How to make a foam crown
Be the King or Queen of the castle with this easy to make and fun crown design. Thanks to Stacey from cutfoam who offer foam cut to size. Both boys and girls will enjoy making and decorating these crowns. Making this out of foam means it is very comfortable to wear. The jewels and sequins can be bought from any craft shop. You will need: One large sheet of foam Elastic Wooden skewer Jewels and/or sequins for decoration...
Brilliant ‘Make a Ruffle Rug Kit’ – half price!
Just spotted these brilliant kits over on Play Merrily at half price. They look brilliant, and I’m itching to have a go! Reduced to £12.50, it’s a brilliant activity for wet afternoons – and even when it’s done, you can get great use out of the cheery rug you made! Ruffle Rug kit available over at Play Merrily for £12.50
Fabulous Art Box Tin – mais oui!
I LOVE this little tin! Actually – it’s not so little; at over 20cm long it’s perfect for holding brushes as well as paints or piles of collage scraps or a gazillion colouring pencils or a family of Sylvanian Rabbits or the entire collection of hair bands/clips/ribbons… That’s the trouble with useful Pots to put things in. You never know what to put i them when you’re 5. I had this tin neatly placed...
Spotted! Playon Crayons – Perfect for Little Hands
Perfectly shaped for a little fist to wrap around whilst creating masterpieces and when their work is done much fun to be had with stacking them. Genius.
How to design and make a beaded bracelet
Customising glass beads and making bracelets is such a fun activity. The finished product can be tailored to create whatever fashion style you like. Maybe you could choose red, white and blue colours to create a bracelet fit for the wrist of a Diamond Jubilee Queen. Or what about adding little CND symbols so that you can recreate that San Francisco 1960s hippy-chick look – if you do be sure to wear flowers in your hair! Craft Supplies...
Bic’s wipeboard for children? Under £4? Brilliant, that’s what it is.
We love this little board. We SO do. Pone side is squared graph paper, and the other side is blank. There is a clip at the top which is a rubber and also a clip for the pen. Simple, neat and SO handy. I have a 5yr old girl, and she loves or draw and write. Constantly and endlessly. And I know she’s not alone in her obsession. But keeping up with it in terms of paper is hideousness – a problem which this board neatly...