Spring

Pop-up Spoon Chicks 20

 in Age 2-5 / Age 5-7 / childrens craft / crafts / Easter / Easter Crafts / Spring / Tween by

When I think of Spring, I think of bunnies, lambs and chicks and these pop-up spoon chicks are perfect for this time of year.  They are perfect for Spring or Easter and are a super cute DIY craft. These were inspired by some fabulous chick placeholders that I saw a few years ago on Crafts by Amanda and the fact that I found a large pack of plastic spoons in our garage. Pop-up Spoon Chicks Materials Paper or wooden spoons Acrylic paint Sharpies Card Washi tape Scissors How to make Pop-up Spoon Chicks We painted our spoons with acrylic paint.  This means that we didn’t need to sand the spoons.  If you more »

Rainbow rainmaker or rainstick – Cardboard tube craft 22

 in Age 2-5 / Age 5-7 / art / childrens craft / crafts / Spring / Tween / Upcycling by

We love crafts that can be made from recyclables and this rainbow rainmaker is a great cardboard tube craft, plus is a great home made musical instrument.  There are lots of ways to adapt this project depending on the age of your kids, however, we decided to use some of my massive stash of washi tape and make our rainmaker a rainbow of colours.

Free flower colouring page for adults 18

 in Adult colouring pages / crafts / Spring by

Since I know how much you all like free adult colouring pages, I have teamed up with another of my favourite creative people Leslieanne from Leslieanne made it to bring you this beautiful free flower colouring page for adults. These free printable coloring pages are just beautiful and filled with cute flowers and the perfect addition to our coloring page collection. Free Printable Flower Coloring Pages Leslieanne is one of those people that can just produce beautiful and amazing illustrations and sketches, just take a look at her Instagram feed and you will see what I mean and I am very excited to be working with her on this flower design.

Paper plate hand print chick 17

 in Age 2-5 / Age 5-7 / childrens craft / crafts / Easter / Easter Crafts / Spring by

Spring is my favorite season and yellow my favorite colour, so this Paper plate hand print chick really makes my heart sing.  It is a simple craft, but is a fun way to include your child’s hand print in to crafting.  Chicks are a perfect signifier for spring or Easter and if you are a chick fan then you might like my easy chick cards or pompom chicks.  

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These daffodil pinwheel flowers are simple to make and look so beautiful. Celebrate spring with this fab DIY flower craft

{How to} make a two colour daffodil pinwheel 18

 in Age 5-7 / childrens craft / crafts / flowers / Spring / Tween  tagged daffodil pinwheel / daffodils / spring / St Davids Day by

Spring is one of my favorite seasons and I have been seeing pictures of daffodils flowering, but where we are in the NE of the UK are a couple of weeks behind, so we decided to take matters into our own hands and make some two colour daffodil pinwheels.  These would also be the perfect St Davis’s Day craft (which is on the 1st March).

Spring Swap

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As you know I really do enjoy a nice swap and have signed up for quite a few recently.  I was paired with Helen for Molly Cupcakes Spring swap and look what she sent me I was lucky enough to get some wonderful things including some CK smellies, napkins and chocolate of course. A lovely tin bird house, which the minimads have popped on the front of their playhouse! A hand painted sign, which is now hanging in my kitchen. A beautiful lavender filled bird, which I adore. A pink bead heart A super cute bunny.  I was overwhelmed and love it all.  Thanks Helen If you want to see what I sent Helen, more »

Writing Workshop – My Spring and Summer Manifesto

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Dear Voters (well my boys in this one) We will make life fun, we will focus on laughter and giggles and grasp what we can get out of the day. We shall enjoy the seaside and I will ensure that we have the wet suits in the car at all time. We shall endeavor to make the most of the sunshine and of the environment around us. We shall picnic in our secret place and run free on the moors. We shall barbecue in the garden on a Saturday evening focusing on good food and great company. We shall enjoy the harvest from our garden. We will make, bake and create more »

A bit of Making

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I am starting to get my creative mojo back after a nasty bout of Flu and Vertigo and it feels good.  No it actually feels great. Inspired by the signs of new shoots and Spring outside my front door I have made new cushion covers for both the sitting room and the conservatory/playroom. Simple envelope style, in the sitting room from some seconds Laura Ashley picked up last year. Something a little more funcky in the conservatiry, Pop Garden By Heather Baily. I have also been making birthday presents for Maxi’s friends.  Simple personalised purses filled with wooden beads. Sugar cubes, inspired by ……  I can not find the post, so more »

Farndale and the Daffodils

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Daffodils (1804) I WANDER’D lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretch’d in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed — and gazed — but little thought more »