Pin ItI came across this little ‘jingle ‘ over two years ago and thought it was a great idea!  I started work on it straight away…but I hadn’t held a knitting needle in decades so it took me a while to complete them.  Actually, once you get going it isn’t   Read More ...

Pin It This is a fun way to help your children learn about colours while improving their gross motor skills at the same time.  While I was teaching in Japan, I made a ‘colourful tree’ to liven up the classroom and incorporate a little more fun into my lessons with   Read More ...

Pin ItThe Chinese New Year will fall on February 10th this year.  2013/14 will be the year of the snake.  In Western cultures the Chinese zodiac is really only mentioned at this time of the year.  Horoscopes are much more popular in the ‘West’.  However, in Eastern cultures  the Chinese   Read More ...

Pin ItIs it snowing in your area?  If it isn’t (or even if it is), you can make your very own DIY Snowman from a plastic bottle and bring a little of the outdoors in where it is nice and warm!  So gather up your craft supplies, make yourself a   Read More ...

Pin ItThis craft went over very well with everyone and I’m sure we’ll do it again another year in another way. The main supplies are a yarn cone (my Grandma had a knitting machine and these were inside the yarn), but I picked these up from the scrap shop in Belfast, and   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year Tristan wanted to help make Christmas cards with me.  I thought this would be a good idea as it would cut down on the work I would have to do.  I did have an idea in mind, but I think we’ll leave that one until next year   Read More ...

Pin ItLast December a friend asked us to mind her youngest child for a couple of hours, which we were happy to do,  Her little one is just about the same age as Kallista, so we were looking forward to some fun with a 3.5 year old and two 1.5   Read More ...

Pin ItThese little tree ornaments were fun to make, and there are so many ways they could be customised to suit your Christmas theme or your decor, To begin, Tristan painted some Popsicle sticks green on one side, and once they had dried, he painted the other side to match.   Read More ...

Pin ItTo put the icing on the cake of our Olympics and Paralympics fun of August/September 2012 we have fashioned our own medals for our talented athletes.  They have worked hard and deserve some recognition for their perseverance, determination and hard work. For our medals we have used a plaster   Read More ...

Pin ItLast winter I thought it would be fun to have a little activity with us as we were out walking so I made a ‘signal’ light by cutting a cardboard cereal box to size, and adding the corresponding traffic signals to each side.  A Red Light on one side,   Read More ...