A selection of the arts and crafts articles from our blog.
Add a quirky twist to your Shamrock decorations this St Patricks Day, with our fun Bubble Wrap Activity using salt dough. Until moving to Ireland 5 years ago, celebrating St Patrick’s Day didn’t really cross our minds. Now we wouldn’t miss our local parade, my husband and sons even marched in it last year with their GAA … Read more
We have enjoyed lots of Valentine’s Day arts and crafts activities over the last few weeks. Here are a few of our favourite activities: We have: Made a cute Penguin Shape Collage Decorated our Valentine’s Day Tree with Bubble wrap Salt Dough Heart Decorations Had fun making Home-made playdough and using it to create Love … Read more
Do you like to use bubble wrap in your arts and crafts? Have you tried printing with it before? We are bubble wrap mad over here at Crafty Kids at Home and have been busy printing lovely bubbly hearts onto the front of Valentine’s Day cards. We are delighted to be taking part in Emma … Read more
February 1st marks the first day of spring over here in Ireland and our garden certainly seems to be in agreement with this. It is still very cold, but we have got a few green shoots appearing above the garden now. These little shots not only signify new life in our garden, but also better … Read more
Our Spring Bucket List February 1st marks the very first day of Spring over here in Ireland, so we have been making our Spring Bucket List… What ideas would you add to this list? You might also like to read about how we made we got on with first spring arts and crafts activity of … Read more
We love Penguins in our house and to celebrate “Penguin Awareness Day” on the 20th January, we have been indulging in lots of Penguin shaped arts and crafts activities this week. Bella created a super cute Potato Print Penguin, which you can see over at “Visit from theStork”. We have also had fun cutting and sticking to make … Read more
Up-cycle your recycling into a cool Snowman DIY Christmas Tree Decoration. Bubble Wrap is the perfect junk material to create falling over a home-made Snowman Snow Globe decoration. DIY Christmas Tree Decorations A December highlight at my sons’ school is the annual “DIY Christmas Tree Decoration” competition. The school supplies a big real Christmas tree … Read more
On the 5th day of Christmas make these 5 Golden Rings… Making Christmas decorations is a fun activity to enjoy with your kids in the run up to the festive season. Whether it is making new ornaments for your Christmas Tree or decorations to hang on the wall, it’s a great excuse to bring out … Read more
Are you looking for a quick and easy Christmas Card craft that all of your children can sit down and have a go at? Why not have a go at our simple Christmas Tree Cards. Christmas Tree Christmas Cards for Kids We love to sit down together to make our Christmas Cards for family and … Read more
Dinosaur Fuzzy Felt Felt This week my middle son turns 5 and as he is a huge Dinosaur fan, his little sister has made him a lovely home-made card with a big dinosaur on the front of it. My initial idea had been to cut out different shapes from coloured paper and use these … Read more