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Cardboard Tube Sitting Santa and Elf
Looking for a fun craft to make with your little ones this Christmas? Why not make a cardboard tube Santa or Elf. All you need is a cardboard tube and some colour paper. Supplies Santa Step 1 Start with your body. To make your body, place your cardboard tube on some red colour paper, and mark out the length of the tube with a grey lead pencil. Roll the tube along the paper to ensure you have enough paper to go around the roll with a small overlap. Cut out the colour paper and glue to the cardboard tube. Step 2 Add a face. To make your face, cut a…
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Halloween Bat Mobile
Looking for a super simple decoration this Halloween? Why not try making this bat mobile using black paper bats and a branch. Supplies Black cardstock or paper Scissors Black thread String Sticky tape Double sided tape Tree branch Cricut (optional) Step 1 Let’s get batty. Cut some little bat friends from some black cardstock or paper. I used my Cricut to cut my bats using an image within the Cricut Design Space. But you could also download a printable template online or draw your own. My bats are 2 sizes, the larger one has a wing span of 14cm and the smaller one has a wing span of 8cm. Step…
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Milk Bottle Trick or Treat Baskets
Looking for a fun craft to make this Halloween? Why not try making these cute milk bottle ‘trick or treat’ baskets. They are super easy to make and look great! You could also use them for boo baskets. Supplies Plastic milk bottle / jug Scissors Craft knife Hole punch Split pins Paint / paint pens Sticky tape Step 1 Take an empty plastic milk bottle and using a craft knife and/or scissors cut the bottle all the way around just under the handle. To make the first incision I used a craft knife, but then swapped to scissors to finish the cutting. For this craft we will only be using…
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Collage Cat inspired by “Winston and the Indoor Cat”
Are you looking for a fun craft to make with your children for Book Week? These fun cat collages were inspired by one of this year’s CBCA shortlisted Early Childhood books, “Winston and the Indoor Cat,” written and illustrated by Leila Rudge. “A story about seeing what life is like on the other side of the window. Two very different cats: Winston, a free-spirited explorer; and The Indoor Cat, lover of leisure; form a friendship and show each other how different their lives could be. Can The Indoor Cat be enticed by outdoor adventure? Will Winston be tempted by a life of indoor luxury?“ “Winston and the Indoor Cat” is…
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Paper Plate Whale inspired by “Walk of the Whales”
Are you looking for a fun craft to make with your children for Book Week? These cute paper plate whales puppets were inspired by one of this year’s CBCA shortlisted Early Childhood books, “Walk of the Whales,” written and illustrated by Nick Bland. “When all of the whales in the ocean leave their home to walk around on land, people don’t quite know what to think. But soon shopkeepers go out of business, farms are flooded with water and salt, and people shout horrible, anti-whale words. That is, until, a smart little girl decides to ask the whales what everyone can do to help.“ Walk of the Whales is a fun…
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Paper Cup Rocket Inspired by Stellarphant
Are you looking for a fun craft to make with your children for Book Week? These fun jumping paper cup rockets were inspired by one of this year’s CBCA shortlisted Picture Books, “Stellarphant,” written and illustrated by James Foley. “Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem- Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come with a new reason she can’t join. But where there’s a will, there’s a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.”“Stellaphant” is a fun, bright story, with a comic book feel, about one of my favourite subjects, outer space. The main character Stella, shows…
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Paper Plate Bunny Easter Bag
Looking for a quick and easy craft to make with your kids this Easter? Why not try making this cute bunny bag using paper plates. To make your own bunny bag, you will need the following craft supplies: Supplies 2 Paper Plates White paper/card Pink paper/card Black felt tip pen Colour pencils / felt tip pens Beads Ribbon Glue Stick/ PVA glue Hole punch Scissors Step 1 To make your bunny bag you will need 2 paper plates. The back plate should be left whole and facing up. Step 2 The front plate will be the face of the bunny. Start with your plate face down, and cut the plate…
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Ikea Leirvik Bed Hack
After updating our bedroom with a shiplap feature wall, our Leirvik Ikea bed just didn’t look as good as it could. So we decided it was time for a new bed. But after searching online, I started wondering if it was possible to give our bed an update instead. We were thinking of getting rid of it anyway, so it couldn’t hurt. I love the look of black metal bed frames, they suit the style of our house, which has a slight farmhousey feel. So we decided to run with that. To update our bed we basically just removed the swirls from the bedhead and gave it a coat of…
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Winter Village House Lego Advent Calendar
For the last few years I have had lots of fun building my kids a LEGO advent calendar for Christmas. This year I wanted to replicate the feeling of the traditional cardboard advent calendars. The calendars with the beautiful Christmas scene and the little doors hiding a picture behind them. They were always my favourite as a kid. So with this goal in mind and inspired by all the Winter Village builds on the internet, I set about making my own winter scene. My winter village house has a total of 24 doors to open, one for each day leading up to Christmas. They are not numbered and can be…
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Egg Carton Pumpkin Garland
For Halloween this year the kids and I made this super easy pumpkin garland. It looks really cute hanging on our mantel. Supplies Egg carton Orange paint Black marker or fine line pen String Needle Scissors Step 1 To create your pumpkin shapes cut down an egg carton into the egg cup shapes in the bottom of the carton. To do this we removed the lid, then cut the bottom in half and then into pieces. Finally we trimmed them into a nice round shape. Step 2 Now it’s time to paint your little pumpkins. We chose to paint ours orange but you could have multicoloured pumpkins or whatever suits…
A few small adventures in books & reading, craft & diy projects, and a touch of Disney magic
