Raising brilliant girls!
I’m always on the lookout for fun ideas for practicing writing especially practicing handwriting or high frequency words. We have often used sand to write in and that is fun – but there is one thing which is better – glitter. Ok it’s messy. Very messy! The glitter will not stay in the tray, but … Read more
I’m not entirely sure why we decided to make fairy toadstools. Molly wanted somewhere for the tooth fairy to stay when she comes to visit and I saw some salad bowls in the exact shape to fit a toadstool. We will probably use it as part of the table decoration at her Magic themed party … Read more
Fairy blossom bead curtains. A pretty decoration for a bedroom or for a party and a great way to use up any beads which are left over from making bracelets.
Do you find it hard to get your children to eat fruit? If they like playing fairies then this might be the answer, a fruit kebab fit for a fairy queen, or king. It is so easy to make fairy wands as a fruit kebab you don’t need instructions. Cut up the fruit using cookie … Read more
In the holidays we made some really pretty fairy wand biscuits. They were pretty simple to make and would be lovely at a fairy theme birthday party. The recipe we used was a simple lemon biscuit recipe but you could use any that you want as long as the dough is quite firm so it … Read more
Just a very quick post about editing photographs, as I’m supposed to be doing the ironing – yawn. The delectable Five Go Blogging has been showing how you can transform a photo using picnic, a free internet program. I have only used this to resize my badge and header through flickr so haven’t had chance to have … Read more