arts and crafts

Pride Month: I made Pride cards with my children to send to friends and family

Pride Month: I made Pride cards with my children to send to friends and family

Happy Pride Month! Pride Month has always been something I celebrated with my children, and most years we have taken them to the parade and various family-friendly Pride events. In one of my previous articles I mentioned how one of the LGBT+ groups that I’m part of set up a pen pal system at the start […]

3 years ago

IKEA is launching a ‘Design Your Dream Bedroom’ competition for kids

IKEA is launching a ‘Design Your Dream Bedroom’ competition for kids

How does €700 worth of IKEA products sound? Like a dream? I know. And right now, your child can with this price – all they have to do is design their very own dream bedroom. Launching this week, IKEA is kicking off their Design Your Dream Bedroom Competition for kids. Children aged 4 – 8 […]

4 years ago

10 easy (and relatively mess-free) St. Patricks’s Day crafts for kids

10 easy (and relatively mess-free) St. Patricks’s Day crafts for kids

It’s almost here! And yes, the parade is finally back this year, but if you are anything like me and think the idea of town with kids in town sounds all sorts of stressful, well, then there is nothing wrong with celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at home instead. Nothing at all. And as March 17th […]

4 years ago

All you need to wrap gifts is a roll of brown paper – and here is why

All you need to wrap gifts is a roll of brown paper – and here is why

Homemade is better – always. Because sure you can buy super-fancy, glossy wrapping paper in pretty much every shop. But did you know that brown paper is not only far more gentle on the environment – but is also perfect all year around, meaning you don’t have to keep buying different paper for different occasions, […]

5 years ago

3 easy (and fun) Halloween crafts to entertain the kids with over midterm

3 easy (and fun) Halloween crafts to entertain the kids with over midterm

Ready for a week with the kids at home? I don’t know about you, but I feel these eight weeks since schools were back have passed rather quickly, and honestly can’t get my head around the fact that midterm is here already. And having looked at the weather forecast, I think we all need to […]

5 years ago