Just when you think it is safe to reclaim your home, along come the grandkids. It’s not always easy for us grandparents, who have not had to think about safety locks on cupboards, or the dangers of low-lying glass ornaments, for years. We may have been revelling in the enjoyment of being able to
Planning a party for the little ones? What can possibly go wrong? The comedian, W.C. Fields knew what he was talking about when he advised; “Never work with children or animals”. Why? Because they’re unpredictable and you can never be certain of outcomes when they’re involved. That being said, it is possible
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – great recycling projects using things you already have. A few weeks ago I gave instructions for a really cool train desk caddy, How to Make a Starlight Express Desk Caddy. While this one is really fun and uses recyclables, it may not be big enough for
Psst! Want to know how to save more than $1000 a year without sacrificing a thing? Stop throwing away edible food. Australians discard up to 20 percent of the food we buy – that’s around $1,036 of food thrown away per household each year. A total of around $8 billion worth of edible food
A GIFT FOR THE PLANET Christmas is the day after tomorrow and before we get all sweet and emotional I’m going to tell you STOP! When the gifts have been opened and the food is eaten up you’re faced with the massive clean. It’s so easy to just chuck everything in bags for
THESE JEWELLERY CRAFTS TAKE LESS THAN 5 MINUTES EACH TO MAKE Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making jewellery. This is the first of two Wacky Workshops projects for Christmas gift ideas as promised in my post 3 Brilliant Steps to Save Christmas Stress and Money. These very simple and inexpensive projects are great
Welcome to another Wacky Wednesday project – transforming children’s art. Do you have some budding little artists in your life? Do you feel like you’re drowning in their artwork? Once kids get started they can produce art at an alarmingly fast rate. Before you know it you have literally hundreds of pages of paintings and
READ ON – I HAVE A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU Do you want to know why Santa is such a successful gift giver? It’s because of his list. I’m not kidding – a properly thought out Christmas list will save you loads of stress plus lots of money. As an early Christmas pressie
6 GREAT WAYS TO COPE WITH KIDDIE CHAOS “I’m not changing or childproofing my house for grandkids – no way”. I must have said that dozens of times when our first Goddess (granddaughter) came into our lives. Within weeks I put a wooden playpen around the fireplace. She and her parents initially lived with
