When Emma decided on a Harry Potter themed birthday party, the first thing she insisted on was that every guest was to have their own wand. Luckily for me wands are pretty easy to make, and without much effort, or special craft supplies, Emma and I had a lot of fun making a range of Harry Potter style Wizard Wands….
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Do you have a young Witch or Wizard that that has been sorted into Hogwarts Gryffindor House? You may even be a Gryffindor yourself. Well you’ll need a Gryffindor patch for your robes then, and I’ve designed an easy no-sew version that can be whipped up before you can say ‘Repello Muggletum’! Emma is super obsessed with everything Harry Potter…
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Looking for some quick and easy Halloween costume ideas that won’t break the budget? I’m here to save the day! Putting together fun costumes for fancy dress parties, dress-ups, imaginative play and Halloween events doesn’t have to be expensive, or even involve any DIY, you probably have lots of useful stuff at home already. With Halloween coming up I thought…
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Are you ready for Halloween? Have you decided what fun, and of course spooky craft you are going to do first? You have to try our spooky pine-cone Halloween spiders. They are the perfect combination of outdoor play and adventure and creative painting and crafting. Let’s make some Spooky Spiders! You will need: pine cones liquid paint or spray paint coloured pipe-cleaners…
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Did you enjoy the Printable Sugar Skull Colouring Page I posted last week? It came about as a byproduct of this idea, a Sugar Skull Activity page where you can decorate your own sugar skull by colouring, cutting and pasting your very own decorations. Kids of all ages will enjoy it, and best of all, it allows scope for lots…
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Emma has always been fascinated with the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration and imagery. When she was in kinder she even organised a Mexican festival day for the whole class with music and dancing. Now that Dia de los Muertos is approaching, I thought it would be fun to create a FREE printable Sugar Skull colouring page to keep…
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At my house, we are crazy I tell! Crazy for The Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, also known as Chat Noir. It is quite fitting then, that at Halloween the kids and I will be dressing up as our favourite miraculous television series characters. If you’re not familiar with Chat Noir, here’s what he looks like in his…
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Yep it’s Comic-Con season at Casa My Poppet! For the last couple of weeks I’ve been busy working my crafty mummy magic transforming a pile of ordinary craft supplies into a cosplay costume worthy of meeting Emma’s high expectations. Every year the planning on her part seems to start earlier and earlier, I can’t even count the number of very…
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