You know it’s going to be messy. You pray they don’t sneeze into the mixing bowl. And you understand the patience of a saint will be required just to make a simple snack. But the benefits of cooking with your kids far outweigh the mess and stress. This is one of the most important activities
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making woollen dolls. With the weather getting cooler here in Australia our minds turn to all things warm and wool is one of the best of them. Every year, inspired by the cooler temperatures, I vow I’m going to start, or finish, a knitted scarf or blanket.
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – colourful sea creatures to celebrate oceans day. Last week’s project, How to Create and Educate for World Oceans Day showed you how to make a shimmering seahorse, crazy crab, cute clams and collages. This week we have a cuddly octopus, foil fish, CD fish, CD crab
You have to love yourself before you can love anyone else. I remember my mother quoting this to me when I was a tormented teenager. I always thought she was such a liar. After all, didn’t I adore her more than anything on the planet? And didn’t I loathe myself with true
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – crafts to recognise World Oceans Day, celebrated on June 8. This year’s theme is ‘healthy oceans, healthy planet’. The World Ocean Day organisation explains how the ocean is like the planet’s heart, connecting people all over the world just as a heart pumps blood to all
The days are getting shorter, the temperature is cool No more basking in the sun, or floating in the pool My heart is feeling heavy, but I know a special art A list of happy thoughts, to keep springtime in my heart As my wonderful friends in the northern hemisphere celebrate
Enraging any mother is pretty easy. Just say something rotten about her kids and you’ll wish you were being gored by a bull or clawed by a bear – the pain would be less. This fierce protection starts in the womb and increases to a point of touchiness that would put a snowflake’s
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – this week I’m sharing lots of little projects to keep your young children happy and creative. Most of these projects can be done in a few, simple steps and you probably have everything you need to make them already sitting around your home.
There it is. That sick feeling in my stomach combined with a kaleidoscope of butterflies reminding me of my terror. On the really bad days, it’s hard to make my legs work, my hands are shaky and I’m sweating. But my children are waiting – tiny infants school kids waiting for mum to
Are you a lover of trivia? Then you are in the right place. I’ve collected a bunch of interesting facts that you really DON’T need to know and put them together for a bit of fun. If you follow me on Facebook you may have seen some of these on Thursday Trivia days. If you
