Make Your Own Worry Dolls
Worry Dolls come from Guatemala and were created as a remedy for worrying. According to Mayan legends, when someone is kept awake worrying, they tell their worry to as many dolls as they need to. The dolls are ...
Worry Rocks: To Help With Separation Anxiety
Last year when school started in September we would draw a little heart on the palm of BB’s hand. That way if he felt sad after drop off he could press the heart and feel our hugs. It helped to make the separat...
Egg Carton Sharks
Egg cartons are great for junk modelling, and over the past few months we have been collecting lots of packaging and creating lots of things with them. One of the things we have been making is a family of egg c...
Agamograph Pictures
The first time I came across agamograph pictures was when I was in year 5 and I boy in my class brought one in that he had made. I always found them fascinating after that. Just in case you are wondering what a...
How to Make Clay Owls
We had the clay out the other day, there is something very calming about using clay, it is a great stress reliever. YC was making her own thing and I made clay owls. They are a pretty simple clay craft that you...
Easy Origami Koala Bookmark
Origami is great craft; it doesn’t require much to do it and it is fab for developing fine motor stills. Now that everything has gone to online classes (including the Scouts), we have been asking the kids to ...
Pasta Butterflies
A few years ago we turned some pasta shells into giant pasta snails. Now we are moving onto farfalle pasta and making pasta butterflies. I’ve been a bit wary about doing crafts and activities that use food at t...
60 Summer Crafts, Games and Activities
Each year I try to do summer activities and crafts that are like the ones that I did at summer camp. Here is a big round up of them all.
For even more ideas check out my Pinterest boards. Don't forget to ...
Watercolour Quotes for Father’s Day
When it comes to making presents, I find myself thinking, “will they actually use it, or will it just end up forgotten about in the corner somewhere” more often. That is doubly true when it is for things like F...
Watercolour Paper Flowers
My Mum used make lots of paper flowers when our family was living in the Malaysia. They were very small, like blossom. These watercolour paper flowers, are a lot bigger, but they do remind me of hers.
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