Easter. Eggs. Treats. What about a super cute carrot cone to put them in? Yay! I’ve designed just that and made a free printable and tutorial for you.
PRINTABLE :: Cute carrot Easter treat cones
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Posted on March 20, 2013
PRINTABLE :: Make a magic dice
Magic eight balls are kind of fun aren’t they? This is my free printable version of the magic eight ball – a magic dice. Looking for an opinion? Need an answer? The magic dice can help. Children will love this. Roxy is happy to spend a long time thinking up questions and rolling the dice, over and over again. Do I have to make my bed in the morning? Will I have a good day at school? Are we going to go on an awesome holiday this year? Can I have chocolate for breakfast?! Of course there are some things that the magic dice isn’t allowed to have the last word on.
Got a question to ask? To download the free printable just click here.
Edit: Following a reader comment about the singular and plural versions of die/dice, I thought I’d add this… I did double check before I wrote the post and according to the Oxford Dictionary: “Historically, dice is the plural of die, but in modern standard English dice is both the singular and the plural: throw the dice could mean a reference to either one or more than one dice.” Tricky!
I hope you have fun with this magic dice – with or without kids – this simple idea has definitely given us lots of laughs and enjoyment.
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Posted on March 5, 2013
Craft with Kids Tutorial :: Cheat’s Paper Maché
This is another tutorial that I am updating to work in my new blog format, I first published it on my blog in January 2009. This is a great technique that can be used by any child over about 4 – with some help for the younger ones from an adult. There are lots of steps that children will love, like scrunching up the newspaper and slapping on a ton of glue. I call it cheat’s paper maché because you don’t have to build up layers and layers of paper which can get tedious and boring for kids. You skip pretty quickly to the fun part: decorating. In my tutorial I use fabric for the outer layer because it gives you lots of options with colour and pattern and is pliable and easier to work with than paper. And it’s a great way to use up your fabric scraps.
Click on the ‘read more’ button below for the full tutorial.
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Posted on November 19, 2012
Extreme Parenting Video Project
A friend just sent me the link to this video. It’s so powerful and moving.
Watch it. Share it.
Created by Elizabeth Aquino
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Posted on September 29, 2012
LOVING :: Giant Banana Split
How fantastic is this?! A giant banana split. Kids’ (and adults?) heaven! I saw this on Oh Happy Day and had to spread the sunshine on this drizzly grey winters day. Go to Oh Happy Day for a full how to.
Look at those cuties tucking in.
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Posted on June 26, 2012
LOVING :: Hello Naomi
Lovely Naomi of Hello Naomi teaches the children’s cupcake and cookie decorating class at Megan Morton’s The School. As I mentioned in my previous post, Roxy announced that the class was the best day of the whole of the last school holidays. (The next class is scheduled for July 5th) Naomi is such a sweet person and so incredibly talented.
Naomi left a career as a robot programming compeer engineer (!) to follow her passion of creating these incredible confections. She has since taught classes as far afield as London and she told me that she will be opening a Hello Naomi shop in Newcastle in the near future. Lucky Novocastrians!
Visit the Hello Naomi website to see more, and pop along to Naomi’s gorgeous blog too.
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Posted on June 24, 2012
