In my previous tutorial I showed you Mina’s Quiet Book. In this post I want to show you how to make a cover for your Quiet Book because if you put the effort into making a QB why not give it a proper book cover that not only looks nice but also protects the book?
This ten pages Quiet Book (QB in short) is – like this activity board – a toy which helps development of children’s fine motor skills. And what’s also interesting for the parents is the fact that the name fits the effect of the toy perfectly. The child is entertained with the activities in the book …
Probably every stay at home parent gets into phase when they wake up at the verge of mental breakdown and cannot imagine surviving yet another day. And for us – the temporarily desperate parents – the activity toys were invented. Their objective is to keep the little ones entertained quietly for a while. Today I …
Being the Creative Mom makes people thing I’m all about the cakes and cushions, my kids wear only home-sewn clothes, my kitchen is probably pink and all my close ones get hand knitted sweaters for Christmas. Some of those things might be true but you know what? I like science pretty much, too. It’s my …
Today I don’t bring you any tutorial, however, my post has much to do with creativity. With creating something for good cause, to make someone happy, which eventually made me even happier.
I’ve been wanting to learn this embroidery technique for some time now. Somehow there was no time, occasion or a convenient object to embroider so this idea stayed in my drawer. Then the best possible occasion came out of nowhere. I joined the project called Ježíškova vnoučata (Jesus grandkids – baby Jesus brings Christmas presents …
The lantern processions, so typical for autumn in Czech republic, are quite close, so hurry up and make a lantern with this tutorial!
One more tutorial before this year’s Halloween / Samhain / Día de los Muertos. This time, unlike the Halloween brain cake, it will be something rather for girls only. I will show you how to make a sewn felt witch hat to use as a decoration.
Is there a smell or a feeling that reminds you of your childhood? For me it’s the look at the ripe chestnuts. Most of the Czechs know this typical autumn activity from home and school. It is fun for kids as well as adults. I bring you a simple tutorial to create a chestnut giraffe …
The summer is definitely over, the St. Martin’s summer doesn’t seem to be coming, it’s raining and one doesn’t really feel like spending the day outdoors. Although the kids could spend the day skipping in the puddles and playing in the wet sand but you can’t do that all day and what then? I like …
Sometimes I wish my mind would stop coming with new ideas for a while. However, I know it to be impossible, the ideas just keep coming and won’t let me sleep until I promise them to make them real. One day I decided to paint the children’s room. Not just with one color, it would …
Summer break is over. Some parents are celebrating, I would make the summertime with my children longer if I could. I chose this project for the end of the vacation, although my younger one is not starting preschool yet. She liked her bunny backpack anyway and my older daughter was so excited about the bunny …
There are several things that can get on one’s wick during the whole year – neighbors, politicians, bureaucrats…and in summer then also other vermin such as mosquitos and ticks. Therefore, I bring you this all-natural repellent recipe that won’t help you get rid of the human vermin but works marvelous on the insect.
There are several things I like about summer. The heat, ice-cream, long days…and since I have children, also the fact that we make less clothes dirty. In the morning we just put on their summer hats and that’s usually the only thing they need to wear. The summer is also ideal for sewing simple airy …
Everyone who goes creative every now and then knows the feeling when you take a pile of material and create something from it. Many moms start sewing just as I did – simple clothing for the children, a toy, then more difficult clothes for the children…and then it comes. Then you find out you can …
I read every now and then that we should live more in the present. Be less nostalgic about the past and less preoccupied for the future, to simply live here and now. There’s something about it but let me tell you – when my family’s coughing and blowing their noses in winter, they’ll be glad …
Homemade soap is something made for generations and if we know the nature that surrounds us and if we know to make use of it, combining it with the possibilities of the e-shops we can create some really impressive cosmetics. Soap is one of the more complicated things, therefore, I’m going to start with a …
It’s a circle of life – at kindergarden you make all kind of things for your mom, from paper bracelets to imperfections from ceramics, in your teen years you don’t understand why your aunts have so much kids’ rubbish at the fireplace and when you have your own kids you hold the tears as you pin the masterpiece …
Is your lavender in bloom, too? I can’t go in the garden without stopping at the bed. Lavender is in fashion and I too like to make lavender cosmetics every now and then. It has a beautiful scent and antiseptic effect. This time I wrote down my recipe for lavender cream that I use as …
