Category: Crafts

• Yama & Niyama Clothes Pegs

  

  The yamas and niyamas of yoga are guidelines for how to be content and I quite like choosing one to focus on or having them around as little reminders of how to be and they do seem to help! So I made these clothes pegs for that 🙂 MAKE YAMA & NIYAMA CLOTHES PEGS You […]

  May 18, 2022

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Collaboration, Crafts, Mindfulness, Philosophy, Yoga

• Decorate your fans

  

  Here’s a simple easy way to decorate your fans if they have a circle bit in the middle 🙂 Draw a mandala or any kind of picture on a piece of paper. I quite like using a black ink pen and then colouring in with coloured pencils. If you are making these with someone else, […]

  May 4, 2022

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Collaboration, Colouring, Crafts, Drawing, Family & Friends, Interior Decoration, Mindfulness, Parenting, Tidying

• Cardboard House

  

  Before recycling cardboard boxes, why not make a house or something else from them first?

  October 16, 2021

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Collaboration, Crafts, Family & Friends, Homemade Toys

• Mini Terrariums

  

  Made these with my son Dan in lockdown and some of them are still alive and healthy!

  September 24, 2021

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Collaboration, Crafts, Family & Friends, Gardening, Glass, Homemade Toys, Interior Decoration, Nature

• Halloween “Pumpkin” Oranges

  

  Really quick and edible Halloween decorations!

  September 24, 2021

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Collaboration, Crafts

  Halloween

• Halloween Lanterns

  

  These look great, are so simple and if you use water based paint you can wash the jars and use them again for something else!

  September 24, 2021

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Collaboration, Crafts, Family & Friends, Lighting

  Halloween

• Make your own medicine jars!

  

  I made these jars to help make taking medicines easier and more enjoyable :)

  September 3, 2021

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Crafts, Family & Friends, Glass, Interior Decoration, Tidying

  Purity / Sauca, Reuse, Storage

• Gold homemade pen box

  

  I made this from an ice cream box and some stickers I had at home, the gold glitter sticker was years old, but happily still sticky 🙂It is the perfect size for my labelling pens and some card labels! Make your own storage boxes! All you need is: a clean, empty ice cream box (or […]

  October 28, 2020

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Art as Therapy, Crafts, Interior Decoration, Tidying

  Boxes, Stickers, Storage

• Iron Beads Fringe Chandelier

  

  This is still a collaboration work in progress… I made the frame out of an old wire coat hanger and black tape. The fringes are made from “iron beads”. Each fringe has a different theme and some are made by friends and family or all ages 🙂 It even has some glow in the dark […]

  October 21, 2020

  Art, Collaboration, Crafts, Family & Friends, Interior Decoration

• Home schooling calendar sticker legend

  

  Here’s our home schooling calendar sticker legend – many ideas inspired by family, friends and the Internet! Going to try and do the core curriculum ones on every weekday, with days off on weekends / holidays. Make your own calendar sticker legend with your kids! All you need is: A piece of card or paper […]

  April 8, 2020

  Art, Art & Crafts for Kids, Collaboration, Crafts, Family & Friends

  Calendars, Home Schooling, Isolation, Stickers

• Play Dough

  

  Made this picture today with Dan’s play dough 🙂

  April 3, 2020

  Art, Art as Therapy, Crafts

• Bots!

  

  Dan made these while under lockdown in March – they were shapes he made for maths and he converted them to little robots that can be used as boxes as well 🙂

  March 8, 2020

  Art, Crafts

  Boxes, Home Schooling, Robots