Posts tagged as "children"

Posted by burntmuffin on 2nd March 2010

Herb window box

When we got the heat pump installed, the installer made the heat pump box into a “house” for my daughter. It’s a very simple house with one window and a door. She has never tired of playing in it. A while back, Mr K decided it was time we decorated the “house”, so he proceeded [...]

Posted by burntmuffin on 24th February 2010

“Girls”

We made linked paper dolls a while ago, and my daughter has never tired of them. In fact, she asks to make them again and again very often. She calls them “Girls”. These “Girls” won us a craft book from the huggies craft ideas competition. It’s an old classic, but it is so much fun. [...]

Posted by burntmuffin on 7th February 2010

Cardboard House(s)

My little girl wanted to do some craft. I was out of ideas, and theĀ Usborne Books has been returned to the library. Then, she told me she wanted to make a house. A house? I thought about the options: We could build a house with blocks, but technically speaking, that is “play” not crafts. We [...]

Posted by burntmuffin on 25th January 2010

Usborne Craft Books

I love craft. But when it comes to things to make with a two-year-old, my brain draws a blank. Thankfully, our local library has books like these for loan. Bit hard to see in the picture, the books are: