Ice sensory play: a cute winter activity indoors to learn more about seasons, cycle of water and penguins. In this blog you’ll find an easy winter activity idea for your kids, you just need some small collectibles and molds (or the icecubes tray). On January 20th we celebrate penguin appreciation day, and sorting our vintageContinue reading “Ice sensory play”
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Upcycling nesting dolls
Upcycling nesting dolls: in this post I am going to show you how I upcycled a thrifted set of upcycled dolls into a Nativity set. I guess you all know now how much I love thrifting and vintage finds, we visit feels markets almost weekly and we now have some experience when it comes toContinue reading “Upcycling nesting dolls”
Easy New Year’s crafts
Easy New Year’s crafts: in this post I want to show you three easy DIY that I made for the new year. They were seasonal activities for the girls, that we used for new years eve but also as props for photos. 1. The 2023 headbands! An easy DIY with regular headbands and using scraps.Continue reading “Easy New Year’s crafts”
French galette des rois
French galette des rois : the three wise man puff pastry recipe that we eat for the Epiphany ! Find the recipe of this easy recipe and a fun way to shape it! For that recipe you need two pieces of puff pastry and filling it with an almond cream: 1Puff pastry ( so youContinue reading “French galette des rois”
Chocolat cake log
Chocolat cake log: the traditional french dessert for Christmas! Today I’ll share you an easy recipe to bake that delicious and fun cake First of all merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you are having great holidays! Today we opened the presents, enjoy some family time and eat a simple and yummy meal. We don’t cookContinue reading “Chocolat cake log”
DIY fake snow
DIY fake snow: the must have recipe for these Christmas decorations and activities with kids. In this post I’ll share an easy recipe to create fake snow, whether you want it to use it for sensory play with kids, or to add a winter touch to your handmade decorations. I myself added that fake snowContinue reading “DIY fake snow”
Heart shaped Christmas wreath from scraps
Heart shaped Christmas wreath from scraps: in today’s blog post you’ll find the easiest handmade Christmas wreath, just with a few fabric scraps, ribbons ir paper. Plus it’s the best way to upcycle a hanger, and easily shaped it! Every year I like to create a Handmade Christmas wreath, usually with wire and greens fromContinue reading “Heart shaped Christmas wreath from scraps”
Upcycled christmas decorations and a new free printable
Upcycled Christmas decorations and a new free printable : 2022 edition! In this post you’ll find upcycling ideas to craft beautiful and unique handmade ornaments just using materials that you CAN recycle, ( like toilet paper rolls or pinclothes ) and a DIY Advent calendar idea with 24 activities to do this month so youContinue reading “Upcycled christmas decorations and a new free printable”
How to reduce pumpkin waste
How to reduce pumpkin waste: don’t throw away your pumpkins after Halloween! Each year Americans throw ± 1 BIllION pounds of pumpkins away, ending up in landfills and creating lots of harmful greenhouse gases.It’s easy to forget that Halloween pumpkins are edible! But they are all edible and there are a lot of other waysContinue reading “How to reduce pumpkin waste”
Upcycled Halloween decor
Upcycled Halloween decor: today I’ll share here some ideas that we have been doing at home upcycling and recycling items like cardboards and glass bottles. We don’t need to buy new stuff to enjoy the holidays, using what we already have or upcycling things we don’t use anymore is the best solution (and it’s betterContinue reading “Upcycled Halloween decor”