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• Gmail

  

  Users If you use gmail (the Google email program) you may have the new ‘tabbed’ interface. If you are signed up to receive our newsletters you may notice that... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Paper Craft Mess

  

  We have had so much fun making the crafts for the next paper crafts for children newsletter. This is some of the colorful mess that we made for one of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, SCHOOLING

• Dinosaur Eggs

  

  These special dinosaur eggs are from the little known Papersaurus Rex. The eggs are famous for being many patterened, multi-colored and sometimes even covered i... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Paper Crafter Work Desk

  

  This is what can happen to you when it is your birthday, and your colleague has a paper crafts for children blog:-). I was just going to make some paper chains... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cardboard Roll Stars

  

  These gorgeous stars are easy and make a very effective garland for 4th of July Celebrations. You need some empty toilet rolls, glitter and glue. A glue stick... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Egg Carton Dragon

  

  This is one egg carton with lots of attitude! I hope you can see how he is made – I’m sorry but I did not take any photos until he was all done. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Rotated Shape Patterns

  

  You start with a simple shape, make a few cuts, and add in some rotations to create a bit of exciting art. Start with a sqaure piece of paper. Draw a shape or... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Construction Blocks Box

  

  I love that this craft has a useful purpose as well as looking great in the kiddies rooms, and you get to do some recycling too. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Turtle Finger Puppet

  

  This is another adorable craft made by Pippi Pipecleaners. This technique can be used to make all sorts of finger puppets just change the details to fit the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Wordmind

  

  Sometimes you need a game to keep the children amused for a few minutes. So here is one that can be played with just a pencil and paper. We call it ‘Wordmind’ a... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Card Roll Owl

  

  This colorful character is a hoot! You will need an empty toilet roll or roll of card, some colored paper in a variety of colours, a small piece of black card... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Cardboard Tube Branch Picture

  

  This is a quite beautiful picture created from some very simple materials Draw a tree branch on some long white paper. It is the shape of the paper that helps t... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Forest Lagoon Mural

  

  Sometimes I get a bit immersed in a project and a few things suffer – including keeping up with regular posts here. I thought that some of you might be... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING