Pin ItDoes your little one like to dress up?  Why not let him/her make their own Easter Bunny costume. You can do this in a longer day (to allow for the paint to dry) or over a couple of days. Tristan began by painting a paper plate pink.  Then we   Read More ...

Pin It While thinking about what we could make for St. Patrick’s Day this year, I had a look in our craft cupboard.  Our store of empty paper towel rolls needs to be thinned down a little, so we’ve decided to make a shamrock wall hanging. I took out some   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year was the first time I needed to think about a Mother’s Day gift that wasn’t for my own Mother.  I was childminding/babysitting 2 children of different ages ( 16 months and 10 years), and at different times of the day.  So I needed to come up with   Read More ...

Pin ItValentine’s Day is upon us again and this little tissue paper heart wreath is a fancy addition to any decor.  There is still time to do this quick and easy craft with your youngsters.  At the time that my children made this they were 1.5 & just 4 years old   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 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 ItWe all have skeletons in our closet, but in our home they also glow in the dark! Not long ago I finished a box of fruit tea and Tristan said we should ‘do a craft’ with it.  So I put the box aside, and when we took out our   Read More ...

Pin ItTristan LOVES doing crafts!  It’s the way to his heart for someone to take the time to make a craft with him.  It was one of his favourite things while we were home in Canada visiting family and friends.  Since he has been back to Northern Ireland he has   Read More ...

Pin It Make your own DIY airplane craft from a cardboard tube!  This was a project started before we went to Canada. We borrowed books from the library on Canada and on aircraft so the children could get a feel for what they may see along the way. But as   Read More ...

Pin ItLast year I was scanning the Internet looking for something to make with the children for Canada Day, July 1st.  I came across this idea at http://www.meetthedubiens.com/search/label/canada%20day.  As we aren’t living in Canada at the moment I like to try to make it a special day and this was a   Read More ...