Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project, focusing on ways to reuse plastic bottles. Plastic seems to be one of the biggest curses when it comes to the world’s environmental concerns. It is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of marine creatures every year. It accounts for nearly 20 per cent of landfill waste and
It has cooked hundreds of meals. Filled my young sons’ tummies with healthy food. Created countless comfort food meals for cold winter’s nights. Saved me from ‘slaving over a hot stove’ on hot summer days. Now it’s helping to nourish my children’s children. And I look at this little pot and see how
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – how to make a growing flower. You don’t need any gardening skills and won’t even get your hands dirty doing this one. In fact, this project is so easy I recently did it with 30 preschoolers, aged three to five.
It’s amazing how grandchildren can awaken all those youthful insecurities you thought you’d overcome. Those precious parcels of perfection come with a bunch of other people and suddenly you are left questioning your importance in the scheme of things. Perhaps the greatest threat to the calm equilibrium you’ve worked so hard to achieve
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – how to smarten up your smartphone. I recently wrote about the secret to using your Smartphone Smartly. If you just can’t get enough of your phone, these clever crafts, to smarten up your smartphone, will be just what you need.
Want to know who invented pet rocks? Push a button on your phone and you’ll have the answer. What song is this? Your phone will tell you. What should I be doing today? Ask your phone. How wonderful are smartphones? With those little pockets of technology you can shop, speak, bank, pay bills,
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – how to make a turtle planter. World Turtle Day is celebrated on May 23 each year to raise awareness about the plight and importance of those wonderful creatures. Did you read my post, A Tantalising Turtle Tale to Add Magic to Your Day? To celebrate
A group of islanders stand at the tall cliffs overlooking the South Pacific Ocean and sing a song. And a little bit of magic happens. The islanders, from the village of Vaitogi, in Samoa, sing some ancient words and one by one, the sea turtles in the area will come to the surface of
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project, a Mother’s Day paint project you are sure to find addictive. Of course, you can do this project at any time, but it’s fantastic to make beautiful handmade cards or even a lovely landscape painting. And you don’t even have to consider yourself a great painter
Move over super mums – here comes Super Gran (and I’m not talking about the children’s series). I’ll let you in on a secret. Grandmothering isn’t all about cookies and hugs. Today’s grandmothers are juggling work, home and babysitting commitments with the flair of the best superheroes. This is a far different picture
