Lately my children created an ‘ideas board’, simply using a cork board, pins, paper, pencil and eraser as a way to gather some of their thoughts and ideas and for a little source of inspiration. Instead of collecting, cutting out and pasting a collage of images or words, they have been simply writing down some … More My children’s Ideas board- (dream board)
Today I finally finished making our wooden Geoboard for both of my children to use at home. We have had a plastic one in the past which was a lot smaller but unfortunately cracked and we could no longer use it. This one is simply made with a wooden chopping board, a hammer and some … More DIY wooden Geoboard
This week I spent a couple of hours making up some more Montessori classroom (Children’s House) materials. This time I was given a few rolls of material that another parent had donated to cut up into squares for the 3-6 year old children to practice their sewing on. Sometimes the work is button sewing and … More Making Montessori classroom materials- sewing work
Since reading the book Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson two years ago, I started dabbling in the DIY department. I didn’t make any changes over night, I just chose one area of our home and one thing to work on at a time. Here are some recipes I use at home; Bathroom- Personal Care … More Simplifying in the home- some DIY Recipes
Over the last couple of days, I have been making up some simple DIY gifts for Christmas. Each person (four in total) will receive a glass jar of either cookies, bliss balls or mixed nuts. The other items I have already made up to gift is some bath salts, sugar scrub, some left over flower … More DIY Christmas presents (bath bombs, bath salts, sugar scrub and laundry powder)
