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Valentines Crafts

Tea light holders made with microwave drying clay

heart cutout tea light holders made with microwave drying clay

These heart-cutout tea-light holders are a beginner-friendly clay craft, perfect for kids or adults. By using special microwave-drying clay, you can make and finish a glowing candle holder in under an hour — a handmade gift that looks beautiful on a mantle, table, or windowsill. I really need to share with you what a game-changer […]

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LOVE Watercolour resist canvas

LOVE Watercolour Resist Fingerprint Canvas Art – Fun Kids’ Craft

We have been on something of a watercolour marathon here in the Mad House lately, all spurred on by some new water brushes that I bought the kids (and me) for Christmas.  They have sparked Maxi’s interest in paint again and inspired him to make this LOVE watercolour resist canvas.

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Watercolour Indent Valentines Cards

DIY Watercolour Indent Valentines Cards – Creative and Personalized Ideas

We have been experimenting with watercolours since getting some new water brushes in our stockings at Christmas. I originally bought them with the intention of us taking our paints out and about with us, but quickly discovered that the kids LOVE them and they sparked lots of creative activities including these watercolour indent valentines cards.

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microwave heart shaped ring dish

DIY Microwave Clay Heart Shaped Ring Dish – Easy Craft Tutorial

We first used microwave drying clay with our Christmas fingerprint decorations and we totally fell for it, so decided to give it a try for the microwave clay heart shaped ring dish.  The microwave clay is much lighter weight that standard air drying clay, in fact is has almost no weight to it, but it is

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Making Salt Dough Jewelry with Kids | Fun and Easy DIY Craft

We love salt dough.  It is a brilliant art and craft material and we love creating with it.  It is not just a kids craft material and to demonstrate that we wanted to share with you our heart-shaped salt dough jewellery which is the perfect craft for preschoolers through to teens. We used our go

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