Children love looking at photographs of themselves and their family. It creates a sense of belonging and having family photographs around is a great way to keep memories alive. Since a lot of the images and videos we make are stored on our devices, our kids don't get to see them often. The first ...
15 Creative Perler Beads Projects to try today!
I have come to the conclusion that Perler Beads are here to stay. I'm not a big fan to be honest. I don't like plastic to begin with, I don't know what to do with all the dinosaurs and unicorns my kids keep on making and I absolutely hate the mess they make when the box with beads tips over ... ...
Easy Knitting Patterns Kids can Knit
If you are a knitter yourself, at some stage your kids, nieces or nephews might come and ask you to teach them. And straight off the bat you'll want to make it fun, achievable, perhaps useful but above all gorgeous. These easy knitting patterns kids can knit are all that and more. They'll give you ...
14 Fun Embroidery Projects for Kids
Here are my favourite fun embroidery projects for kids to keep you busy, entertained and most of all relaxed this season of the year. It's getting darker and colder and nothing beats some me-time with a sewing project on my lap and a hot water bottle under my feet while the wind and rain are roaring ...
Drawstring Bag Tutorial for kids
My daughter has been asking me to make her some little drawstring bags to put her little 'thingies' in. I believe the initial request was for me to make her 10 drawstring bags, all in shades of pink and purple. Sure thing. I've got this. I am after all a super Mom with loads of time on my hands. ...
10 Sweet and Simple Fabric Flower Tutorials
I have been hunting down fabric flower tutorials all week and can't wait to share my favourites with you today. The reason for my recent Pinterest stint is simple: hormones. I'm 31 weeks pregnant at the moment and we don't know if this baby will be a boy or a girl. Most of the baby things we ...
Felt Chocolates for Pretend Play
I am Belgian, so it pretty much goes without saying that I love my chocolate. Everything you ever heard about Belgian chocolate is probably true: we have the best chocolate in the world, more variations of size, shape and taste than you can imagine and we consider it to be very normal to eat ...
How to Make Braided Bookmarks
My (almost!) 5 year old daughter and I have been having a lot of fun braiding up a storm over the past few weeks. After we made princess braids, we designed a couple of fairy braid hair clips and this week we've created some braided bookmarks. We're slowly moving on from the big print picture ...
How to Make a Last Minute Paper Bunting
This little craft project is too good not to share. It's so simple that I hesitated to write about it at first. But I decided that I owed it to parents around the world to show my last minute paper bunting made with only a few items you can find in any supermarket. Read on how you can easily a ...
How to Make a Cute and Creative Seashell Mobile
Are you a seashell collector like me? Do you or your children spend more time looking for seashells on the beach than splashing in the waves? I am notorious for keeping my family waiting for 5 more minutes so I can do some therapeutic beach combing. What to do with all these seashells? Well ...