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The Alphabet Rocks!

April 8, 2013 By jbmumofone 41 Comments

The Alphabet Rocks!

This was a project inspired by yet another delightful post I discovered over on Pinterest.  I am beginning to wonder how I ever lived without it. This crafty lady made a beautiful set of alphabet rocks using embossing powder and a heat tool and they look just gorgeous. I really wanted to make some for the boy, without having to spend a fortune on kit, so I decided to make some myself using plain old acrylics. First a local landscapers very kindly let me raid their pebble selection for free but if you live near the coast you could just head on down to the beach to collect some. Once ...

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Filed Under: Craft, Education Tagged With: ABC, Alphabet pebbles, Alphabet rocks, Craft, Play to Learn

Toilet Roll Craft: Farm Animals

April 2, 2013 By jbmumofone 21 Comments

Toilet Roll Craft: Farm Animals

W and I love to visit our local city farm and in spring and summer we head there usually at least once a week.  With all the cold and wet weather recently though we have not been able to visit for a while. To keep ourselves amused whilst stuck indoors we decided to have a go at making some of the animals that we visit from old toilet paper roll tubes. Our first attempt was a pig.  Here is how we did it. Toilet Roll Pig: First we painted a toilet roll tube with Mod Podge glue and then stuck on small scraps of pink tissue paper until fully covered, painting down any rough edges with more ...

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Filed Under: Craft, Photography Tagged With: Craft, Farm animals, Toddler Craft, Toddlers, Toilet Roll Craft

Easter Craft: Funny Bunnies

March 5, 2013 By jbmumofone 23 Comments

Easter Craft: Funny Bunnies

This is a super easy craft to do with your toddler and great fun for easter! You will need: An empty toilet roll Coloured tissue paper Old bit of card-a cereal box or similar would do Pink and white card A few balls of cotton wall Modge Podge or watered down PVA glue Paint brush Pipe cleaners Googley eyes Double-sided sticky tape Cut your tissue paper into small strips. Let your toddler paint the toilet roll with modge podge and stick on strips. Continue adding until evenly covered and allow to dry. Cut out two ear shapes from an old bit of card.  Cut ...

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Easter Craft:Sp-EGG-tacular Superheroes!

February 18, 2013 By jbmumofone 43 Comments

Easter Craft:Sp-EGG-tacular Superheroes!

I just could not stop giggling whilst making the following Easter eggs. I really hope they will make you smile. You can find templates for all of the 'clothes', feet and badges available to download free of charge here...Superhero templates Happy Easter! How to Make a Spider-egg-man: First dye a blown-out egg-shell overnight in a large bowl containing one cup of water and one teaspoon of red food colouring. Remove and allow to dry thoroughly for 24 hours. With a permanent marker draw on web lines over the top 2/3 of your egg. Next paint the bottom 1/3 of your egg with Modge Podge ...

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Filed Under: Craft, Photography Tagged With: Craft, Easter, Superheroes

My very first quilt…and I finished it too!

February 7, 2013 By jbmumofone 18 Comments

My very first quilt…and I finished it too!

Late last year I bought my first ever sewing machine.  Having never sewed before I was surprised at how quickly I began to enjoy it and how relaxing I found it. First I had great fun making a selection of dinosaur hoodies for W which were a huge hit and then I came across this on pinterest. A quilting series for beginners. But I couldn't quilt could I? The more I read the more I began to think that maybe it was possible after all. The posts seemed really easy to follow. And guess what...It absolutely was possible and, trust me, if I can do it so can you! First I cheated a little and ...

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Filed Under: Craft, Photography Tagged With: Cotbed Quilts, Craft, Quilting, Sewing craft

How to make a dinosaur-hoodie in just three easy steps

October 20, 2012 By jbmumofone 20 Comments

How to make a dinosaur-hoodie in just three easy steps

As some of you may know I have been going a little sewing-crazy of late. I am still not very good at it but I am really enjoying making fun stuff for W. It all started when I saw this post on Pinterest and I knew I just had to give it a go, and I was amazed at how simple it was to transform a simple top into a super-cute dinosaur hoodie in just three easy steps. First I bought a simple hoodie from Tesco for just £4. I also bought a few felt squares, mine happened to be 30 x 30 cm. Then I began the transformation! 1. Fold your felt squares in half and iron along the crease.  Along one ...

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Filed Under: Craft, Photography Tagged With: Craft, Dinosaur-hoodie, Dinosaurs, Sewing craft

Halloween Craft for Toddlers

October 12, 2012 By jbmumofone 4 Comments

Halloween Craft for Toddlers

Pinterest is chock-a-block with wonderful Halloween ideas at the moment and when I stumbled across this post I decided to get crafty myself.  Since W is only a toddler he is not really big enough to get involved with pumpkin carving yet, so this felt pumpkin seemed to be a great way to involve him in the Halloween fun.   As I currently have my Mother-in-laws sewing machine on loan I decided to see what I could cobble together.  It turned out to actually be pretty simple.     Cut out two identical pumpkin shapes from felt squares.  I chose orange and ...

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Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: Craft, Halloween, Pumpkins, Toddler Craft, Toddlers

Silent Sunday: 07/10/12

October 7, 2012 By jbmumofone 34 Comments

Silent Sunday: 07/10/12

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Filed Under: Photography, Silent Sunday Tagged With: Craft, Cuteness, Dino-hoodie, Meme, photography, Silent Sunday

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