CRAFTS AND DIY
Regal Crowns -- easy to make, fun to wear
This year I helped organise the making of crowns for my daughter's school Nativity play. The theme was the Three Kings, with not three but in fact ninety kings (!). We needed to create some instant drama, and these paper and jewel crowns did the trick. Making these en masse for the whole class was ...
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CELEBRATIONS
Adorable Halloween costumes from Thumbelina
Halloween is around the corner, and I'm as unprepared as ever. Hmmm. !! I was feeling guilty about my tired stash of three-times worn Halloween costume options for Marlow and was needing a bit of inspiration... and these adorable costumes from Thumbelina have done the trick. How perfect are they?! I love a good fleecey zip-up costume ...
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BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Cute costumes from My Shiny Shop
This past weekend was finally dry and sunny so, despite still being cold, my kids asked to set up the teepee outside and play cowboys and indians! They looked so cute in their costumes from My Shiny Shop that I had to snap a few shots of them in their teepee. (Poor Ivy in her ...
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TOYS & GAMES
Sarah's Silks
Playsilks and scarves are such wonderful props for a child’s imagination. I’ve been collecting ones from Sarah’s Silks since my daughter was a wee one. They are great for using with clips to create little fortresses and also for creating capes or beds for baby dolls. The line of dress-ups is new to me and ...
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BIRTHDAY PARTIES
A Cops 'n Robbers Party
I asked Elias what type of birthday party he wanted. Like a shot he came back with 'Pirates'. "Oh No! Really?", I replied. Not that I have any particular objection to Pirates but we must have been to ten pirates parties in the last year -- there was absolutely no scope for originality! So I ...
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CELEBRATIONS
Fun hats from Ikea
It must be Halloween season because dress-up items are everywhere in the kid's section at Ikea! They've brought out again the funny masks that Courtney wrote about a while ago (although I could not find the ladybird or the chick), and in the same Maskerade collection they have added these fun hats which can definitely be ...
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CRAFTS AND DIY
Last-minute DIY Halloween costumes
Thankfully my boys let me off the hook this year. The older one has decided he wants to be a ghost for Halloween (how easy is that?!) and the other one is happy to use his brother's costume from last year. We're set. But... I did have a temporary freak-out last week when I realized ...
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BABY
Pink Olive
Last year we signed my oldest son up for football (the European kind, not the American), and when he got to practice all he wanted to do was pretend he was a shark caught in the net; he never kicked a single ball. His teachers at school give quarterly reports, and it's always the same: ...
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