By Merryn | Posted on 30-09-2017 | 2,972 views
Categories YouTube tutorial
Tags: Candle art, Tissue Art
Let’s make a candle tissue art transfer craft today. We’ll need large plain candles, tissues, poster colors, paint brush, wax paper, scissors, hairdryer and work gloves for this craft. Paint your favourite item on the tissue and let it dry. Once dry, cut along the picture. Peel off the extra layers of tissues leaving only […]
By Merryn | Posted on 17-11-2016 | 6,365 views
Categories Animal Crafts, Craft from Recycled Materials, Octopus, Toilet Paper Roll
Tags: Octopus, toilet paper roll

We first did this toilet paper roll octopus back in 2010 with the elder brother. Today we did the same with the little brother but skipped the painting part so it is not too lengthy. You’ll need: 1 pcs toilet paper roll 1 pcs coloured foam 2 pcs googly eyes Hole punch Glue Watch this […]
By Merryn | Posted on 05-11-2016 | 3,279 views
Categories Christmas Ideas, Hand and Footprint Art
Tags: Christmas craft, handprint art
By Merryn | Posted on 01-11-2016 | 3,721 views
Categories Animal Crafts, Fish
Tags: koi fish, Sponge painting
By Merryn | Posted on 25-10-2016 | 7,318 views
Categories Toilet Paper Roll, YouTube tutorial
Tags: goldfish, lollipops, Spider, stamping
My youngest boy is now 3 years old. It is important to work on his soft motor skills. At this age, I pay more attention to his finger muscles and hand strengthening as it is crucial in helping him to hold the pencil when he starts going to school. Stamping is one of the best activity […]
By Merryn | Posted on 25-07-2016 | 4,707 views
Categories YouTube tutorial
Tags: Candle art, Sand art
By Merryn | Posted on 30-06-2016 | 4,236 views
Categories Hand and Footprint Art, Paper Crafts
Tags: Footprint, Popsicle stick
By Merryn | Posted on 28-05-2016 | 4,574 views
Categories Rock painting
Tags: rock painting

Rock painting is one of the easiest yet most fun activity to be done with the toddler. All we need is some paint and rocks and let the toddler paint away. Let him paint to his heart content. Dry it and use the rock for decoration. One can never have too many colored rocks 🙂 […]

Let’s take the kids outdoor today. Crafting doesn’t need to be confined within the four walls. It is more fun to be done outdoors. Kids love playing sand. Give them sand and they can be kept occupied for hours. After they are done playing, I let them enjoy a craft activity. Using glue, I wrote […]
By Merryn | Posted on 22-04-2016 | 3,413 views
Categories Egg Carton, Vitagen bottle
Tags: Craft video

The hot spell brought many leaves to the ground and what better way to appreciate them then by making a leaf stamping art? All you need is lots of leaves, paint brush, tempera paste and a piece of paper for stamping on. We used plastic egg cartons to store paints and empty drink bottles to […]
By Merryn | Posted on 19-04-2016 | 3,037 views
Categories Food craft, Paper Crafts, YouTube tutorial
Tags: apple, paper
By Merryn | Posted on 03-02-2016 | 6,200 views
Categories Animal Crafts, Chinese New Year, Festive Crafts, Fish

Remember our Ang Pow Fish decor we made back in 2010? Well, we improved it recently by adding a tail to it and it is now so much nicer. Ang Pow Fish Draw as shown above. Cut accordingly. Cut out the tail from another ang pow packet. Paste it onto the fish. Add googly eyes […]
By Merryn | Posted on 08-01-2016 | 4,993 views
Categories Animal Crafts, Chinese New Year, Festive Crafts, Monkey, Origami, Paper Crafts
Tags: Chinese New Year craft, Monkey craft, Origami
By Merryn | Posted on 10-12-2015 | 3,903 views
Categories Christmas Ideas, Hand and Footprint Art
Tags: Christmas craft
By Merryn | Posted on 10-08-2015 | 5,964 views
Categories Toilet Paper Roll, Vehicle
Tags: garage

My boys have too many cars. They are everywhere. We built a multi-level toy car garage using large toilet paper roll last weekend. Toilet Paper Roll Multi Level Toy Car Garage All we need are many huge toilet paper rolls and a thick board to support it at the back. Paste double-layered tapes on the […]
By Merryn | Posted on 28-07-2015 | 4,119 views
Categories Crepe Paper, Toilet Paper Roll
Tags: apple, toilet paper roll
After a long hiatus, we are finally ready to craft again as my little boy is turning two next month. Let’s make a toilet paper roll apple tree today. We’ll need a toilet paper roll or a kitchen towel roll, brown tempera paste, green and red crepe paper. Paint the toilet paper roll. Do not […]
By Merryn | Posted on 01-07-2015 | 3,835 views
Categories Festive Crafts, Hari Raya
Tags: hari raya craft, ketupat craft
By Merryn | Posted on 29-12-2014 | 7,757 views
Categories Chinese New Year, Festive Crafts, Toilet Paper Roll
Tags: Chinese New Year craft

Chinese New Year is just one and a half month away so let’s start making CNY decorations using red packets. For this Red Packet lantern, we’ll be needing TP Rolls too for the core. Wrap the TP Roll with red craft paper. Using only the front part of the red packet wrapper, cut lines down […]