Love it or loathe it your not going to be able to escape it over the coming weeks. #WorldCup2014 Fever is about to strike with the first match Brazil v Croatia kicking off tonight. We’re a houseful of football fans so we’ve all very excited. My kids will be in bed for the live matches. … Read more
This year we ve decided to hold a sunflower growing competition in our garden. After getting messy planting out our seeds, we thought it would be a great idea to create some sunflower pictures. I m a SAHM to three children aged 2, 4 and 6 and we love to create arts and crafts activities … Read more
My two sons love to make things out of old cereal boxes, egg cartons, plastic bottles, milk bottle lids and such like. I can barely make it to the re-cycling bin with an empty carton before I hear a cry of “Mummy can I have that to make something with?” I find it very … Read more
I love doing Arts and Crafts with my kids and for the most part they love it too, but our activities don’t always go to plan. When you are dealing with three kids under the age of 6, there is plenty of potential for tears, tantrums, spillages and wreckages along the way. Last week we … Read more
I recently received a nomination for a Liebster award from @itsninasblog via Twitter which was very exciting indeed. The Liebster awards are to help spread the word about new blogs with less than 200 followers. I had to answer 11 questions set by Nina and then I have to make my own nominations and set … Read more
Birthday cards, Thank You cards, Get Well Soon cards, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards and the list goes on and on. There always seems to be an occasion coming up which is in need of a card. The cost of buying all of the cards you need soon adds up. Why not make some … Read more
Arts and crafts are a great way to make learning fun. My pre-schooler is very keen on learning letters at the moment, so I’m busy coming up with ideas on how to build this into our daily activities. He is a massive fan of play dough so I thought it would be great to combine … Read more
I always try to have a handy supply of cardboard tubes, bottle tops, cereal boxes etc stored away for a rainy day. These came in very handy last week when my husband challenged my children to make a special trophy for an upcoming family sporting competition. I sat down with my 3 kids and we … Read more
When I m planning an arts and crafts activity I try as much as possible to get my own children to help me come up with ideas on things that they would like to do. When we were making a list of things we would like to make about “Spring” my eldest son said that … Read more
Take a canvas, some masking tape, some paint, add your kids and you can create a lovely piece of unique art work. We recently moved into a new house and we really wanted to make the kids own art work a big focus in their new play room. Displaying their work is a great way … Read more