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)
Over the last couple of days my children have worked on making salt dough Christmas tree ornaments and some hand sewn felt star and tree shaped ornaments as well. We started making the salt dough during the day yesterday and painted them last night as they needed several hours to dry out. Once dried out my … More Christmas Art- DIY salt dough and felt ornaments
Today I am sharing possibly an odd choice for a DIY project that I worked on with my dad over the last few weeks as a gift for my daughter for her Birthday. I gathered most of the bits and pieces and we worked on the design together. I am not so good at the … More DIY Gift Project- hair styling doll
