12 beautiful tulip crafts

We are enjoying some gorgeous spring sunshine this week, and to celebrate, we have some beautiful tulip crafts for your kids to make. You can create your own tulips at home with: paper origami coloured card recycled egg cartons and buttons painted cardboard tubes recycled cardboard and wool/yarn handprints, potato prints and fork prints Here…

Beautiful pine cone crafts

Do you have pine cones lying around on the ground near your home?  Why not get the kids outside to collect some of them and make some beautiful pine cone art and crafts!  Just add a few other natural or inexpensive craft materials to turn them into: mobiles and decorations animals and birds fairies and…

Finger knitting for kids

Finger knitting is a simple, fun craft for kids, which is quicker and easier than traditional knitting, and can be done with 1, 2, 3 or 4 fingers. It is calming and relaxing, helps with concentration, and strengthens fine motor skills. Some of the things kids can make with their finger knitting include: jewellery hats […]

Sensory play with ice

When it's hot outside these school holidays, why not cool your kids down with some fun sensory play with ice?! You can try: coloured ice activities, like stacking, smashing and colour mixing excavating things from ice doing science experiments with ice adding other sensory elements to ice (eg flowers, shaving cream, spices) painting on and…

20 creative Christmas nativity crafts

This is the last post in our series of Christmas crafts for your kids to try this year. Today we are going back to the true story of Christmas - the birth of the baby Jesus - and sharing some of our favourite Christmas nativity crafts that you can make from: decorated rocks/stones drawings and…

20 creative Christmas cards & wrap

This is the latest post in our series of Christmas crafts for your kids to try this year. In today's post we are sharing some of our favourite Christmas cards and wrapping paper ideas that kids can make from: painting marbling paper washi tape paint chips buttons leaves felt ribbon Christmas card thumbprint string of…

20 creative Christmas ornaments

This is the latest post in our series of Christmas crafts for your kids to try this year. Today we are sharing some of our favourite Christmas ornaments, made from: natural materials recycled materials paper plates buttons paint popsticks jingle bells foil and yarn clay and salt dough felt Leaf and pinecone Christmas craft from…