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.
Tag: recycling
It is the time of the year to be thankful, reflect and plan. It is also the time for refreshing this blog!
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.
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 art course “Fun with portraits”.
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.
It’s Barbie’s time! Diy cardboard box house and some clothes to play endlessly and imaginatively with Barbie.
"The first two years adventure” is the title of the photo album I made for my little girl's second birthday. It is a scrapbook of 40 decorated sheets, containing diary pages and photos...
Bring me a bright large T-shirt, I will make a bag out of it! How-to in the post.
An idea for a child-friendly short holiday? Absolutely Barcelona! In the post I share our 5-day experience in the amazing Catalan capital with two young explorers, from travel planning to resources for engaging children during travel, plus a Gaudì-inspired craft activity with free printables. Enjoy!
An easy-to-make, cheap Neverland masquerade for your children in occasion of the forthcoming Carnival and the World Book Day.
Rag dolls, their outfits and accessories are a priceless open-ended toy and a cute handmade gift idea. I repurposed upholstery fabric samples in a cosy patchwork couch, perfect for rag dolls.
Get all your family ready for trick-or-treating or a Halloween parties with DIY, quick and upcycling ideas for Halloween costumes and accessories.
Waiting for Halloween, have fun with your children during half-term in themed craft activities, from the creation of spooky ornaments - giant pop-up castle, toilet-rolls mummies, 3D pen cobwebs - to the carving of spectral pumpkins in different sizes.
Waiting for my second child, I involved my elder son in making frames decorated with Minnie bow, Goofy hat and Donald Duck headgear, simply recycling cardboard and old newspapers using the paper-mache technique. They can be used as a photo frame or a nameplate...
Recycle an old single bed sheet into a monk tunic, with hood and cowl. If you don't have a brown flat sheet, don't worry, the fabric dye can do a miracle!
Repurpose plastic drinking straws into a super-easy no-cut no-tape no-twine straw-bunting and hang it as a coloured home decoration!
It is incredible as fairy and ballerina outfits fascinate girls since they are very young, actually some moms too, who didn't resist to make one for her little one...
The Ancient Roman costume, a truly classic, is one of the quickest-to-make costume among the do-it-yourself ones...
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