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What child doesn’t love a snow globe? My boys are obsessed with them and no matter where we go they shake them, which leaves me fearful of the dropping them as glass, water and my boys is not a great mixture. Anyway a plastic bowl snow globe is super fun to make and there is no glass involved. As you
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Snowman Soup, what is that I hear you say? Well, it is a special tradition that we have as part of our Christmas and Advent activities and also part of our annual teacher gifts. It is super simple to make and I have some fabulous free printables to make it even easier and keep reading
We love giving gifts and every year we make our own homemade gift wrap. Â We often use kraft paper or the big rolls of paper that you can get from Ikea. Â However this time we decided to use a large roll of black paper we had and that our homemade gift wrap would be gold
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As you have probably guessed we LOVE advent and Christmas here in The Mad House. Â Last year we provided you with two sets of advent acts of kindness free printables. Â One Christmas tree shaped and the other in a tag style. Â This year we have a real treat for you with our advent acts of
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Does anyone else get stressed over the festive period? I try hard not to and it has been proven that colouring for adults is great to helping us to switch off and wind down. So here I am with some exclusive free Christmas colouring pages for adults.
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In 2018 we visited the poppy installation at the Tower of London, which really got the boys interested in Poppies and their significance. Also Maxi has been studying the First World War as his history lessons this term, so poppy crafts for remembrance have been at the forefront of our minds. Poppies make great remembrance day
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With Halloween getting bigger and bigger each year, bonfire night just creeps up on me. Â This year I am prepared and have a round up of some super fireworks crafts and treats to get you in the mood. Â There is something wonderful about coloured art on black paper and beautiful colours against the night sky
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We love Bonfire night and fireworks and I need little excuse to get the paint out! So we have had a go at pipe cleaner printing and making fireworks on black paper as they look so effective. These Pipe cleaner firework prints are easy to do and look great too.
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These poppies are made from plastic bottles – Yes right. A fab way of using plastic bottles. We love making flowers here in The Mad House and at this time of the year, our minds turn to the poppy and remembrance. I love to use the time that we craft as a family to talk
