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
A few years ago I made an activity board for my kids. They loved to play with that and as it’s still in use, I decided to renovate it a bit, as some of the parts had broken or fallen off. Originally I took a huge wooden panel, fixed it on the wall, and then… Continue reading Busy boards for kids
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
My son loves ninjas, and decided to make them using melted beads. He asked me to search for patterns for that, I found these ones: https://www.loganberryhandmade.com/category/cross-stitch/ These are originally cross-stitch patterns, but he could use them perfectly. He worked a lot on them, so when finished, I put his works into picture frames: He has… Continue reading Bead ninja
I had a few posts already about our creations using melted beads, me and my kids actually love this techique, and spent already some hours to play together with these beads. 😊 Today I wanted to show some other pieces my children made: While arranging them to make these photos, I thought it could be… Continue reading Bead pictures
Yesterday I published a post about our work made of fuse beads. While doing that, I remembered that a few years ago, when my son first started to play with these beads, I also made a huge picture. I found that piece on the top of the cupboard (it’s really big, more than 120 cm… Continue reading Bead city
Today we celebrate Earth day worldwide, to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our planet. As part of this initiative, my son’s school announced a competition to their students to think and collect their ideas for how to protect our environment. They were looking for craft projects (drawings, paintings, or any other ideas) children… Continue reading Earth day school project
While I was making my first deamcather, I obviously decided that I need to crochet one as well. 😊 I wanted a crochet pattern that results - as much as possible - the same look as the "wowen" dreamcathers. After a few tries I ended up with this one that I'm quite satisfied with... here… Continue reading Dreamcather again – now crocheted
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