We have finally waved goodbye to winter and are starting to see signs of Spring all around us now with snow drops, daffodils and crocuses starting to wake up and show their faces above the ground. We have also been enjoying our first flower crafts of the year this week. We made Contact Paper Cupcake … Read more
Are you planning a St Patricks’s Day party? Enjoy our Savoury Shamrock snacks on your party food buffet. As well as doing arts and crafts activities together, we also enjoy baking together. Today we are sharing our recipe for Savoury Shamrocks, which make an ideal playdate or party snack to enjoy on St Patrick’s Day. Baking … Read more
The shamrock is a very important symbol in Irish legend. The Patron Saint of Ireland, St Patrick showed this 3 leafed clover to the Irish people to teach them about the Holy Trinity. Celebrate it in your arts and crafts this Spring. St Patrick’s Day is celebrated by Irish people all over the world on March … Read more
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
Valentine’s Day is not too far away now, so we’ve been busymaking lots of heart shaped pictures to decorate our home with next month. Bella has been kept busy with lots of paint and glitter filled activities, whilst the boys have been in school. Stamped Potato Shaped Hearts – I used a heart shaped cookie … Read more
Enjoy some lovely bubbly fun when you mix up our Valentine’s Day Love Potion with your kids. It’s great for a cold or rainy day indoors. Blowing bubbles is our number one boredom buster at home right now. My kids love to get hands on (and hands in!) with our activities. They love: Exploring different … Read more
Waterbeads are a firm favourite with my kids and we are always looking for new ways to use them in our activities. Our favourites so far have been our “Pretend Baking” and “Witches Bubbling Brew” messy play activities. I have been trying to think of a way to incorporate waterbeads into one of our … Read more
Make your own Valentines Day themed play dough and have fun making some Love Bugs (and more) with it. I had to think of a quick calm down activity for my littlest two yesterday, when Daddy decided to take Liam off for the afternoon to climb a mountain. Usually Daddy would happily take the three … Read more