These Paper Shamrocks are so easy and really fun to make. We spent Saturday afternoon making all kinds of crafts and these were our favourite. They’re pretty quick to make, especially if you use a stapler and it wouldn’t take any time at all to rustle up enough to really decorate a room for St … Continue reading St Patrick’s Day Craft: How to make Paper Shamrocks
Make hearts flutter this Valentine’s Day with these Celery Rose Print Valentine’s Cards and gift wrap! The first Valentine’s cards were sent in the 18th century. These were handmade cards, covered in romantic symbols of the age, such as flowers and love knots. The cards often included riddles and poetry. Cards were slipped secretly under … Continue reading Crafts: Celery Rose Print Valentine’s Cards
If like me, you regularly write craft blog posts and tutorials it can sometimes be hard to come up with a topic. I write a craft post every Thursday, so I need about 50 new ideas each year. To help inspire me and to help me plan ahead, I’ve put together a list of general … Continue reading 50 Themes to Inspire Craft Bloggers
I love a good wreath at Christmas. We always buy a nice foliage one from our local Community Farm and have it on the front door. Inside the house we have a few more delicate wreaths on some of the internal doors, it just makes the place look more festive. I really enjoy making wreaths … Continue reading Christmas Crafts: Paper Plate Holly Wreath
After 23 years of Valentine’s Days with my husband, I’m not saying romance is dead, but the budget has been somewhat slashed. We have for a number of years had a £5 gift and a card policy; which means that Valentine’s Day often requires a bit of creativity. His favourite of the homemade Valentine’s gifts … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Crafts: 52 Reasons Why I Love You
This month Craft Merrily have set the Bostik Bloggers the task of creating a craft for Valentine’s Day. Last year I made a lovely découpage candle holder for Valentine’s Day, but this year I thought I’d make a Paper Heart Wreath. I really like making paper wreaths, we have a place in the kitchen where … Continue reading Crafts: Easy Valentine’s Paper Heart Wreath
I am part of a craft group who meet monthly. Each month we try something different and last month we did a spot of découpage. It was really simple, given that it’s essentially sticking pieces of paper onto something. This month I’ve been thinking about crafts for Valentine’s Day and I thought I’d make a découpage … Continue reading Valentine’s Crafts: How to make a Découpage Lantern
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the small boy and I sat down for an afternoon of Valentine’s Day crafts and activity sheets to get us into the spirit of things. Generally Hubs and I don’t much go in for too many hearts and flowers, we’ve been together since 1995 so we’ve seen more Valentine’s Days together … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Crafts & Activity Sheets
With the prospect of the schools potentially closing for any number of weeks, and the thought of trying to keep my lively son entertained for the duration weighing heavily on my mind, I thought it was a good idea to get a list together of ideas to keep him busy, things which are screen-free and … Continue reading 30 Screen-free ways to entertain kids at home
Over Easter I’ve been playing about with puffy paint. You can buy puffy paint, but you can easily make your own by mixing PVA glue and shaving foam, and that’s what I did. I played about making a few things with it, but by far my favourite was this I Love You To The Moon … Continue reading How To Make a Puffy Paint I Love You To The Moon and Back Card