Make this easy and cheap gift for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Celebrating being a new mum/dad, or even Christmas. Capture the feet and hands of your little ones on canvas. Warning this is a messy activity.
DIY: Hand & Foot Print Canvas
Need a unique gift for a family member? Don’t have heaps of money? Well this great project will give you a cheap gift and your family member will cherish the…
Timothy is a girl!
One kid in our house has named a toy lemur Timothy. When it first happened I referred to Timothy as a him and a boy. This was corrected quickly and…
DIY: Get Creative with Sharpies
This post was originally created for a Father’s Day tutorial. However this could be applied for Christmas gifts, birthdays and anything at all. Use it to create some great presents…
Knitting Dolls
Did you have a Knitting Nancy or knitting doll as a kid? I did. When I lived in Townsville we went to the boat club for their annual Christmas party….
Sew Gabba Gabba Shirts In 5 Steps
Do your kids love Yo Gabba Gabba? Mine do and in fact they are rather obsessed with the show and of course the characters. When the girls were about two…
Review: Beetle Bottoms and The Eyes in the Night
Do you love books that are wonderful to look at? How about books that get your children to get outdoors and explore? Well I do! Beetle Bottoms are just the…
Make Your Own Tea Towels
I thought what could I make to be Christmas presents and decided on tea towels. Yes I am making tea towels as part of my Christmas gifts to family. I…
Enriching Playtime with Music
Whether singing songs with your toddler or playing classical music to the baby in your growing womb, most people already recognize the benefits of exposing young children to music. Here…
Budding Artists
Do your kids love technology, mine do and seem to know how to use it instantly. Maybe this is a sign of the times or just good tools that are…
Cardboard is king
On Friday I visited some friends, and the girls were given a cardboard box to play with. The girls were pretending to be a Jack in the Box. This game…
Unstructured for social skills
Unstructured play is now a very popular term for just leaving the kids alone to play. Well they are not actually alone as you are still keeping an eye on…
Little performers
Yesterday we spent the day with great aunty Jean and Grandma. We went shopping and had lunch out. I even was able to do some secret Easter shopping for the…
Jokers
Yesterday the girls were telling us jokes. We noticed very early on that they both have a good sense of humour, however now they are telling “Why did a banana…
Painting in the shower is fun for all
Have you ever thought how do you make things more interesting for your child/children. The girls for a while have been wanting to do more artistic things so I searched…