The Unexpected New Craze in my House

Well the fidget spinner thing didn’t last long did it? Having broken most of theirs, them being banned in school and then getting bored (I know, who could have guessed) the fad has run its course.  My kids have a new obsession. (They’ve probably gone off it while I’m typing…

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Review and Giveaway: Get Crafty by Ali Coghlan

  I often get books in for review, and I try to look at them promptly to get the review published but this one kept disappearing. I found my five-year-old planning his birthday party out of it, and then discovered my seven-year-old long after bedtime re-writing his favourite crafts from…

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Easy Valentine Crafts

  If it appears on this blog in a craft post you can be sure that it’s (a) easy and (b) not especially messy.** **no craft invented is not messy, and no activity is not messy in my house   So here’s another “child led” craft idea, this time with…

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