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Category: Art and Crafts

Perfect, Creative Gifts for Creative People and Those Who Need to Reignite their Spark

6th March 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

The Perfect Creative Gift Several years ago my Dad gave me £50 for my birthday with the strict instruction that…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Gift Guide, Iris Folding Papercraft, Macrame
Story Sack for the Snail and The Whale with rice, playdough, decorated chalk houses, and whale and snail Holztoger figures

Story Sacks – Ideas and Play

6th January 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Story Sacks We love story sacks! Books really come alive for little ones when you have story props. They help…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Neurodivergent, Sensory Play, Small World, Student Teacher, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto, Yoto

Fine Motor Skills Development through Toys and Activities

15th September 2023 Lisa 1 Comment

Fine motor skills are a crucial component of a child’s overall development. They play a fundamental role in a child’s…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Learning Through Play, Sensory Play

The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #004

9th September 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. It’s been Floss’s first week back at school and…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Book Bands, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Meet the Mum Behind the Maker, Phonics, Reading, Spoonie Life of Bookworms, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto
Meet the Mum Behind the Maker - Our Story Stones Rock - story stones - imaginative play - communication - language - story telling - story props

Meet the Mum Behind the Maker – Mel from My Story Stones Rock

8th September 2023 Lisa 12 Comments

I’m thrilled to be sharing this fabulous mini series with you. Each blog post in ‘Meet the Mum Behind the…

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The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #003

1st September 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. It’s been a rather spoon lacking week this week!…

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The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #002

25th August 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. Here you’ll find out all about our week. What…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Spoonie Life of Bookworms

Acrylic Painting Essentials for Beginners

23rd August 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Acrylic Painting – What Do I Need? I’m quite new to using acrylic paints. Often what stops me from having…

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The Spoonie Life of Bookworms #001

18th August 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Welcome to the slow, gentle spoonie life of chronically ill bookworms. What have we been up to this week? Take…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Spoonie Life of Bookworms

www Wednesday Books – The Maid, Finn’s Little Fibs, The Art Playroom and Crochet

19th July 2023 Lisa 1 Comment

Recovery from my surgery is still slow and I was back in hospital Monday/ Tuesday this week. Good to be…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto, Yoto

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