This year my son asked for a dr Strange costume that he wanted to wear at the yearly costume party in the school. First I thought it will be a too big challenge, but then could put something together and my son loved it: He had a pair of blue trousers already to that I… Continue reading Preparation for school costume party
I recently finished my first picture called ‘Sparkle Garden Crimson’ made with diamond painting. Actually this technique is much easier than I first thought, all you need to finish such a picture if you have a set is time, and lot of patience. 😊 I loved it so much that I already started a new… Continue reading Diamond painting
I crocheted a ‘dreamcather’ pillow a few months ago, and I still love that pattern so much, I decided to try that technique in a straight version, not in a round form. I decided to make a small crocheted purse using that pattern, still worked in rounds, but making that straight. Here is my pillow:… Continue reading ‘Dreamcatcher’ purse and scarf
We celebrated New Year’s Eve at home with the kids this year, we played a lot with board games, cards, puzzles, made cakes, and listened to music... and also played with our new hand drums we made together! 😊 The instructions are from this blog: https://www.momsandcrafters.com/make-hand-drum/ Actually I could not make it with balloons as… Continue reading Happy New Year!
I just read an article that today, November 17, is the World Prematurity Day, created to raise awareness every year for children who are born prematurely, their families, and all those who support them in any way. https://www.marchofdimes.org/mission/world-prematurity-day.aspx Therefore I decided that today I write about an initiative I joined a few years ago as… Continue reading Octopuses for Preemies
Last year I saw beautiful crocheted jewelleries in a market where you could buy handmade products. Those I liked the best were bracelets made by rings crocheted around. They are easy to make, and with this technique many different designs can be made by varying the colors, the number of the rings, or their size.… Continue reading Rings bracelet
My son will have bithday next week, that they will celebrate with his group in the nursery school as well. For the party it’s not allowed to take in real cakes this year due to the stricter regulations, so I decided to make a paper cake instead. 😊 I found this solution in an other… Continue reading Birthday cake
We have some plaster moulds (mainly with vehicles, dinosaurs, and other animals) we love to play with the kids. Here are some of their works made. I helped to create the shapes, then had to wait for the plaster to dry... next day the kids could paint them. 😊 On this page I found instructions… Continue reading Plaster crafts
Last Christmas my kids got a bath bomb gift set that we could make 3 bombs with. They loved to have bath with them, so later they wanted to make more. As we had the molds we could reuse, I searched for a recipe how we can make more. Here I found one: https://wellnessmama.com/8350/bath-bombs/ As… Continue reading Bath bombs
For a long time I wanted to try out this technique and learn how to do papier mache, and today I finished my first project!😊 We made hot air balloons with the kids, using the description found here: https://www.firstpalette.com/quick-how-to/papier-mache-balloon.html As I did not have that type of glue at home, I cooked a paste from… Continue reading Papier mache balloons
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