Evie & Ewe Letterbox Sculpture Review
We finally got the chance to make our inflatable Letterbox Sculpture from Evie & Ewe. Our kids couldn’t wait to open the box and get
December 22, 2021
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We finally got the chance to make our inflatable Letterbox Sculpture from Evie & Ewe. Our kids couldn’t wait to open the box and get
Last weekend we made apple boats. The setting was beautiful as it was at a stately home in the heart of the UK countryside. It
We have been working on comprehension skills this year to go with the new Early Learning Goals. One of the goals is to retell stories
As the summer holiday rapidly approaches, it can be easy for parents to start panicking about how they are going to fill their kids’ time.
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Disclaimer: We were sent the kit for the purposes of this review. There couldn’t be a better time to take up a new craft or
Carving pumpkins is one of those activities which seems fun at first but which ends up being much harder work than you expected. Instead of
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We’ve been looking for ways to reuse single-use plastic. We collected a lot of sheets of clear plastic from packaging and some lids from drinks
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Children in the UK don’t generally give their friends gifts for Valentine’s Day. Last year the twins were obsessed with slime and they wanted to
After all the hustle and bustle of Christmas, it is lovely to have some quiet time to do a craft project together. We decided to
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I’ve fallen out of love with Christmas cards recently. They seem so expensive and ultimately wasteful. I want to get the girls to make all
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When we were in the shop we noticed that these milkshake bottles looked just liked snowmen. They are really great to make a simple craft because
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It’s taken me a while to think of this blog as a craft blog. When I started I wrote about so many topics but I’ve
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