent using a Spiral Designer when I was a child, I loved them because I never ended up with the same design twice. Little Bean has been sent the Ravensburger Spiral Designer and was excited to get started. Ravensburger Spiral Designer … Read more
I’m such a big kid I start to get excited about Christmas when we hit November as I start putting ideas together for things to do with the Beans. I really want them to grow up with a magical feeling whenever they think of Christmas so we ride around in the car looking for Christmas … Read more
It’s hardly surprising that I’ve been bitten by the Loom Band bug really, I mean I am a crafter afterall. Curly was actually the first one to show any interest in Loom Bands. He came home one weekend with a couple of packs of Loom Bands in his bag and was complaining that his fingers … Read more
My guilty pleasure (other than wine and chocolate) is crafting but I don’t always get the opportunity to do it as much as I would like to these days. When pregnant with Jelly Bean I worked in a local craft shop and I loved it, especially taking part in or teaching jewellery making classes. Once … Read more
So, did you manage to do any of the #kidsinthekitchen activities last week? Here’s the next 5 for this week. Let me know how you get on . . . This is something that we do quite often as one of our favourite books is called “The Paper Dolls” – read it, it’s lovely!! … Read more
There aren’t many children who don’t love to dress up. I love this how-to guide from Country Baskets, it reminds me of the fun times we had at Bewilderwood. Why not have a go at making some with your little ones of the summer holidays . . . Create a template by drawing around a … Read more
Our latest box of goodies from Yellow Moon couldn’t have arrived at a better time for us. There were a few little bits and pieces that the Beans couldn’t wait to get started on like the little ‘Flip Flop Trinket Boxes’ and the ‘Sea Side Boxes’ so whilst I got on with a few jobs … Read more
You already know how much we enjoy crafting, it’s one of those activities that I know will keep the Beans calm for a while and *most* of the time without arguments (unless they both want to use the same pen at the same time). Over the school holidays Little Bean was given a homework assignment … Read more
If you’ve decided to make a spring-themed cake then fondant icing can transform your cake from every day to the exceptional simple using cut-outs.