Popsicle Stick Scarecrow {Autumn craft}

Happy Hump Day Friends!

I've got another quick and easy craft here for you today. I love working with popsicle sticks. They're so easy to use. Not too fiddly for little ones either. We've made a Christmas Crib {here} using them too. But today we're working on an autumn scarecrow.

You will need:

cardboard

8 fat popsicle sticks

glue

jewels

coloured paper

paint

scissors

Cut a piece of card a little shorter than your sticks.

Glue 7 of the sticks onto the card.

Cut stripes of the coloured paper to look like hair.

Glue this to the ends of the last stick.

Take the last stick and glue it on top of the other at an angle to look like a hat.
Paint your hat brown or whatever colour your little heart desires.

Cut out the eyes and nose and glue them down.

Cut out a flower shape and glue in place with a coloured jewel.

Draw on a big smile and your done.

You can out these on a book shelf or a window sill but I'm going to stick some magnets to the back of mine and put the on the fridge.

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Felt Pinwheel Hairband {tutorial}

If you have girls in your house and they're anything like my girl, then they love their hair accessories. Hair bands are very popular in our house as my daughter only has one hand and she can do her own hair with these. She loves trying different one and I just happen to love making them for her.

This one is so easy to make and you don't even need to be good at sewing to do it.

You will need: 

Felt

Needle

Thread

Glue gun

Beads

Hairband

Start with two squares of felt. One smaller than the other. The colours are up to you. 

Lay them down on top of each other and push the needle through the center of the square from the back.

Take the needle and bring the thread over the middle of one side of the square and push the needle back through the center pulling tight. Repeat this on all 4 sides.

When you have all the sides pulled in, take you beads of choice and sew them onto the top of the pinwheel. Tie off the thread at the back of the felt.

To attach to the hairband, cut a circle of felt (about the size of a €2 coin).

Place your pinwheel on the hairband where you want it and hot glue it to. 

Add the circle to the underside of where you glued the pinwheel and glue it down.

You're done!! 

She has been wearing this everyday since I made it. 

I hope you enjoy making these as much as I do. Show me your creations over on my Facebook page. I'd love to see what you make for your little ones.

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The BEST Homemade Play Dough Recipe

I have the best, no cook play dough recipe ever.

It's so easy to make. No messing with pots and burning play dough.

It's soft, smooth and you can make it in whatever colours and flavour your little heart desires.

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of salt

1 tbs of cream of tartar

1 tbs of oil

Food colouring

Food spices/flavouring

1 cup of boiling water

Directions

Mix all ingredients except the boiling water together in a large mixing bowl.

Add the boiling water and mix well.

Add the food colouring to the water.

{The food colouring will mix in better if added to the boiling water.}

 Please take care when using boiling water around children.

Stir well until the mixture is well combined.

Turn out on the counter and knead it gently.

If it too wet... add more flour
If it's too dry... add more oil.

It's that simple!!

I hope your kids have as much fun as my two had. Were going on 5 hours of entertainment with this stuff and this mom isn't complaining.

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Potato Print Christmas cards

We had a very busy afternoon here making Christmas cards. Yes, I said Christmas cards. Please don't hate me but I love Christmas and the older my kids get the more I love it. They are the reason behind all the magic and I love making magic memories with them.

These potato print cards are all over pinterest and they are so easy to do. We the potato whole and then got cookie cutters to make shapes on our cards. Jasmin used her thumb to make a lovely wreath. I wrote the Merry Christmas with my new favourite gold sharpie, that I got in Aldi of all places. I can see lots of things written in gold sharpie in the near future.

These really are the easiest thing to do and the kids had lots of fun messing with the paint.

Make sure to head on over to Our Little House in the Country for more potato print ideas.

Don't forget to join in on my #30thankfuldays2014 photo challenge on my social media accounts. I've found some very thankful ladies through this challenge and can't wait for the link up at the end. You ca find the link to my social media accounts below.

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DIY Water Bombs : A Cheap & Fun DIY

I'm loving the Summer right now. 

The Sun in actually shining here.

It doesn't happen too often here.

We normally have coats on in Summer because of the rain.

But this summer has broken records.

We've been having temperatures up in the 30's.

They kids have been outside as much as they can but the heat has been getting to them.

What's a sure fired way to cool down in the heat?

Water Fights!!

I love a good water fight but I don't like the clean up.

I also don't think Mr P would appreciate being whacked with a water balloon.

After a quick search on pinterest I found these.

 

I bought a pack of sponges in Tesco for €1.55. 

Cut each sponge in half and then cut each half into about 9 strips.

Tie 6 strips together with string or a small cable tie. 

You done.

Go outside and have some fun with the kids.

I got 9 bombs out of 1 pack of sponges.

We had great fun with these.

We ended up not throwing them because our aim sucked.

So instead we just splashed each other by shaking the bombs at each other.

I hope you have as much fun with these as we did.

Defiantly the best money I've spent in a long time.

Thanks for stopping by.