Sometimes, for instance while riding a bus or train, my pre-schooler asks me for a story. I always get stuck on my own version of Snow White. Not because I lack imagination, but that’s just the first thing that comes to mind.
That’s why I love these Story Telling Cards by Eeboo so much. Just pick [...]
A little while ago I posted a craft project for DIY I Spy Bottles. I made two! For Lena I made a fairytale themed I Spy Bottle, containing a single shoe, a crown, Snow White, a pink heart, a golden coin, a real pearl and so on. I put them in a big bottle and [...]
…and yes, they actually work! Just balance them, by the head, on the top of your finger, and these butterflies will look like they’ll fly away any moment.
I love the fact that you can make them yourself with a piece of paper and two coins. It’s a perfect craft to do with your kids, and [...]
Stitchable stationery - well, why not? Just kidding, I love these embroidery cards by Jenny Hart! They’re a great way of learning kids how to use needle and thread. And the result is bound to be cute, so it’s very rewarding too
These ready-to-embroider folded cards become mini works of art when stitched—simply follow [...]
A while ago, we build a cute wooden bunk canopy bed for Lena. The lower bed is for sleepover parties, the top bed is hers. It’s really cute, but it does need some decorating. So for her birthday, I’m collecting a lot of bird posters and pictures, which I want to hang on ther wall, [...]
The day before yesterday I posted a blog on these supercute I Spy Bags. Like I told you before: I’m too late to buy one online, and I’m a no good crafty girl (can’t sew, can’t knit, can’t build a closet) so I thought up a little plan. I searched the web a little further [...]
I’m late.. again! We’re going on a holiday soon. To France. It will be a 12 hour car trip (well, 6, but I insist on a mini-break every 2 hours). And only now, the last weekend before we leave, I start thinking: ‘Maybe we should buy some car appropriate stuff to entertain the kids with…’
After [...]
As a kid I must have folded a zillion of these paper fortunetellers. Me and my friends used to fill them out with the names of the boys we were supposedly in love with. Or with distinctive facial features (’Haha, you have a hairy nose!’). Or with tasks, like ‘Lick your own toes!’
I completely forgot [...]
Yesterday I went hunting for an alphabet poster. In Dutch, to be more specific. And I need it before saturday, so no time left for webshopping. First I went to the biggest bookshop I could find. Yes, they had one. And it had the alphabet on it. But it didn’t look very nice. It looked [...]
About a year ago, Lena fell in love with a play toaster she spotted in the window of a children’s daycare center. Not her own, unfortunately, so she wasn’t able to play with it. Every time we passed the street where the daycare (and the toaster) stood, she begged me to take a look - [...]
