Spring’s brighter days and blossoms are here! We join in the celebration of renewal and rebirth with colourful crafts using both recycled materials and natural elements.
Author: Marzia Falcioni
Hi! I am Marzia. Creative maker and visual artist. Love for paper collages, painting, cooking and crafts for/with kids.
An original way to recycle pear trays into stunning, multicoloured, 3d flowers… and to welcome spring!
We love recycling cardboard boxes! This time we made a studio flat for Barbie from a cardboard box, convertible from day mode to night mode!
A very special winter themed craft for kids: a cardboard snowy woodland scene in a shoe box with interchangeable background, from a snowy day to a clear full moon night!
It is the time of the year to be thankful, reflect and plan. It is also the time for refreshing this blog!
Prepare for the festivities with fun projects for kids! From making a gingerbread house to diy wrapping paper, from cardboard tube elves to handmade Christmas tree ornaments.
What is lino printing, what do you need and how to start creating your very own ink prints.
Seven arty crafty activities for kids using beautiful Autumn leaves!
Full immersion in Halloween atmosphere making creative themed activities with kids, from creepy decorations with recycled materials to spooky cooking, from dressing up to pumpkin carving.
One of the best known and tastiest pasta shapes in Italian cuisine, tagliatelle. Enjoy making them with your kids!
During the lockdowns I challenged myself in making at least one oil pastel drawing a week. Then one day I put them all on the floor…
The most loved food, not only at parties: pizza! Even more special if you make it with your kids.
My first great passion, painting with oil colours on canvas.
I am fascinated by the expressive potential of the soft pastels. They combine the properties of drawing and painting media. My children and I love them!
We are very proud to show you our tropical reef diorama with under-the-sea animals made entirely with recycled materials.
My journey through the course “Fun with portraits” continues. We had fun with clay in modelling sculptures and ornaments with faces.
My journey through the art course “Fun with portraits”.
I have recently re-discovered my love for art...
During lockdowns, with children at home, creative activities multiplied in order to keep me and them busy and to limit their screen time. Here is a summary of them.
Ready to pack a picnic bag? Don’t forget the tigelle, tiny delicious savoury treats without leavening, perfect for picnic as well as birthday parties or garden parties.
Now that the weather is good enough for a day out, why don’t you put in your bag scissors and a ball of twine and collect sticks for building a small raft? We did it last Autumn, but this craft is always perfect as an outdoor activity with your children whatever the season.
Craft your very own card for Father's Day, an irresistible classic origami shirt-and-tie card!
It’s Barbie’s time! Diy cardboard box house and some clothes to play endlessly and imaginatively with Barbie.
A traditional Italian first course, ricotta and spinach Ravioli, a hands-on activity in your kitchen to do with your kids.
Choc chip muffins: quick and easy recipe to do with your kids and… for recycling Easter chocolate eggs!
Crafty Messy Mom 