Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – Goddess of Glee friendship dolls. February is International Friendship month according to a bunch of internet sites – though I’m unsure if this is official. The United Nations International Friendship day is celebrated on July 30, then there’s National Friendship Day on the first Sunday in
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – Chinese New Year crafts. Chinese New Year is the most important of the many holidays and celebrations celebrated by the Chinese. The celebration goes on for days and days and can last longer than a month. The date changes every year as the Chinese calendar
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – handwriting art fun. In my post How to Change Your Life With Handwriting, I outlined the reasons handwriting is good for you. The combined visual, fine motor and cognitive skills required inspires creativity and uses both sides of the brain, so gives it a good
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making Santa. SANTA – THE LEGEND LIVES ON Santa, that magical man with the round little belly that shakes when he laughs like a bowl full of jelly, has captured the imagination of children, and adults, for centuries. His legend traces back to the monk, St
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making angels. Angels play an important role in our celebrations of Christmas and are often seen topping trees. Soon after people first started decorating Christmas trees they started pretending that the angels had done the decorating, to make Christmas more exciting for children. They strung streamers
PRESCHOOL PAINTING Hi and welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – preschool paint projects. People are often telling me they have no idea where to start when it comes to painting with preschoolers. The idea of the mess scares them and they feel without the talent of Picasso, they have nothing
Halloween ghosts, bats and monsters to make Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – celebrating Halloween. What is it about Halloween that gets our imagination so excited? Is it because Halloween is the one occasion it’s considered really cool to show off your creativity? Is it because we like to be scared? Some
HALLOWEEN CRAFT – HOW TO MAKE A CREEPY, SPOOKY, HAUNTED HOUSE Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – this time for a Halloween haunted house. It’s going to be creepy, it’s going to be spooky, but most of all fun and a little bit kooky. My favourite crafts to do with kids are
WATERFALL, WISHING WELL, WONDERFUL FAIRY GARDEN CRAFTS Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project, fairy garden crafts. As I promised in my last post I will show you how to make a dry waterfall, a wonderful wishing well and a really fun fishing game for your fairy garden lake. The reason I chose
FAIRY GARDEN FUN –IT’S EASIER (AND CHEAPER) THAN YOU THINK Three beautiful little granddaughters after spending decades as the lone female in a family of five. Can you think of any better reason to celebrate with the creation of a fairy garden? What could be more glamorous, or fun? Making a fairy garden
