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Something for the weekend – Bird activities and crafts
Welcome to the first ever something for the weekend #sftw. A regular series which I hope inspired you to make, so, see, cook and just generally enjoy family time at the weekend. The idea is to...
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Something for the weekend – Winter Olympics Edition
We are so excited in the Mad House that the Olympics are upon us again. I love the winter olympics and it is a little known fact that Mini was named after a scottish skier! So this week’s something...
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Ombre Shoe Lace – How to
We have been busy having a crafty summer and as the boys are getting older I have moved on to different craft activities and we have been customising clothes and shoes with our friends from Frugal...
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Decorating shoes with fabric pens. A perfect tween craft
I love crafting and art. I would do something everyday of I got the chance. This week we managed to grab a full day with Frugal Family and after spending the morning at the Skate Park we had a...
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Loo Roll Balloon Rocket
Rocket Bingo are hosting a competition where you have to make a Loo Roll Rocket to be in with a chance to win an iPod 7th Generation. Now loo rolls are something that I have a lot of in our junk...
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Easy Christmas Cards for Children
I think that Christmas cards that the children have made are a lovely thing to give, but often they can be messy, difficult, time consuming and complicated to make. Not these easy stenciled christmas...
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Melted wax poppy craft, a remembrance day activity
Here’s an easy poppy craft, which is a great Remembrance Day activity for children. We have made a display of poppies and a paper plate poppy wreath, but you can use the same technique to make a poppy...
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Pinwheel Poppies – A Remembrance, Armistice or Veteran’s day activity
Both my boys take part in the annual remembrance parade as Cubs and this year it is the 100 anniversary of the start of World War One. This has really captured the boys imagination, so we made Poppy...
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Santa Hat Christmas Cards – 5 minute craft
We are all about the Christmas cards at the moment and today I want to share with you a really simple Santa Hat Christmas card that is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to make. It is also the...
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Make an Advent Candle or wreath
We love advent and one of the ways we celebrate is to have an advent wreath or ring that we light each sunday to help celebrate the lead up to Christmas. The first Sunday of advent for 2014 in...
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Make your own Christmas Crackers
One of our family traditions is homemade christmas crackers. Since as long as I can remember we had small cracker presents on the dining table usually made by my mum. They were precious things that...
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Tree decorations inspired by The Fir Tree
We love making decorations as a family for our Christmas tree and this year we are joining in again with 10 days of kid made ornaments and this year they are inspired by a book. So ours are tree...
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How to make cake case Christmas trees
Christmas is a great time for encouraging kids to get creative and a great way to do this is to present them with an #invitation to create. These Christmas trees decorated with cak cases are so easy...
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How to make a Pompom sheep
We love pom poms. They are fantastic for using up scraps of yarn and making them is great fine motor skills for the boys. With 2015 being the Chinese year of the Sheep and the new Shaun the sheep...
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Cake case daffodils
I love real flowers, I really do, but there is nothing that makes me smile more than than the handmade ones that grace my desk which have over time been made by my boys. They are often so simple to...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle decorated eggs
Do your kids decorate eggs for easter? It is one of the things the boys love and they have egg decorating competitions at school, cubs and also the Easter Party we attend annually. We are one of those...
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How to make Glove Monsters
In our hall we have a basket which is filled with hats and other things depending on the season and this week I took all the winter hats, gloves and scarfs and swapped them for the summer caps and hats...
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Free Father’s Day Printable and exclusive 10% discount
I think that the significance of Father’s day and Mother’s Day only come to us once we are parents. I know that on Mother’s Day there is nothing better than getting a homemade card of little something...
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Fab Father’s Day Cards
There is nothing better than receiving a kids made card and Father’s Day is no exception. I love getting creative with the MiniMads and coming up with ideas for this years card for MadDad. The boys...
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How to make a Smash book (scrapbook) for kids – a step by step guide
The summer is a great time to encourage your kids to scrapbook. Each year we record the holidays and our adventures in our own summer scrapbook. The new craze is smash booking. So here is how to...
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