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• Tissue Pom Pom Flower

  

  These look seriously impressive – but are seriously easy to make! You need various shades of tissue paper, a chenille stick, some scissors and a twig. Place... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Seussical Mural

  

  Another mural has been keeping me busy! I thought a few truffala trees might be quite fun in our porch where we keep our boots, garden equipment and the dog... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Collage Face

  

  We had lots of fun making these. We were just playing around with cutting out paper shapes and these faces happened! It is as simple as sitting around with... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Origami Peacock

  

  Origami is one of those crafts that make you feel pretty clever as you can make some cool things with just a few folds. Fold the paper in half across the... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Mother Day Cards

  

  Some of my favorite cards for children to craft for Mothers Day and of course Grandmothers Day too. Mothers Day Tea Bag Card From all the hits this craft gets,... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Tulip Dog Card

  

  When we were making the Tulip Flower Card I thought that the shape of the card opened looked a lot like a dog. Well that is what I thought anyway, the children... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Tulip Flower Card

  

  This is a cute folding out card for the children to make for someone special, like Mum or Mom. I have made a template for you to print out and use if you want,... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Hand and Heart Shape

  

  There are so many beautiful papers and I do love buying them. This craft is a lovely way to use some of those papers and a special craft for children to do. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Tissue Decorated Tealight Jar

  

  This is a perfect gift children to craft up for a Mothers Day gift. Even better, it also makes a great container in which to pop in a few extra treats if you... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Heart Shapes

  

  As well as easy, this one is also a perfect craft for children to make as a gift or a card for someone special, like perhaps Mum or Mom for Mothers Day! Cut... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Crayoned and Dyed Egg Series – Number Four

  

  I have saved my favourite Crayon and Dye art technique for the last Easter Egg design – Crayon Batik. Well as my daughter just pointed out it is not really bati... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Crayoned and Dyed Egg Series – Number Three

  

  Chalk has a special use in this art craft for children. This technique is a very good way to turn some simple lines, drawing or even writing, into a piece of... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Crayoned and Dyed Egg Series – Number Two

  

  This crayon and dye technique is one of my favourite! It is like an invisible drawing that magically appears. It is a very simple process, you just draw a... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Crayoned and Dyed Egg Series – Number One.

  

  I had the crayons and dye out to work on something for the next newsletter and was having so much fun that I thought I would do a lovely colourful Easter egg... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Paper Plate Bird Puppet

  

  One of those nice simple ideas that result in something fun. After the fun of making this one, there is then more fun had in the playing with it. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Shamrock from Heart Shapes

  

  When I was having a look at some shamrock pictures the heart shapes of it appealed to me. Paper hearts are easy to make and a handy paper craft technique for... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Rolled Paper Shamrock

  

  Well, this may look more like a rolled paper tree, but the intention was to make a shamrock so we will call it that for now! I think that the process of... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Star Shape from Snowflake Fold

  

  Folded up paper and cutting holes in it to create a beautiful star or snowflake shape is a popular craft for a great reason. It is worth knowing a few... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Folded Cut Out Flowers

  

  For Valentines day today here in New Zealand I had one waiting on each of my colleagues desks for when they got in – they somehow guessed who the paper folding... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Mirror Bird

  

  I got this idea from a beautiful bird decoration I have. I realised that it was just a mirror shape of a bird folded up with some parts glued together and some... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING