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Craft ideas for kids: No spill pig watering can
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Craft ideas for kids: No spill pig watering can

Is your toddler as keen on watering the garden as mine are?  Do they also get more water on their feet than in the plant pots?  Here’s your answer – a cheeky pig watering can made from a recycled plastic milk jug!

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Simple bird automaton
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Simple bird automaton

Want to try one of the best EVER craft ideas for kids?  How about a machine which makes a bird ‘fly’ up and down and round and round when you turn the handle?

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10 summer fete crafts
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10 sensational summer fete crafts & activities round-up

We've been so lucky to have had really beautiful weather recently - Pickle and Chops love the freedom of running around outside every day.  They especially enjoyed our local village…
Baby Sensory food
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The 10 best baby sensory experiences! (guest post at Life is Peachy)

10 of the best baby sensory experiences (bins, bags, bottles and boxes) including dinosaurs, outer space, flowers, bubbles, goop and a beach in a box!

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Craft ideas for kids: Yogurt pot telephone
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Craft ideas for kids: Yogurt pot telephone

Looking for craft ideas for kids?  Here’s an old school one!  I remember making these with my mum and bro when I was small (and there’s a top tip from Granny in this tutorial)…

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Washi tape wristband: festival ID for kids
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Washi tape wristband: festival ID for kids

Probably the simplest use of washi tape ever.
A quick and easy festival ID for kids (just in case!)

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Easy sewing project: kid’s clothes plasters
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Easy sewing project: kid’s clothes plasters

Want to create a unique gift in one easy sewing project?
Need a fast quirky fix for worn-out kids’ clothes?  These are perfect to make do and mend!

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paper plane crafts & activities
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10 clever ideas for paper airplanes for kids

Do you like to make paper airplanes for kids?  I do and my boys love them! Following this guest post for The Pin Junkie, the process of making paper planes…
A waistcoat for Nonno bear (a Build-a-Bear pattern)
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A waistcoat for Nonno bear (a Build-a-Bear pattern)

A special gift for a very special bear.
Simple Build-A-Bear waistcoat pattern and how-to.

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PlayDoh with Diggers!
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PlayDoh with Diggers!

Need 30 minutes to yourself?
What could be more fun than PlayDoh?  PlayDoh with diggers of course!

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Step-by-step: Lidded favour boxes made from old birthday and Christmas cards
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Step-by-step: Lidded favour boxes made from old birthday and Christmas cards

Step-by-step: cute lidded favour boxes from old birthday/Christmas cards.
Great up-cycling idea to do in a classroom/playgroup…

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Pet rocks
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20 Reasons to Paint Rocks (I kid you not!) part 2

More brilliant ideas to paint rocks: story stones, wedding favours & more! (SEE PART ONE HERE)
A fun, easy, low prep, (almost) free activity.

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20 reasons to paint rocks 1
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20 Reasons to Paint Rocks (yes, really!) part 1

I have to admit, I was a little sceptical of painting rocks as a craft, but Pickle really enjoyed it and actually so did I (it’s very calming)!  I tried…
Craft ideas for kids: Cardboard Box Play House
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Craft ideas for kids: Cardboard Box Play House

Got a huge cardboard box?  Don’t throw it away!
Make a little house for the kids and let them decorate it…

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