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Natalie Ray May 23, 2020 Crafts

A shortcut for crafting with children

I don’t mind admitting that I’m not particularly great at art and crafts. Which is unfortunate, when you have children who love it. When we do make something crafty, we all find it more rewarding if we produce something that looks great. As my art skills are rarely up to drawing something for the girls to colour in, we have to look for other options. I’d never heard of SVG files until recently, but they’re a dream for creating something pretty with the children. What are SVG files? SVG is an acronym for Scalable Vector Graphics. This quite literally means…

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Natalie Ray December 13, 2017 Crafts

Year of the Dog Chinese New Year craft

The Chinese New Year is marked on 16th February 2018, welcoming in the Year of the Dog. Bostik challenged me to come up with a simple craft to tie in with the start of the Chinese New Year. And let me tell you, it was tough. First, there was a lantern candle holder that involved sticking tissue paper onto a jar. Easy, right? Wrong. I’m not sure how you can be bad at sticking tissue paper onto a jar, but my children managed it. Next, there was a Chinese lantern. The less said about that the better. Until finally, we…

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Natalie Ray October 30, 2017 Crafts

How to make an easy Christmas card holder

Displaying Christmas cards always ends up being a bit stressful. They start off being stood along the top of the piano. Then, they creep onto other work surfaces. And finally, we end up putting some string or tinsel along the wall to hang them up. So this year, I’m preempting it. It’s still October, and I’ve already made a Christmas card holder. Here’s how. What you need A fabric bag Coloured card Patterned card Buttons or sequins Ribbon Cotton wool or white fabric Bostik foam pads Embroidery thread Mini pegs Scissors Needle Black pen Method 1. Start by making the…

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Natalie Ray October 13, 2017 Crafts

Easy no carve pumpkin

There’s always a dilemma here at Halloween. The girls want to carve a pumpkin, but they’re too little to do it themselves. They can get involved with scooping out the middle and drawing a face on, but I have to cut it. And quite frankly, I don’t have time. So this year, I’ve come up with something different. The no-carve pumpkin This month’s Bostik Blogger craft theme was Halloween and bonfire night. I looked at the materials they’d sent us and realised it might just solve my pumpkin problem. So, here are our no-carve pumpkins. They’re perfect for children of all…

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Natalie Ray September 11, 2017 Crafts

How to make a monster letter rack

Whilst making our Bostik blogger crafts, I’ve learnt something unexpected about us all. Much as we enjoy crafting, we’d rather make something useful. The most successful thing we’ve made was our back to school organiser. We’ve been using this everyday, so I decided we’d make something else that would be useful. Introducing the monster letter rack. I don’t know about you, but letters are a nightmare for us. We have loads that we need to keep, but nowhere to put them. So, they just ended up piled in a cluttered corner of the kitchen. So when I saw the monster theme…

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