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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Tissue Paper Trees {autumn craft}

Hello Friends!!

Hope your all enjoying this lovely Autumn weather. I'm certainly enjoying the crisp, fresh air the this time of year brings. I've got another quick and simple craft to keep you little ones busy on the evenings. Have you noticed that the evenings are getting shorter??

We love the Autumn colours and what better why to show them off then with a lovely autumn tree. 

You will need: 

Glue

Coloured Tissue

Drawing paper

Crafty kid

Draw the outline of a tree on an A4 page.

Get your child to tear up the tissue paper. This was the favourite part for my little man. 

Then start gluing the pieces to the paper.

It's that simple.

Crafts don't have to be complicated to be fun and if your kids are having fun, that's the most important thing. Right??

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Favourite Things Friday

Happy Friday Friends!

The first full week of school is done and dusted in our house and we are all exhausted. My little guy has needed a nap most days after preschool. He just has so much fun there, that he can't handle it. Poor thing. Miss J has survived her first week with a new teacher. She was really scared to see what she was like after having the same teacher for two years running. But it turns out she's lovely. My mind is resting a little easier now that I know she like her. We've been busy crafting and having some fun in the cool autumn air. I just love this time of year. Anyway, enough talking. Here are this weeks favourite pins.

Favourite Font

Favourite Photography Trick

Favourite Quote

Favourite Baking Tip

Favourite Wedding Idea

Favourite Recipe

Favourite Kids Activity & Printable

And that's it for another week. I hope you enjoy looking through these. Be sure to pin them if your on pinterest. You can follow along with me on any of my social media accounts {links below}. I would just love to connect with you.

Have a great weekend!!

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Autumn Scavenger Hunt {printable}

We love going for walks in our house. And we love doing in even more in the autumn. We all love this time of year and there is so much fun stuff to find on even a short walk. We always end up coming home with a collection of items. 

My kids love lists and being able to tick things of their to do list.Yes my kids do chores around the house but this ticking is all fun. I made up this scavenger printable based on things we find around our area but I'm sure you will find most of them anywhere.

Just right click to save it to your computer.

We always have trouble finding acorns around here so when we finally find one, we're going to have cake. 

I hope you enjoy using this. If you do use it, I would LOVE to see your kids having fun with it. Use the hashtag #cgrprintables and let me know.

Here's to lots of crisp, dry day and long walks.

Have a good one!

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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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