Our Wedding Part 3: DIY Notebook Wedding Favours
If you've been following along on the blog this week, you'll know I'm blogging about our wedding in honour of our 10th wedding anniversary. So far, I've shared our garden themed decorations and our crowdsourced buffet. Today, I’m going to
How to make a shark themed ‘Schultüte’
The countdown is on - there's less than ten days to go until the new school term and year starts, and one of the final tasks I still had to do was make a 'Schultüte' for my little school starter.
DIY ‘Rechenkette’ – Mini Abacus for Kids
Today I have a fairly easy DIY to share with you, which would make a cute little 'back to school' or starting school gift. These so-called 'Rechenketten' are very popular in Germany, but I've never seen them in the UK before.
‘Back to School’ Bunting
We're half way through our summer holidays already here in Edinburgh and starting to think about the new term head. As mentioned before, my youngest will be starting Primary 1, something that is celebrated big style in German tradition. Three
Gift Idea for Dads: Joke Jar
We have Father's Day coming up in the UK in a few weeks time, so I thought I would share a great DIY gift idea that kids can easily make themselves (this would obviously also make a great gift for
Painting Eggs with Little Brian Paint Sticks [AD]
With Easter only a week away, let's talk some more about decorating eggs. In Germany, decorating hard boiled Easter eggs is pretty much a national obsession. You wouldn't believe the amount of different kinds of egg dying and egg decorating
Easter Bunny Treat Bags
Today I have a really cute and easy Easter craft for you. We are having some friends over on Easter Sunday, so I wanted to make some little treats for everyone. These could also double up as table decorations, or
Easter Egg Tree
It's less than a month to go until Easter, time to get decorating! In the last years we've often been away over Easter, so haven't gone to that much effort, but after our big trip in February we're having Easter
Easy-peasy Origami Cat Tutorial
Konnichiwa! We've got a very exciting trip coming up. My husband is working in Tokyo for three months, so I'm taking the boys over to see him in a couple of weeks, over February half term break. It will be
Recycled Cardboard Box Rocket Ship
So, Christmas is behind us, the kids were inundated with gifts, and what are they playing with the most? Cardboard boxes! There us just something inherently attractive for kids, about letting their imagination run wild with cardboard boxed as a
Recycled Christmas Card Gift Tags
So, yesterday we took down the Christmas decorations. My 4 year old was really upset that Christmas is finally over for another year. To cheer him up, I thought we could do a fun craft activity, so we recycled all
Tissue Paper Stars
Today, I have a Christmassy craft to share with you. It's really easy to make, so one to get the kids involved with. All you need is some cellophane paper, a pair of scissors, and a glue stick. Step 1 - Cut