Tag: crafts
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Christmas Garland Made from Recycled Cards
How to Recycle your Christmas Cards I have mixed feelings about Christmas Cards. On one hand I love hearing from old friends, but they quickly begin to take over all the surfaces in the house. This year with a bit of blue tac I managed to keep on top of them. Shortly after Christmas, that…
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Tears and laughter!
At what age do children show empathy? To give myself a bit of a break on the weekend, I’d checked the weather report and it looked grim, so I booked my daughter and hubby into the Cinema to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. She’d watched the first one and has also watched How…
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Easy Christmas Decorations to make with kids
Fimo Candy Cane Christmas Decorations Don’t laugh but I’ve been doing a bit of ‘pseudo’ Christmas crafting so I thought I’d share. Growing up in Canada we always added edible Candy Canes to our Christmas trees when decorating. I know you can get them here in the UK, but on occasion I’ve got caught out…
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Fimo Craft Ideas for Younger Children
‘Sh*t! Are you supposed to bake Fimo????’ ‘Er, yes petal!’ How the h*ll was I supposed to know, I’ve never used the stuff before and crafting is not my strong point. I was sent a box of it to play with from Cost Cutters Education Supplies. So, as a good mother and my daughter…
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9 Fun Things to do with Strawberries
Did you know that there are 35 varieties of British Strawberries and that the average strawberry has 200 seeds on them? Fascinating stuff. My daughter likes nothing better than eating strawberries straight out of the punnet. Now that they are coming into season here in the UK, I found myself this afternoon, instead of catching…