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Handmade Christmas Decorations: Beaded Christmas Snowflakes

December 7, 2012
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This is a simple, crafty Christmas idea that you might like to try with your children. As well as looking lovely hanging in your name, it also provides the opportunity for a little fine motor skill development. For each snowflake you will need: 3 long pipe cleaners A collection of small bead in your chosen [...]

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Homemade Gifts for Kids: Puppet Making Kit

November 26, 2012
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This puppet making kit is great for using up all sorts of leftover crafty scraps and is a fun way to  encourage the recipient child’s creativity and language development. As well as making a great birthday or Christmas gift, it would also work well as a sibling-made gift or even an alternative to a sugar [...]

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Make Your Own Cloth Baby Book

July 31, 2012
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It has been on my mind to make her a book for AJ using photos of our family. Babies are fascinated by faces and what better faces to look at then those who love you most   Newborns also like to look at high contrast, black and white images. In fact, AJ’s favourite toy is [...]

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7 Sewing Projects for Expecting Mums

June 13, 2012

Today I would like to welcome Maddie of Colour Me There to Childhood 101. Maddie’s blog is fulled with colourful finds for Mums and kids…I just wish I knew where she found the time to find so many cool things in the vast landscape of the interwebs Hi, I’m Maddie from Colour Me There. I [...]

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Play Grow Learn Issue 3 Out Now!

February 29, 2012
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The third issue of Play Grow Learn is bursting at the seams, filled with ideas for hours of fun playing, growing and learning with your children. Whether you are a parent or an early educator Play Grow Learn will inspire you with 55 pages and 100+ playful activities including… Baby Play: Face to face Toddler [...]

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DIY Kids Costumes: Bird Mask Dress Up

February 7, 2012
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Ever since my mother-in-law and I made the set of bird wings for Immy’s dress up collection, it has been on my mind to make a mask to complete the ensemble, after all I am always looking for easy-to-make handmade costumes to add to the dress up wardrobe. This one was most definitely quick and [...]

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Homemade Christmas Decorations: Magazine Wreath

December 5, 2011
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I had promised Immy that we would make a wreath to hang on our door this Christmas and when Rachelle of Tinkerlab contacted me about her latest creative challenge, which is all about magazines, I had the crazy idea that we could make a wreath from the pages of magazines. Sometimes my crazy ideas work [...]

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Homemade Christmas Fun: Christmas Snow Dome

November 24, 2011
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Immy recently discovered snow domes in the Australia Zoo gift store! Her one purchase choice out of everything in the store was a Steve Irwin snow dome   So this week I thought we might make a simple Christmas snow dome to add to her ‘collection.’ Christmas Snow Dome Tutorial You will need; 1 small [...]

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