Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – paper mache heads. I love making these life-size heads with my art students. The paper mache process teaches patience and coordination while the decorating process unleashes creativity and imagination. The finished product is full of fun and fantasy and can be used as a decoration
There are so many articles on self-love at the moment and it strikes me this is not a new skill to be learned, but more like a forgotten art. Consider babies and children – their absolute fascination with their bodies, even the things their bodies produce, shows a lack of the disgust
Here is the true horror story set in some retirement villages in Australia. You may have read the fiction mystery set in a retirement village – Smiling Palms. Keeping with the theme of horror and mystery, I’m now disclosing some scary facts. It’s a terrible thought, but did you know your inheritance could
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – stick art. There are so many wonderful things you can create using the sticks you find in your yard – or even in a park if you live in an apartment. Did you read my post, Making These Fairy Furniture Projects is a Walk in the
It’s no secret that children can often be our best teachers but it comes as a surprise that a five-month-old baby is teaching me something no one else has been able to. Our newest little Goddess is teaching me how to calm myself – from the inside out. Perhaps it helps she is
This is the final part of the mystery story Smiling Palms. You can read part one here, part two here and part three here. Please note this is fiction and any similarity between real people and places is purely coincidental. SMILING PALMS PART FOUR “I told you I’ve already searched the grounds
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops – this week’s projects are to celebrate Mother’s Day with an amazing 3D card and an easy peasy magnetic frame. It’s sometimes difficult to come up with something a bit different to give your mother, but these homemade cards could be just the thing. The ideas for the picture
It rolls off your tongue like honey off a spoon when your kids are little. “No, you cannot use the sharpest knife, or any knife in the kitchen to cut those vegetables,” we tell our three-year-old. “No, you cannot climb to the top shelf of that high bookshelf to see what the view
This is the third instalment of the mystery story Smiling Palms. You can read part one here and part two here. Please note this is fiction and any similarity between real people and places is purely coincidental. SMILING PALMS PART THREE At this, Aunt Mary burst into tears and shook uncontrollably as Shannon held
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making Mum smile with pretty picture planters. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, the challenge is to find something new that will put a smile on her face. This usually means a bit of creativity is required but the steps in this week’s projects (yes,
