As part of our parenting philosophy, we love to encourage the children to use their imaginations and be creative. We like them to expand their knowledge and explore ideas. It never fails to bring a warm feeling to my heart when one of them starts a sentence with “Mummy, did […]
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Ancient Egypt part II
Today we made these out of Fimo, based on Nekatu, the little girl in Croco’nile. AJ spent time translating the egyptian hieroglyphics in the book, once I had found the key, which was missing from our copy. Unprompted, she went on to write her name using the same code. It […]
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It was my husband’s birthday. I wanted to craft a surprise present for him, but it is difficult to do anything secret in the house. Last year, I managed to knit him a pair of socks, right under his nose, by claiming that they were a birthday present for someone […]
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The Children’s Year book craftalong February
The end of February is fast approaching and my February Craft-Along project will be due soon. This month we are doing project 106 which is potato printing. Over the years, I have chopped and carved buckets of potatoes, apples, turnips and other vegetables, so that one or other of the […]
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