From Saturday 11th February 2012, the Science Museum is to display the Chilean rescue capsule – Fénix 2. So exciting, thinking at the incredible story we all watched on TV only a couple of years ago.
The capsule was specially built to rescue 33 miners who were trapped underground at the San José mine, Chile in October 2010. The 3.9m capsule is made of steel and measures 54cm wide. All of the…
London Mums has teamed up with Serif, the award-winning creative software publisher, to give away two copies of CraftArtist Platinum (worth £39.99 each) – perfect for mums wanting to create personalised photobooks, stationery, cards, scrapbooks and more at home.
For your chance to win these tickets, answer the simple question below in our dedicated competition page…
The Science Museum opens a new display from 20th January to 9th April 2012 to celebrate Professor Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, his life and achievements.
Stephen Hawking: A 70th birthday celebration features objects and papers primarily sourced from Professor Hawking’s own archives including handwritten notes on work with Roger Penrose, his drawing of the Hawking Radiation mechanism, the…
My Little Snowflake always amazes me with some new idea she has. I just adore this paper doll she created and all the different costumes. You can either have it as a doll or a unique card. She has made a Witch costume, Butterfly Fairy, Christmas outfit and many more.
Go wild a child’s imagination is endless:
Sharon J. BainbridgeI used to work in Gilbert’s house for Haskoll Architects. I…
This one is a great activity for the boys. How to grow a frog in your back garden.
First, here is my little girl and her friend who is on the Olympics games advert singing to the frog floating on his little apple boat song:
Next video is how to grow tadpoles into frogs. Total fluke of course the frog liked our garden and laid some eggs in the old swimming pool, we brought them in and looked…
I have fond memories of making gorgeous little peg dolls with my Nan when I was a little girl. Do you remember them? Here is my little St David’s day doll based on the Welsh Flower the Daffodil flower.
Here is a video on how to draw a face on a peg doll with felt tips. I was selling the peg doll kits in Borders before they shut down. I still have the unpaid cheque they gave me, ha ha. This…
Here is Little Snowflake showing you how to draw a beautiful bumblebee with Posca Pens on her red wellington boots. We have videos on how to save the bumblebee if you are interested. We love butterflies, dragonflies and bumblebees, do you?
How to draw bumblebee on Wellington Boots
Sharon J. BainbridgeI used to work in Gilbert’s house for Haskoll Architects. I really enjoyed living in Pimlico…
This is one of my favourite videos of my little girl showing children how to make a clown mask. Daddy had taken her to the Circus and she came back and made her very own Clown Mask and glove.
She sounds so cute! This is here little saying… “If you know how to cut out, you got a cut, cut, cut.”
How to make a clown mask with Snowflake child artist:
Come back as we have much more art and…
Mums how would you like to make your own designer T Shirt for your child using their very own Moshi Monster drawings etc? I have come up with a way to keep that design on the T Shirt for a little bit longer than normal using T Shirt Transfer and my own special magic. Also I don’t just iron on the A4 sheet, which looks naff.
Want to know how? Leave me a comment. If I get enough comments I will…
Do you remember being a child and all the wonderful things you believed in? Fairies the tooth fairy and of course our very real Father Christmas.
Make your little Princess look pretty without make-up the way a child should look. Just dress their hair up and put on a pretty frock and they you have it a real little girl who looks like a Princess the natural way.
Party Hair
I handmade all the hair…