Christmas village
I made a beautiful Christmas village with a few handmade cardboard and fabric houses, some instant snow, miniature trees and statues and some lights. I also hidden Alexa in one [...]
Cardboard & fabric houses
I have been making a few cardboard houses for a little Christmas village. I always loved the miniature festive villages, but buying enough of them to make a display can [...]
Felt Christmas ornaments
Here are a variety of felt ornaments I made over the years. You need A4 felt sheets, thread, beads/buttons and cotton or pillow filler. For any complicated patterns (sledge, raindeer, [...]
Miniature felt ice skates ornament
One of the sweetest little ornaments you've seen. Little ice skates made of felt with paperclips for the blades. They are very easy to make. Work your way up from [...]
Felt bib necklace (roses)
By far my favourite handmade piece of jewellery. Worn several times it is a statement piece on any black dress or top. Had several compliments for it. You need to [...]
Old short storage box
I made this from cardboard and and old cotton shirt. If you are not good at sewing then use a glue gun to fix the fabric to the box.
Old sheet ghost
Turn an old sheet into a Halloween ghost with the help of a ball. I have attached the ball to a cat scratching post and added a wite narrow pipe [...]
Guess the fabric – tactile challenge
Teach your child the names of fabrics, what they are made of and how they feel than cover their eyes and ask them to guess their names by walking or [...]
Friction experiment
Teach your little ones about friction and different surfaces with a toy car, an improvised ramp and different covers for the ramp. We choose a selection of fabrics and learnt [...]
Gift wrapping ideas
Some ideas to decorate gifts. Try origami flowers, lace, buttons, wide ribbons and stones, cheap jewellery parts or numbers/letters made of beads.