Mediocre Mum

Category: Kid’s Crafts

  • Great Books for Kids!

    Gotta love a book that inspires a bit of impromptu crafting!  Tamara Small and the Monsters’s Ball by Giles Paley-Phillips,  is a delightful story with amazing illustrations. Madame’s Monster! Disclosure:  We received the book complimentary  

  • Cheats way to decorate Easter Eggs!

    We were inspired by the lovely Maggie from Red Ted Art to try our hand at decorating Easter Eggs.  It was incredibly easy and effective. However, within 5 minutes of finishing decorating them my daughter has broken 8 out of the 12 eggs, playing Easter Bunny.  Oh well, the fun was in decorating them. To…

  • Valentine’s Day Cards (Fingerprinted)

    I wish I could take credit for these lovely Fingerprint Valentines Day cards but once again it was thanks to a Google Image Search. My daughter is 4 and managed it and I think you could do it with young babes as well but you’d have to position their fingers. You will need: White paper…

  • Love Rocks!

    Whenever I need inspiration for crafting, I always turn to my mate Maggie from Redtedart.com and once again she has come through trumps or should I say hearts! These Love Rocks caught my eye as they are so simple and required very little in terms of materials.  I think they’re going to make perfect Valentine’s…

  • We’ve recycled our Christmas Cards!

    I was looking for ideas of what to do with my old Christmas cards.  In the past, I’ve used them to create gift tags, thank you postcards but mostly end up burning or recycling them.   However, after a quick troll on the internet I found these wonderful placemats.  They were very easy to make and…