The Christmas Dolls House

The Christmas Dollshouse

What a great Christmas present for a three year old. I struck it lucky back in the summer and found this dollhouse at a local car boot for just £7! It was 'beautifully' decorated with grubby wallpaper and thick red carpet so I stripped that all out and sanded down the inside. I scoured ebay for furniture (try searching for vintage dolls house) and managed to find nearly everything relatively cheap apart from a cooker which is a future goal. The tiny moomin mugs are actually christmas decorations, the bathroom set was found by lovely Lisa in a Barcelona fleamarket and the bunting was from Tiger for just £1. In these photos we were playing with penguin but the house is actually the perfect mouse house... more on that another day. 

Autumn Fun Part II

Well after our adventure at the park we of course had to do some leaf printing, cliched yes but surely a right of autumn passage.

We cut round the leaf prints with serrated scissors to string into a garland later and turned the rest of the leaves into some cute leaf folk.

...and when all the leaves were gone we drew some autumn hedgehogs!

Autumn Fun Part I

We've been having some really lovely adventures since the summers end, back in October we visited one of our favorite Brighton locations, Stanmer Park. It's a beautiful place to wander, especially in the autumn when the trees are surely at their most beautiful and as well as the fallen leaves to play in there were rope swings and trees to climb. We usually just walk and play but for the first time ever we also visited the big house for hot chocolate by the open fire which we completely recommend. They even allowed the naughty dog in!

A Homemade Gift with Homemade Wrapping

Happy Birthday Auntie Tessa! 

Christmas Tree Craft

Cut out two tree shapes using thick card. We had already painted ours green on one side. (The end of a drawing pad or sketchbook is useful for things like this). Cut a slit from the base of one of the trees 3/4 of the way up. Cut a slit in the other tree 3/4 of the way down starting at the top this time.

Then smother the trees with pva glue.

 sprinkle on plenty of glitter

Stick on decorations of your choice. - we used mini pom poms...

...and added a silver star. Slot the tree shapes together and voila!

Looks like Santa's been. Happy Christmas everyone xxx

Christmas Gifts for 7-8 Year Olds

1. donna wilson cat purse 2. make your own word banner 3. star garland 4. retro pinball 5. bird bag sewing kit 6. classic peter pan book 7. pom pom hairband 8. magic trick set 9. giant skipping elastic 10. top hat 11. classic sewing box 12. camo face paint 13. mini funny voice changer 14. families game 15. djeco gouache paints 16. my first working tool kit 17. sukie iron-ons 18. boden fox tights 19. shwings 20. retro roller skates 21. the angry fairy book

Christmas Gifts for 6-7 Year Olds

1. prof. astro cat's frontiers of space 2. kidsenroof tatlin magnets 3. bobo choses patches 4. stabilo pens 5. djeco sand art kit 6. super sunprint kit 7. nanoblock lion 8. sukie sketchbook 9. yoda lego watch 10. djeco whale puzzle 11. oh naughty me activity book 12. beau loves sweatshirt 13. nailmatic nail polish 14. mini walkie-talkies 15. create your own monster 16. build your own brio airplane

Christmas Gifts for 5-6 Year Olds

1. ant world 2. bat hat 3. squirty camera 4. children are naughty book 5. grimaces game 6. rocket ruler 7. yacu mama game 8. donna wilson gloves 9. mibo lion rucksack 10. bow and arrows 11. cubebot 12. climbing hexbugs 13. shapemaker 14. marble skillball 15. maxomorra snowman boxers 16. birdie cake kit 17. djeco puzzle 18. globe bantam skateboard 19. pirate hat 20. pirate waistcoat 21. sukie pencil case 22. djeco brush pens

Christmas Gifts for 4-5 Year Olds

1. the moomins and the great flood 2. london bus mug 3. dog cushion 4. mix and match game 5. wooden dagger 6. wooden airport set 7. sheriff badge 8. horseshoe magnet 9. djeco pirate arty toy 10. pull-along cart 11. make your own robots 12. mouk puzzle 13. chocolate sardines 14. lottie doll 15. mini facemaker 16. bow tie 17. seedling butterfly wings kit 18. seedling superhero cape kit 19. balancing moon and stars game 20. indian tipi 21. 100 bears book

Christmas Gifts for 3-4 Year Olds

1. kiko bubble blower 2. toy kettle 3. funny face watch 4. nathalie lete doll 5. a-z magnatab 6. stella mccartney umbrella 7. let it rain on us poster 8. kiddimoto helmet 9. find my piglet game 10. stars rucksack 11. kettler balance bike 12. balancing squirrel game 13. retro hula hoop 14. mini shopping basket 15. retro cars 16. working stethoscope 17. a lion in paris book 18. fold and go stable 19. balance beam 20. fishing boats bath game 21. captain america outfit

Christmas Gifts for 2-3 Year Olds

1. big bobby car 2. wooden cutting food 3. gingham artist smock 4. ready mixed paint 5. fisher price movie viewer 6. maileg bambi 7. specs for rex book 8. tin friction plane 9. height measuring stick 10. my first carpenters belt 11. djeco fishing game 12. strawberry cutting cake 13. djeco bird whistle 14. pop gun 15. wooden nesting dolls 16. retro pan set 17. bajo happy sad goblins pull-along 18. storybook torch 19. diapers and milk leggings 20. polarn o. pyret t-shirt

Christmas Gifts for 1-2 Year Olds

1. classic baltic rocking horse 2. ratatam ball 3. janod fruit tree puzzle 4. petites pattes face socks 5. janod mobile phone 6. djeco 1,2,3 moby puzzle 7. mushroom piggy bank 8. superhero tights 9. folksy forresters fox 10. I like animals book 11. djeco mini garage 12. oeuf fox hat and gloves 13. stuf owl toy 14. jojo's first word book 15. kidsenroof swallow mobile 16. articulo animals 17. le toy van ice lollies 18. london bus 19. pull-along dachshund 20. melamine bear plate