Making Salt Dough Decorations
For today’s advent activity we are making Salt Dough decorations. Now for us making and decorating are 2 different days as most mornings we have activities on so only get the afternoon’s for doing at...
View Article10 Natural ornaments for kids and you to make
Ten simple natural ornaments that you and the kids can create this Christmas from objects that you pick up on a nature walk. Create rustic snowflakes, scrap ribbon trees or glittered pine cones adding...
View ArticleApple Star Natural Ornaments
I can’t believe that it took me ages to discover the star inside the apple – I’d always cut it the “wrong” way to find it and instead ended up with pips and tear drop shapes but no stars. Suddenly...
View ArticleChristmas Tree Decorations to Make with Kids
In a dream long ago I had visions of a beautifully decorated colour co-ordinated Christmas Tree, probably in silver and purple or maybe red and green. But, now as a parent, I love the fact that my...
View ArticleClassic Nativity Tree Decorations for Kids to Make
One of the things that I have been meaning to explore with my children now that they are a little older is using a hot glue gun. I tried a cool glue gun with them when they were much younger but the...
View ArticleRustic Hanging Stocking Tutorial to Decorate your Home
Inspired by my Twig Ornaments collection and Natural Ornaments I wanted to create some more natural decorations to decorate our home. I’m not a fantastic sewer but in my mind, I knew that our new...
View ArticleDIY Nativity Story Stones
I’m a bit addicted to creating story stones for my kids, they’re the kind of thing that I wasn’t sure if my children would go for but they love to use them as story prompts and these DIY nativity story...
View ArticleNativity Texture Art
It’s finally time to take out our Christmas books again. I like to pack them away after Christmas and then keep them hidden until the following December. This helps to keep them fresh and exciting...
View Article12 Days Nativity Story Inspired Arts and Crafts for Kids
At the end of this first week of Storybook Advent, I wanted to share with you, even more, ideas for activities and crafts for The Nativity Story. I don’t know about you but I love Christmas however, I...
View ArticleSugar Plum Fairy Gift Tags
When I was a little girl I wasn’t familiar with the Nutcracker. I didn’t grow up in a house where people knew anything about classical music or the ballet. Saturday nights in our house were spent...
View ArticleDIY Nutcracker Painted Rock Puzzles
Every year my family enjoys various activities as we countdown to Christmas . Reading books and Crafting are one of our favorite activities . Today, we’re sharing with you a Nutcracker painting rocks...
View ArticleDIY Nutcracker Photo Booth Props
So good to be part of this year’s Storybook Advent on Rainy Day Mum!! I am thrilled to share our idea for Nutcracker Photo Booth Props! I use photo props all the time, I love them! Somehow with a small...
View ArticleNo Sew Hanging Fabric Pincone Ornaments
When we moved into the new house one of my big long term goals is to make it a handmade home. With a mix of my own and the kid’s crafts and arts around the place. I started off with some rustic easy...
View ArticleThe Polar Express Activities and Crafts for Kids of all ages
I grew up without ever reading The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. It wasn’t until 2015 when my kids were at the point of enjoying sitting and watching Christmas Movies that we sat down one Sunday...
View ArticleTwas the Night Before Christmas Shoe Box Puppet Theatre
It’s not long until Christmas now and one of my favourite Christmas traditions is to read the story ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ to my boys on Christmas Eve, before the kids head up to bed....
View ArticleSleigh Silhouette Watercolor Painting
I am thrilled to be here with you for Storybook Advent on Rainy Day Mum. Today I’m sharing a simple yet beautiful sleigh silhouette watercolor painting that we did to go along with the classic...
View ArticleChristmas Crafts and Activities for Toddlers
As Christmas draws nearer and nearer our lives get busier and we need some Christmas Activities for Toddlers that let us take a back seat allow them to get creative so we can get on with what we need...
View ArticleBeautiful Pine Cone Crafts to Decorate for Christmas
The world is full of natural crafting material so why not try something natural for your crafting? Following on from our Nature Crafts and our Twig Crafts for Christmas Decorations I’ve put together...
View ArticleChristmas Footprint Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
It’s so fun to start your Christmas Crafts with your toddlers and preschoolers in December. Getting out your crafty supplies setting up your table and then getting messy. Both handprint and footprint...
View ArticleRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Activities, Crafts and Recipes for Kids
Finding it’s place in Christmas Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer started back in 1939 as a small leaflet distributed by a department store and penned by Robert L. May from those beginnings this little...
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