Education & Parenting

Stunning Wooden Spoon Puppets

Stunning Spoon Puppets Here are some adorable Spoon Puppets that are just that little bit different and simply, well, adorable! These cute spoon puppets, just want to make you scoop them up and go off and put on a show, don't you think? This is such a lovely holiday craft…

Butterfly Life Cycle – Paper Plate Craft

My kids and I LOVE exploring life cycles. We have been "hatching" butterflies for the last 3-4 years and are fascinated by the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle process. It really is an amazing experience to see the wonders of nature for yourself. To go with our Butterfly Life Cycle…

How to Snap Great Shots of Your Children

Trying to photography kids can be frustrating to say the least. Not only are kids unlikely to listen to directions, but they are bound to fidget, run around, and seemingly do everything in their power to prevent you from getting a good shot. The good news is that with the…

cardboard forest

Cool Cardboard forest Looking for some fun things to do with your little ones, or a great classroom project? Working with books featuring forests and woods? How about creating an entire forest from toilet roll tubes and cutout tree shapes? How adorable is this project? A great one for environmental…

Weaving Craft Tipi

Weaving Craft Tipi The great outdoors is fantastic for kids to learn and face exciting adventures with one another but when you can't get the mischievous children out the house you can still keep them busy with these fun and cute designs of crafting Tipis. If you have bits of wool and twigs scattered…

Milk Carton Bird Feeder

Milk Carton Bird Feeder We LOVE simple yet effective designs like these, a milk carton turned into a bird feeder is a fun craft idea for the whole family to help bring to life. By making this cute bird house you are helping birds everywhere by providing food and shelter but you…

Toilet roll racing cars

Toilet roll racing cars We just can't get enough of toilet roll crafts... I can't bring myself to put them into the recycling box... So for once I'm not annoyed when the boys leave the loo rolls on the side of the bath, instead of popping them into the waste…

DIY apple core project

We're all trying to instill a little more fruit into our children's lives, and for whatever reason, our kids seem to push away the idea of anything healthy without even asking what it is or even trying it. Frustrating - we know, but it seems to be something that's inevitable when in…

DIY copper pipe childs desk

DIY copper pipe child's desk We have two tables in our kitchen, one big grown up table and one smaller wooden table - the kids have always loved this small table for crafting, and for tea parties with their friends. It is just the right place for homework or arts…

DIY cork bee mobile

DIY cork bee mobile It's that time of year - you walk under a tree and the NOISE from the buzzing of the bees is amazing! We all love honey right? Well - let's enjoy and save the bees whilst we have a chance. We found an amazingly informative poster…