My kids have been absolutely dying to make a gingerbread house. I can’t say that this activity has been top of my list because it always looked like such a difficult and fiddly thing too do combined with way too much sugar. However it’s Christmas, and what is Christmas without a bit of sugar and home-baking?…
If you like the idea of sewing ornaments at Christmas, then you’ll love these easy Christmas sewing crafts! The patterns are all free, and they are perfect for beginners and people who want to get their kids sewing. Sewing is one of those things I’ve always wanted to learn but never gotten around to and I’ve…
Make a gorgeous work of collaborative art with this decorated paper roll tree project, based on a project from the book Art Workshop for Children by Barbara Rucci. You might also like these 30 paper roll craft ideas It’s been a real pleasure to review the new book, Art Workshop for Children, by fellow blogger Barbara Rucci…
*This post contains affiliate links Have you read The Naughtiest Reindeer? Each year I like to buy my kids a new Christmas book to read aloud and last year this one was it. It had as all laughing our heads off and quickly became one of our favourites. Poor Rudolph is stuck in bed with a runny nose…
Easy Fairy Crafts for Kids – Part 2 Each year in the Spring I like to get the kids doing a bit of gardening and I always think it’s nice for them to have their own special garden to look after. Last year we planted pots of mixed flowers like pansies, snap dragons and marigolds. Our…
Easy Fairy Crafts for Kids – Part 1 Do you know any kids who love fairies? I do – I know two of them. This is why I’m posting a series of easy fairy crafts for kids over the next month or two, so welcome to our first post in the series. Today I’m sharing a simple craft stick castle complete…
Make some cute cookie cutter Christmas cards! This is a quick and easy Christmas craft for kids using every day materials. Here is a simple way to create bright and colourful cards with kids for Christmas. We made these cards last year a week or so before Christmas and I didn’t have a chance to photograph…
*This post contains affiliate links I always enjoy crafting with polymer clay. If you’re not familiar with this product (and most craft fanatics would be) it’s a plastic clay that you can bake in your oven at home to harden, so it’s often used for making jewellery such as beads for necklaces and other small things. It comes…
These mixed media flower stones turned out so pretty, don’t you think? We love rock crafts here at The Craft Train and decided to make some flower rocks by collaging mixed media items onto them using craft glue. They would make a lovely hand made gift or paperweight and are a great Spring or Summer…