Avast ye crafty land-lubbers! Learn how to make mini treasure chest box favours for a pirate party…
Aren’t these mini treasure chest boxes cute? Perfect for pirate or mermaid swimming party favours!
5 fabulous poppy crafts for Remembrance Day
Five fantastic poppy crafts for kids – a perfect activity for children to join in Remembrance day.
DIY kids crafts gift box for a preschooler
How to make aged pirate party invites or an authentic treasure map!
The first in a series of pirate party tutorial posts: how to make aged invitations using tea (including a free Word template)
Yaaarrrr…
A beautiful Cornish wedding!
A beautiful, inspiring, DIY wedding: vintage camper-vans, open-air vows, hand-made place settings, bunting, table-settings and a quiz!
Back to school: DIY (no-sew) comic book bag tutorial
This DIY comic book school bag will help your little Superhero to find his (or her!) book bag quickly and easily at school, plus it’s really cute…
Fathers day DIY gift: easy framed word cloud
This Fathers day DIY gift is super easy and fun to make, but really has the ‘wow’ factor.
Ask the kids to describe their Daddy and make those words into a piece of art.
How to wrap a gift: beautiful paper feathers
Want to make a gift look extra-special?
How about making some gorgeous paper feathers to decorate it with?
These only take 10 minutes to make!
Quick and easy kids’ recipe for pizza (from scratch)
A super-simple pizza recipe using a version of Jamie Oliver’s basic pizza dough recipe and Pizza Express style tomato sauce. These are a fraction of the cost of store-bought pizza and a whole lot more fun!
Craft ideas for kids: How to make a feather headdress
One of the fastest craft ideas for kids – a simple yet beautiful no-sew feather headdress (plus some more fun carnival craft ideas for kids)!
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!
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?
10 sensational summer fete crafts & activities round-up
Craft ideas for kids: Funky pompom bird
Looking for craft ideas for kids? This quirky little bird is made from pompoms, feathers and pipe-cleaners. He’s full of personality and only takes a few minutes to make!
10 clever ideas for paper airplanes for kids
Decorate a robot craft idea (with free printable)
Need a robot craft activity that will keep the kids busy for at least 30 minutes, but don’t want loads of prep or to clear up for hours afterwards?
Here’s your answer (includes free printable)…
Personalised paper planes (guest post at The Pin Junkie)
A fun, simple, low-cost craft idea that can help children with literacy, name-recognition, gross and fine-motor skills. See post for link to how-to…
The most delicious chocolate dipped cut-out cookies (that your toddler can make)!
Yes, I know baking isn’t generally considered a craft, but I would argue that my definition could apply to either: a fun process of combining materials in order to create something wonderful.
Wouldn’t you agree..?
Pop-up flower birthday card: a step-by-step tutorial
- A simple pop-up birthday card (would also be wonderful for a get well, thank you or Mothers’ day card). Great way to use up scrappy bits of wrapping paper!