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Crafty afternoons
The kids, especially the girls, love to make art and craft of all kinds. We regularly have all of the art supplies spread over our dining table with at least one of the kids busy at work. I pick up...
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Adventures with tie-dye
The other day I got it into my head that I’d finally tackle a tie-dye project. I’ve been wanting to do some tie-dying for a really long time but just never got around to it. I bought a bunch of plain...
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Tiny tall princess crowns
Inspired by this pin I saw a few days ago. I love a cheap and easy kids craft project so I set about doing our own version. The supplies are pretty basic. A few empty toilet paper rolls (one for...
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Watercolour rainbow
I introduced Zoe to watercolour paints today. We use tempera paint all the time, and she loves getting lots of rich bright colours and putting big blobs of paint on her brush and having a wonderful...
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Super easy DIY rubber band gun
We recently acquired a scroll saw and my husband has been busy making lots of toy blocks and wooden animal figures for our kids. Unfortunately we don’t have a shed or any workspace for him, so the...
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Little hands knitting
Lilly and Isaiah have been begging me to teach them how to knit for the longest time now. I’ve been putting it off because I knew that neither of them were really ready for it. I fully believe in...
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Knitting lately
Right now Maddy is busy knitting up little kittens waldorf style and so why not knit them with a lap full of real kittens, too? Makes my heart full and happy to see her taking such joy in something I...
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Pirates, princesses, and kittens
Isaiah made this pirate hat earlier in the week and pretty much hasn’t stopped wearing it since. He decided that little Lion-O was in need of one to match and quickly made several versions until he...
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Afternoon handcrafting
I have really neglected getting any of the girls started on any form of hand-stitching. For awhile it didn’t seem like Maddy was ready for it, or I was too busy with other things and having baby after...
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Review and GIVEAWAY – Stuck On You
You can imagine that in a house with six kids, four of whom are attending school, mornings are typically a chaotic rush. Do you have your lunchbox? Homework? Hat? Drink bottle? And so on. Now I have...
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Autumn lanterns
We’re barely into this season, but already I am determined to make the most of it and we’ve been enjoying lots of autumn colours through art this week. We’ve made watercolour paintings with red and...
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DIY flower faery hair wreathes
I had a tutorial for these on my old blog which has mysteriously vanished (I say mysteriously because I haven’t been able to figure out how to fix the problem yet…) so I thought I’d simply re-do it. I...
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Painting with flowers
This afternoon started out so beautiful and warm that I decided we’d do our painting outside today. Inside is for sedate and calm soothing watercolours, outside is for go totally crazy painting and no...
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Little hippies
We did some fun tie dying today! Unlike last year when it was more of the dip-dye variety, this year I bought a product that is an “eco tie dye“, completely safe for kids to get allover themselves if...
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Little artists
One of my girls favourite activities to do is painting. Now that the weather is so much warmer we’re able to take our painting outside, where it doesn’t matter how much mess they make or how crazy...
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Mini “gingerbread” cookie houses
School Holidays have already begun, and so has the holiday fun. My kids have been loving the Reindeer Cam and of course, the Christmas Countdown clock (kind of addictive to watch the seconds and...
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