Raising brilliant girls!
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 started. Here’s our review. Unboxing The Letterbox Sculpture comes in a very nicely packaged box. All the materials are presented beautifully and they invite you to pick them up. From … Read more
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 was a lovely Autumn day so it was the perfect activity for getting out and about. There were so many apples to try and activities to do. Our favourite by … Read more
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 so I made some traditional tales story spoons. I’ve wanted to make some for ages but if I’d realised how engaging they would be I’d have made them way sooner. … Read more
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. If you are worried about the expense of carting your kids to the zoo or a theme park every day, you should know that crafts can be just as fun … Read more
Halloween this year was certainly different. The girls were a bit disappointed when I said we wouldn’t be able to go and trick or treat this year. So we decided to think of lots of fun ways to celebrate at home instead. We were contacted by Freeze Debt to take part in their DIY Mandalorian … Read more
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 go back to something you used to enjoy. Cross stitch is perfect because there is something very relaxing and calming about counting up the stitches and watching the pattern take … Read more
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 the hard carving, why not try some no carve ideas instead. Here are a range of different ways to decorate your pumpkin, all without carving it first. You can spray … Read more
I have a big fondness for any pumpkin decorating idea which doesn’t require you to do any pumpkin carving. It’s one of those things which starts out fun and ends up with you elbows in gunk and the kids are nowhere in sight. I’m always looking for new ways to decorate pumpkins using paint to … Read more
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 at fast-food restaurants and decided to recycle them using sharpies and beads into a rainbow suncatcher mobile. We used: drinks lid clear plastic sheet sharpies beads string large button You … Read more
We’ve been curious to try a 3D pen for ages, so we were thrilled to be asked to review the Polaroid PLAY 3D pen. The idea of being able to create your own 3D models is so appealing. It really brings your imagination to life and we were really impressed with the results. First it … Read more