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A fun translucent lantern with confetti for little crafters
Have you ever made a lantern? Well, that is exactly what we did this week: a simple translucent luminary craft using what we had on our craft shelf. A craft that can easily be done in three...
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Cardboard spa set – make your own for endless fun
I made this cardboard spa set to play with my daughter recently and shared it on Instagram. I received such a wonderful response that I thought I would bring it here to the blog should you too wish to...
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Toy box treasure hunt – a simple game for colour and counting practice
I thought up the toy box treasure hunt as a fun game for my daughter to play making use of things we already have at home. It’s made simply and quickly with colouring pens, cardboard, scrap paper and a...
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Pretty paper flowers to decorate gifts or your house — here’s a simple DIY
I’ve recently been making these pretty paper flowers which are super easy to fold together, and perfect to use for gift wrapping or to decorate the house (I used them for our activity advent calendar...
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Pretty Paper Roll Snowflakes — a wonderful way to recycle!
There is something special about staying warm indoors when it is cold outside. Although for little ones, an extended period of time in doors can be difficult. I have found that for my daughter,...
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Make and gift a festive simmer pot
Have you ever thought about how powerful the olfactory memory is? Many times, different smells take me back to a particular moment in time — often a childhood memory. Spices have always been around...
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A slow and simple Christmas (and craft to make with little ones)
For me and for many, 2020 has been a year of ‘Slow and Simple’. Our lifestyles and livelihoods were forced to slow down, to adapt or at the very least relocate to our living rooms. And many of us have...
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Dried Orange and Lavender Star Garland
If you are like me, you keep seeing gorgeous dried orange garland and salt dough garland EVERYWHERE. We had a lazy Saturday to ourselves last weekend and I thought it might be the perfect day to try...
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Valentine’s Day Loveheart Crowns
This is quite possibly one of the easiest crafts we’ve ever done — and with such a cute result in the end! This past weekend, the girls and I made loveheart crowns for Valentine’s Day. All you need is...
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Colourful stick puppets for everyday fun
This month we made some super cute and colourful stick puppets to celebrate carnival but it is also for everyday fun. (A few weeks ago we made a new puppet theatre using an old shoe box. We have made...
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The cutest pom pom bunny for spring
Finally, spring is here, and with it all the pastel colours to inspire some pom pom making. What a classic thing it is to make some sort of bunny craft at spring time, don’t you think?… I remember...
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Make Your Own Easter Decorations: ‘Snowflake’ Easter Eggs
Here’s a super simple Easter craft, which results in pretty decorations. My favourite kind of craft! The girls and I made these paper ‘snowflake’ Easter eggs to put in our windows now that the sun is...
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Make an Easter Party out of an Easter Egg Hunt!
Instant Easter Egg Hunt party success : Hang up a bunting, put out a picnic blanket and make a central station for the children to gather. Bring some healthy snacks and some real food to balance out...
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Make a bright flower petals sun-catcher
For this bright flower petals sun-catcher craft, any available blooms you select will create a lovely effect. We used different flowers we had on hand from old bouquets. Here, we used a mix of tulip,...
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Happy Earth Day! Some fun family activities to mark the day.
Tomorrow is Earth Day and this year’s theme is ‘Restore Our Earth’. Earth Day was first held in 1970 in the US and has now grown to international dimensions with events across the globe. It provides...
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Introducing your Children to Architecture – Why and How?
Do your children love to build towers, cities or playgrounds ? Do they play with legos, blocks, or doll houses ? Maia Tarassoff is an architect and mother of two children (age 6 and 9). She started...
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Sandcastle Cake — a show-stopping centrepiece
We had a very little birthday party celebration for our two year old, since we had just arrived the night before to our little holiday getaway by the beach. So to keep it very simple, I used some...
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A clay and fall leaves wall hanging for autumn
Can you believe we are already one third done with this year’s autumn season! But there is still time to make more decorations if like me you enjoy this time a year. After seeing all the beautiful...
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Perforated Pumpkin Luminaries – A Fun Halloween Cardboard Craft
This year I did not have the energy to go collect a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch and carve it with a toddler, so we tried something new! We “carved”, painted and decorated cardboard pumpkins and...
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Infinite creative possibilities with Conkers
Even writing about this seems to simple and easy, but I want to plant the seed and let it grow. Conkers are fun to collect as the Autumn winds blow and the leaves fall. They are shiny, they are very...
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