*We were provided some complimentary Illooms led balloons which were used to create this craft, but all thoughts and ideas are my own. This post contains affiliate links. My kids adore balloons and we always have some on hand in the cupboard for crafts and rainy days. The girls are fond of making balloon puppies and walking…
This has to be the easiest DIY Frozen Cake recipe out there! Follow our tutorial to decorate a cake perfect for a Frozen party. Amazingly, my littlest girl is about to turn six. Before that happens, I thought I’d share the cake I made for her last year when she turned five! Last year’s birthday was…
My kids are big fans of board games. They love all the classics like Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly Junior, Ludo plus more. We’ve even made our own game from a cereal box. We’ve also had our fair share of ‘runaway dice’ – aka overly enthusiastic dice-rolling that ends up on the floor half way across the room….
I love nature crafts for many reasons. They are environmentally friendly, inexpensive if not completely free, and you always need to go out outside into the environment to collect the pieces you’ll be using so they truly encourage an appreciation of nature in your kids. One of my favourite nature crafts that we have done in the past…
This week we had need of a Super Hero mask at the last minute for one of my girls. It was school disco night with a ‘Super Hero’ theme and Miss R had grown out of her Super Girl costume. No problem! She decided to go as a “Princess Super Hero” instead, teaming a fairy dress with…
Do you remember those plastic shrinkies with printed pictures on them that once came in cereal boxes, noodle packets, and the like? My sister and I used to fight over them and then ooh and aah as we watched them shrink like magic in the oven. We thought they were so cool! I wanted my own girls…
Sometimes the simplest craft ideas are real winners. My kids love to make these cereal box bookmarks because they can be as creative as they like and I love them because they are easy to set up, require few materials and make a useful end product. They are actually great as page markers for larger picture books (like…
This week the girls are on holiday from school so we decided to have some fun with this classic craft and DIY toy. I’m guessing that many people from my generation or older would remember making telephones from cups or tin cans as kids. I know I do and I remember how much fun my sister…
Today we are posting a craft idea for dance and play that has been inspired by a little boy fighting a big battle that no child should EVER have to go through. Finlay is his name and you can read more about him at the end of the post. The dancing ribbons we have made in his honour…