DIY finger paint

I must say, I am a bit in love with my thermomix. It has helped me to make such yummy meals and tasty treats so easily. And I don’t like cooking. So today I thought I’d try the finger paint recipe in the thermomix. Apart from it being easy, quick and cheap (only needed simple cooking supplies) the kids LOVED the texture. I gave both my girls an ice cube tray of paint and they were set for an hour. It didn’t stain their clothes, it washed off their hands with a shake in a bucket of water and has no nasty chemicals in it! Two thumbs up from me.

So next time you come and visit us at our place we can make some finger paint and have a play with it. We may even let the kids have a go J

Thermomix finger paint recipe

40g caster sugar

1 tbsp sea salt

70g cornflour

470g water

Add all ingredients 5mins/80 Degrees/speed 4

Allow to cool before adding food colouring

Have fun with it!

poppyxx

DIY Olaf! So easy and so fun!

My kids are hooked on Frozen right now. My eldest daughter refuses to be called anything but Elsa and my youngest walks around the house pretending to sneeze and then laughing her head off- just like Olaf. 

I must say I am a bit frugal when it comes to buying things for my girls. I'd much rather make it that buy into the plastic coated disney franchise. So this is a quick little craft you can do with your littlies that they will enjoy to make and play with. Here's what you need:

Materials

Cotton balls

craft glue/glue gun/some type of quick drying glue

paper

black pen

orange felt/fabric

small sticks

Steps

1. Make the body by unrolling two cotton balls and wrapping them around one cotton ball. Glue together.

2. Glue on head

3. Pull apart a cotton ball to make two feet. Glue to bottom

4. Draw eyes and black stones. Glue on.

5. Cut out triangle from felt and glue for nose.

6. Add glue to one end of a stick and push through cotton ball. Hold.

Finished! Now walk around your house and pretend to sneeze, then laugh uncontrollably. Check out the clip below as to why my almost two year old thinks Olaf is hilarious.

poppy xx

Kid. You will move mountains! -Dr.Suess

I am grateful for the beautiful charismatic characters in my life. They are full of love, colour, cuddles and sticky fingers. 

When I am old and reliant on Morris to remember to clean my denchers, I know I will look back on this part of my life and smile. A warm smile that will rose my cheeks and expose the happy creased lines that life has blessed me with. 

So this is a tribute to all those things that will be and all those things you can be. 

Uncle Cliff, who can pull off the princess look..... in a bearded and tattooed kind of way.

Summer drinks and chillin' with the hound. A straw in a drink always makes it taste better.

When your new "Yellow Bed!!!!!" causes you to scream to the top of your lungs and beam brighter than the sun. Life is good.

Rock out dudes! Express your passions because it is you who has to enjoy your life. Not anyone else!

Do those things that make you happy. Because you can do anything you want to do. Enjoy each day. Especially if all it takes to feel like a princess is to add a bit of glitter.

poppy xx

Mount Sickness = no craft arvo :(

There is a mountain forming in the kitchen at our place. Beginning on the first foundation layer is snotty tissues. Following this there is a mixed sediment layer of vitamins, lozenges and syringes. And holding all these layers in place is the much needed top composted mulch that is antibiotics.

So I think we shall give this crafty arvo a miss. I will not be sharing this mountain with you!

Despite my aching body, I decided that having time in the winter sun was a must and I re-planted one of my late Nana’s pot plants in my garden today. I am enjoying having a few plants around my place that were part of her garden. She was quite the green thumb, so I pride in having the plants that she enjoyed here with me to enjoy also. Enjoy your weekend and school holidayspoppyxx

Clay gift tags @ craft arvo

With so many birthdays coming up, I thought I'd get ahead and start making these clay gift tags. And as usual, I got carried away and made a few wall plaques, a dala, some clouds.... it was a fun time! And I used air dry clay, which meant no other cooking process. Yay! So lets play with clay together. Come along to my place next at 3pm on the 30th June and you can take away a few gift tags or a small wall plaque. 
Send me a line if you want to come!
poppy xx

Ice cube fun!

There is so much fun to be had with items frozen in ice cubes. My two girls were beside themselves with amusement and occupied for hours. And I managed to get some gardening done too. And all you have to do is....

1. Search your house for small plastic objects and/or take your kids for a walk and collect pretty flowers, leaves, seeds, pods and other found objects.

2. Place them in ice cube and fill with water.

3. Freeze and play!

 

Have fun with this! Six thumbs up here!

poppy xx

Sticky twig art

I have enjoyed using the sticks from our front yard to make art with. And I especially have loved displaying them for the tree to see. 

I think over the next few cooler months here in Australia I'd like to learn how to add colour to our trees with fabric wrapped around the trunk. Or maybe knitting them a cardigan to keep them warm. My brain is buzzing with ideas..... And if you have any ideas to share with me, come along to the next craft arvo and we can sitting around and drinks some warm tea.

Tea. Craft. Chat. Share.

poppy xxx