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Crafty ideas for kids and parents

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Sparkly magic wands

October 9, 2019 By Kate Leave a Comment

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How to make a fairy wand craft for kids

Today we’re sharing how to make sparkly magic wands for fairy costumes and pretend play.  These wands might look fancy, but the main material we’ve used to make them is cardboard! This easy kids craft idea was something I came up with when my girls were preschoolers. They each made a magic wand of their own with a little help from me. Because a lot of you are probably thinking

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Cardboard box monster costume

October 13, 2018 By Kate Leave a Comment

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KIds monster costume idea

Make your own monster costume from a cardboard box! This is a super-easy DIY Halloween costume idea, or just a fun Dress-up craft you can make any time. This craft was originally published in 2013, and has been updated and reshared for today’s audience. We’re re-visiting some of our easy cardboard recycling crafts this month. Last week I shared a princess castle we made from a recycled cardboard box. Well,

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Toy Camera and Binoculars

June 4, 2014 By Kate Leave a Comment

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Miss K has a favourite game she likes to play with her baby doll who goes by the name of “baby Amelia”. She loves to pretend one of my old, broken tripods is a camera, and baby Amelia is the photographer. While I stand there taking photos of various craft masterpieces we have made to put on this blog, baby Amelia stands next to me and takes photos on her old, broken

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20 Ways to Craft & Play

February 13, 2014 By Kate Leave a Comment

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  I love a good kids craft that can be played with afterwards, don’t you? There’s something very rewarding about making your own toys. It’s true that things made from toilet rolls, boxes, bottle caps and cans tend not to last as long as good quality store-bought toys (note that I said good quality) but I find that the store bought toys usually lose their novelty value quickly anyway and

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The ocean animal ebook

14 paper plate ocean animal crafts for kids. This ebook contains the printable templates to transform paper plates into 14 different sea creatures along with interesting non fiction facts about each one. Kids will gain an appreciation of our sea life, learning about ocean animals and also making an eye-catching craft which can be hung on the wall #oceananimals #kidscrafts #paperplates #paperplatecrafts

Summer Paper Crafts

Summer paper crafts

Dinosaur crafts ebook

12 paper plate dinosaur crafts for kids

Australian animal crafts

Australian paper plate animals – easy craft templates for kids
  • Kate GronoKate GronoCrazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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