Posts tagged as "craft"
Felt Dumplings
I’ve wanted to make felt dumplings for a little while. We (well, Miss S and I) eat quite a few dumplings in our household. And I thought they would be pretty simple to make – since I knew how to make the real thing, the felt ones should be easy, right? Hmmm… not really. Felt ones [...]
Jigsaw puzzles
Miss S has discovered she likes jigsaw puzzles. We were loaned a set of 2 train puzzles – an alphabet and a number train – and she decided that she would work on that on the kitchen floor while I cooked dinner one day. It was terrific – she completed the puzzle in 2 hours [...]
Hello Kitty
Who would have thought that Hello Kitty would come back into popularity. When I was in primary school, having Hello Kitty stickers in your sticker album was a really cool thing. Come to think of it, having stickers back then was a real treat – when my siblings and I got a sheet, we would [...]
Outlines
Here’s a great idea (it was Mr K’s). Cut out a big piece of paper and get your child to lie on top of it while you trace around his/her body. Give him/her a bunch of crayons and this will keep them occupied for ages! It’s also great to do when they have friends come [...]
“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. [...]
Cardboard House(s)
My little girl wanted to do some craft. I was out of ideas, and the 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 [...]
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:
The Shirred Dress
It was 2 am on Sunday the 24th of January. I was shirring the bodice of a dress for my little girl for the 3rd time. I am thinking, “One day, I’m going to tell her what I went through to make her this dress and she will not believe me”. So, a bit of [...]