Butterfly Bag

I bought a butterfly book at a children's book fair and by chance found some plastic butterflies in our local toy shop. It seemed a good idea to combine the two and give it as a Birthday gift. All that was needed was a small bag to pop the butterflies in and I'd already seen the instructions for a simple fabric bag in a children's sewing book called 'Made by Me' by Jane Bull. As it was for my daughter's friend, she willingly volunteered to make a butterfly themed card to go with it.

The book & bag combination can be adapted for any theme and makes a lovely, inexpensive personalised gift for children that are 'mad about' something!

Tea Party Story Time

I sold this Tea Party 'Felt Story Folder' last week to a much loved teacher at my son's pre-school. She wanted a special Birthday gift for her three year old niece who loves pink. What a pleasure to know it's going to good home!

Super heros in the park...

Another birthday party to plan...this time I decided to hold it in the park and not at my house. We had invited ten energetic 5 and 6 year olds so this seemed like the best way of letting them run about and have fun. The theme was 'superheroes' and I decided to make themed 'bat lolly bags' for the little guests to take home filled with more number five biscuits a couple of lollies and a super hero tooth brush (I'm sure I got a few brownie points for that one with the Mums!). We also took a huge colourful parachute for the energetic super heros to play with and it worked very well - a couple of the Mothers have the biceps to show for it too!

Cookie Cutter Crazy

It was my little boy's 5th birthday last week and what better way to decorate his party cakes than with the number five? I made a batch of biscuit dough and managed to squeeze about 60 number 5's out of it which gave me enough biscuits for him to take into class and share with friends, plus ample left over to decorate the party cup cakes and pop in lolly bags. The best bit was decorating them with the children around the kitchen table the night before. Of course there was chocolate and sprinkles everywhere but we had huge fun doing it, especially as my son insisted that these were the best letter 'fours' he had ever tasted! Ha!