Summer

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…

Summer Paper Plate Crafts

Hooray it is SUMMER!!! Well kind of (depending on where you live).. either way.. this set of summer paper plate crafts are BOUND to cheer up your day. I love the quirky little Melon Paper Plate Handbag and Donuts... and all the fun you can have with this fabulous Paper…

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…

Rainbow in a Jar – Science for Kids

Time for some fun Rainbow Activities for kids. We love a bit of "home science" in our house and there are lots and lots and lots of easy to set up science experiments "out there" for us to explore and have a go at. Here is another such science experiment,…

SUMMER Craft – Sea Shell Necklace

SUMMER Craft - Sea Shell Necklace We LOVE going to the beach in Summer and the kids are for ever collecting beach finds, especially sea shells. We have a huge stash of shells and I am always looking for new simple crafts for them (check out these fabulous 20 Sea…

Seashell Art

Sea shell Art Oh my oh my oh my! Poetry with a sea shell, such a wonderful idea - My son's Writing Workshop teacher (and soon to be daughter's teacher too), LOVES poetry.! And she loves working on poems with the kids. I HAVE to share this seashell craft -…

DIY Stone Crafts: Make a Road & Cars

DIY Stone Crafts: Make a Road & Cars Oh my oh my oh my! We love all sorts of Nature Crafts and this DIY Stone Craft with a Road & Cars is brilliant! Collecting sticks, pine cones, stones and leaves whenever we are out on a walk and coming up with…

Sea Shell & Button Ornaments

Sea Shell Ornaments We are adore easy heart crafts for kids. And these sea shell ornaments are just the ticket for summer crafting! We are forever collecting sea shells and little trinkets.. combine that with my love for buttons and we have a lot of decorative craft material. When it…

10 Cactus Crafts to Delight

10 Cactus Crafts to Delight Yes, you may well have guess that we would have a 10 Cactus Crafts round up for you soon! And here it is... some of my favourite Succulent and Cactus Crafts from around the web. Simply perfect for Summer. The best thing about these Cactus…

Painted Rock Cactus DIY

Painted Rock Cactus DIY As you know, we have a THING about stones. My kids are forever picking up them and collecting them. And I have to confess, that I too, can't resist a beautifully shaped, smooth flat stone, and ahem, have quite a stone collection myself.. because you never…