It was a cold, rainy day and our twins and I had spent the majority of the afternoon indoors making jewellery. I was sent a make your own jewellery kit to review and then my dad also bought one for the girls which reignited their interest in it! We made necklaces with their names on…
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Introducing Craft Club Box Subscription Box
Read moreCrafting is a pretty popular hobby amongst both men and women. Children also enjoy the fun and creativity that making something can provide. I, myself also enjoy crafts and have worked on many different projects using varying techniques. I made a quilt for our twin girls each using their old baby clothes. I’ve recently learnt…
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Here’s to a crafty 2016!
Read moreIt’s no secret that I love crafts. Whether it be scrap booking, making things with the kids, quilting, knitting or sewing something. In the past I’ve made quilts for our twins using their old baby clothes and I’ve half knitted two scarves for them! I’d like to be more crafty in 2016 so I thought…
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A back to nature craft activity
Read moreA little while ago my husband and I took our twins to the park. Nothing unusual there really, but whilst M was playing I noticed some acorns on the ground and it wasn’t long before they caught M’s eye too. M knew what they were because we have a squirrel who frequents our back garden…
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Craft Activity
Read moreOur twin girls started nursery school recently and they’re currently creating a Goldilocks and the Three Bears display. As part of this project each child was given a cardboard square and asked to decorate it any way they like using a wide variety of medium. One day when the girls were at nursery I raised…
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Craft Piggy Bank Competition Entry
Read moreThinkmoney recently sent us two crafty piggy banks along with a £30.00 Hobbycraft voucher so that our twins can decorate them to be in with a chance of winning £200 to kick-start their hand-made piggy banks! Did you know that recent research conducted by thinkmoney showed that three quarters of parents would like financial education to…
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Finger Puppet Theatre
Read moreI’m a mum to three year old girls with very different personalities. M is a proper girly girl. She loves Barbie, princesses, dolls, dancing and singing. R is a bit of a tomboy and loves to play football and run around in the garden. One thing that they both have in common though is their…
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Easter Bonnet Decorating with The Works
Read moreI’ve never really done anything Easter related before for our girls, but seeing as they’re three now I thought it would be fun to get involved in some Easter crafts and of course create an ‘egg-cellent’ Easter egg hunt for them too! With thanks to The Works we’ve been getting our Easter craft on by…
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Hobbycraft Christmas Advent Truck – A Crafty Review!
Read moreI love being creative and making things. When I was younger I made a beautiful pink, wooden jewellery box in school. I made a zig-zag lid and decorated it with glitter and blue and yellow flowers! When Hobbycraft sent me this festive advent truck calendar I couldn’t wait to get started on giving it a…