My girls are both big fans of anything butterfly, and understandably so – what’s not to like about these colourful, delicate insects? At the moment here in Australia it’s mid-winter and there are not a lot of real butterflies around but that didn’t mean we couldn’t throw a butterfly birthday party! Last week we shared how miss R and I made a DIY butterfly pinata from an old cardboard carton for her
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DIY butterfly Pinata
My eldest baby turned eight not long ago and more than anything she wanted a Butterfly Just Dance party. I was apprehensive about this because last year I discovered the beauty of an outsourced kid’s party venue and swore I’d never again go back to throwing a kid’s party at home. It was brilliant! The venue even supplied invitations and an ice cream cake, all there was left for me to do was
How to make a Witch’s Potion
Make a colourful, fizzing witch’s potion in your back yard! Yesterday my kids decided to make some Witches Potions. This isn’t an activity which I thought up and set out for them, rather it’s one of their favourite games and they tolerated me intruding to take a few photos. They love to get messy, experiment by pouring one colour into another and make up creative stories and games that go along with the
Paper Roll Scribblers
Make some fun paper roll scribblers in this experimental process art activity for kids. This would be perfect for a rainy day and is so easy to do at a moments notice using materials most people would have on hand. When I was a kid I clearly remember holding a bunch of textas together in one hand and experimenting with what patterns, words and other designs I could create with it. This activity
Braided newspaper bracelets
This craft idea is sponsored by Cleverpatch One art material my kids and I have been loving lately is liquid watercolours. The colours are amazingly bright and the consistency is just like painting with water. They are beautiful for use in process art and I have found that the artworks we’ve created with them have made a fantastic material to work into craft projects as well. Last year we used liquid watercolours
Creating Earth Art
Head outdoors and create some eco-friendly earth art using gathered natural materials and the sand as a canvas. This is a fun process art activity for all ages, and can also be a great collaborative art idea. You might also like these nature craft ideas We live in an area surrounded by natural bushland and far from the ocean but that doesn’t mean we can’t go to the beach. We’re lucky
20 money crafts and activities for kids
If there’s one thing I wish I’d learned more about when I was growing up it’s money. Or perhaps I simply didn’t pay enough attention to any of life’s lessons about it along the way, because to this day I still wonder where all my money has gone when I arrive at the checkout and there’s not enough left in our account for my enormous trolley full of groceries. I’m hoping that
Why crafts are good for kids
All of our readers know how much we love crafts. I love them, my kids love them and we have them hanging up and on display all over the house. The girls’ canvas paintings line the hallway, their artworks cover the fridge and everywhere you look there are random toilet roll creations and kid-made craft projects looking fabulous – if a tad messy – on every spare surface. Where there are
Super Hero Spoon Puppets
Super hero’s are lots of fun – there’s no denying that. In the past we’ve made sparkly super hero masks and super hero peg dolls. This time I decided to create some classic wooden spoon puppets dressed up as our favourite characters – Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. They would make great handmade gifts or would be a fun rainy day project for kids to create themselves. Obviously when kids are making them you don’t need to be so particular
Easy DIY Giant Dice
Quite a while ago my girls and I attended a community event in the park – Carols by Candle Light, run by one of our local churches. It was a great night of Christmas carols held outdoors under a summer sky and we all had a blast. At the event they had a stage with a contemporary rock band playing all our favourites while the girls danced with glow sticks and fake candles, plus
Salted Nut-Caramel Popcorn Cups
Brought to you by Nuffnang and Woolworths Do you have a young collector at home? My kids are both avid collectors. From rocks and minerals to cicada shells to the latest plastic fad toys, they either already have or badly want it all – sometimes to the point of complete obsession. I’ll hazard a guess that I’m not alone here and many parents can relate to this. I can even remember the collector-card crazes
Australia Day blog hop roundup
Have you been keeping up with the Australia Day for kids blog hop? It’s been lots of fun! We’ve seen yummy recipes that kids can make, treats they’d love to eat, art ideas, book to read, fun free printables and more! What better way is there to learn about our wide brown land? In case you’ve missed any of the fun, here is a final recap of all of the Aussie-themed
DIY fortune cookies
Do you have kids who enjoy both cooking AND craft? Then this idea is for you. It’s one of those crafts that anybody can make and has been inspired by Chinese New Year, although our cookies are admittedly very far removed from anything Chinese and we sure hope not to offend anybody. Traditional Chinese fortune cookies are crunchy biscuits with a piece of paper containing words of wisdom inside, don’t we all love them? Ours are
Aussie koala masks
Australia day is coming up very soon and to celebrate we’ve created some Aussie koala masks! There is a printable template in either gold, green, grey (like a real koala) or blank so the kids can colour and decorate their own. To make one of these at home I’d recommend using a heavy paper stock if you have it on hand but if not don’t worry, it will still work on ordinary A4 paper. How
Printable quotes of Inspiration from The Sound of Music
Brought to you by Nuffnang and The Sound of Music Are you a fan of The Sound of Music? I am from way back. I can recall my mother regaling me with tales of how she went to the pictures every summer holidays to see it while she was growing up – and that was her one special outing for the year so I can only imagine she enjoyed it immensely! When I was growing
Our kid-made gifts of 2015
Looking for an easy handmade gift idea that you can make with kids? Here are 5 simple kid-made gifts that my girls have made for people near and dear to them. There are gifts for grandparents, teacher appreciation gifts, fathers day gifts and more – all with a cute personal touch to make somebody smile. You might also like our roundup of 50+ handmade gifts from bloggers around the world
DC Super Hero Girls Peg Dolls
This is a sponsored post for DC Entertainment I’m pretty excited for my girls because there is a new DC Super Hero series out starring all girl super heros. My six year old has been a big fan of Wonder Woman for the past two years now, so much so that one of her favourite toys is a Wonder Woman action figure from the 1980’s, which belonged to her dad when he was a boy. She also
Easy DIY Angel Wings
Make a set of DIY angel wings using recycled cardboard and feathers. The finished set of wings are perfect for Christmas nativity costumes and they are super easy to make! This tutorial was first published in 2015. You might also like our printable paper angels A year or two ago my girls made a of rainbow angel wings. They looked adorably kid-made, and I remember having to restrain myself from
Arty advent calendar
We have managed to establish the tradition of putting together a DIY advent calendar each year in our family, and somehow it has become something that my children love and really look forward to almost as much as Christmas itself. I don’t blame them, what kid wouldn’t want to unwrap a new surprise each day as they count down to one of the most anticipated occasions of the year? It’s fun for them to
Cardboard tube shakers
If you’ve followed our blog for a while (it would have to have been a long while!) you might remember that we made some simple toilet roll shakers when my girls were both in pre school. Now they are at big school, and we’ve made some cardboard tube shakers with longer paper towel rolls using the same basic technique. It just goes to show how musical crafts suit kids of all ages because they
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