Welcome to the latest Naturally Crafty nature craft linky, hosted by me and my blogging pal Becky Goddard-Hill from Simple Parenting. This week I'm linking up my post on homemade bird feeders. This is an old favourite that we've done many times, it always works well and is a lovely way to get the kids involved with helping local wildlife. The birds demolished our last batch in a couple of days so we'll be making some more this ...
Christmas craft ideas with Wynsors shoes
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Christmas crafting. We love a good old craft session, and Christmas always inspires us to get making. This year so far we've had fun with pom pom pine cones, baking soda dough tree decorations and pine cone trees. With some help from Wynsors we've just added a few new creations to our collection. The lovely people at Wynsors sent us a box of goodies, containing ...
Inspiring Christmas projects
Have you started preparing your home for Christmas yet? With the arrival of December, Christmas is suddenly feeling rather close, and lots of us will be starting to prepare for the big day in earnest. Whether you want to make indulgent treats, find gift inspiration, or spend time crafting with the kids, it's always a great idea to take a look at what other people are doing for inspiration. To help get you in the festive mood, some of ...
Naturally Crafty #22 – a Nature Craft Linky
Welcome to the latest Naturally Crafty nature craft linky, hosted by me and my blogging pal Becky Goddard-Hill from Simple Parenting. This week I'm linking up my post on homemade natural Christmas decorations. The kids are already pretty obsessed with Christmas. Making some natural decorations was a great way to stick with their favourite theme, while also spending some calm, creative time together. I love making our own decorations ...
Naturally Crafty #19 – a Nature Craft linky
Welcome to the latest Naturally Crafty nature craft linky, hosted by me and my blogging pal Becky Goddard-Hill from Simple Parenting. This week I'm linking up my post on Leaf printing. This is a super-simple craft which is perfect for putting those leaf collections to good use! What have you been crafting with this week? Join in with #naturallycrafty Naturally Crafty is the place to link up all your fab nature craft posts. We ...
Naturally Crafty #16 – a Nature Craft linky
Welcome to the latest Naturally Crafty nature craft linky, hosted by me and my blogging pal Becky Goddard-Hill from Simple Parenting. This week I'm linking up my post on spooky spider plants. These were lots of fun to make, and a lovely way to combine gardening and craft into one activity. They're also perfect for a spot of Halloween crafting :) Join in with #naturallycrafty Naturally Crafty is the place to link up all your fab ...
Naturally Crafty #15 – a Nature Craft linky
Welcome to the latest Naturally Crafty nature craft linky, hosted by me and my blogging pal Becky Goddard-Hill from Simple Parenting. This week I'm linking up my post on making wooden twig whistles. This was a real bushcraft nature activity; adult supervision is needed as there are tools involved, but the kids absolutely loved it. And now we have another use for our ever-growing stick collection! Join in with ...
Nature craft: making a wooden whistle
Today I'm sharing another lovely nature craft that we did on our recent trip to Skylarks nature reserve in Nottingham. As well as doing some fab clay pressing with natural materials, the kids also had a go at making a wooden whistle from twigs. I can vividly remember having one of these made for me when I was six years old and we were on holiday in Canada; it was so exciting watching it take shape, but I didn't get ...
Naturally Crafty #13 – a Nature Craft linky
Welcome to the latest Naturally Crafty nature craft linky, hosted by me and my blogging pal Becky Goddard-Hill from Simple Parenting. This week I'm linking up my post on clay pressing with natural materials. This is a great little craft that combines a nature hunt with clay pressing, we did it at our local nature reserve but it would work just as well in the garden or local park. Have you tried something similar with nature ...
Clay craft: making clay pressings from nature
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a fantastic afternoon exploring nature at our local nature reserve, Skylarks in Nottingham. Skylarks is part of the Wildlife Trusts, and it's a great place to take the kids for a good old outdoor romp. Last year we made journey sticks there, which has become one of our absolute favourite nature crafts. On this particular visit Skylarks was holding an open day, with lots of hands-on activities, ...