Last Sunday afternoon Boy 1 had a birthday party to go to, so I took the opportunity to have some autumn crafty fun with the other boys. This is not an exhaustive list of crafty things you can do with leaves, but it was enough to keep my boys occupied on Sunday afternoon! Leaf Printing in Play Dough I put the leaves on the table with the sycamore seeds and some pine cones I collected last year, along with some play dough. (For a play dough ... Read the Post...
How to Make an Autumn Wreath
Hanging my autumn bunting up on the front of my house seems to have brought about a change in the weather. It is most definitely autumn now. Wet, cold and windy means warm socks, boots, coats and hot chocolate, not to mention looking at beautiful autumns, mostly in America, on Pinterest. Yay! Autumn also means that my floral, summery wreath needs to go into storage upstairs to be replaced by an autumn wreath. I've seen lots of beautiful ... Read the Post...
Autumn Bunting
Back in July I made some bunting to string up on the front of the house to celebrate the start of the summer holidays. I had planned to take to down the next day, then I decided to leave it up for a week, but I liked it so much I left it up for the whole of the summer holidays and September! I only took it down last week because it was looking tatty. My poor house looked naked without it! I had already resolved to make some autumn bunting, so ... Read the Post...
An Autumn Felted Picture Part 2
Last week I decided it was time to start autumning things up a bit and also time to have another go at wet felting, so I embarked on an autumn felted picture. I used the woolly tufts that were in suitably autumnal colours and this was the result! I was happy! Wet felting is a wonderfully therapeutic sort of crafting and it's so easy to get artistic looking results even if you got a G in your GCSE Art. Instructions for how I made it can be ... Read the Post...
