Karius And Baktus
I love hunting in charity shops and car boot sales for interesting childrens’ books. So my latest star buy is: It`s kind of nostalgic because I used to read this … Continue reading
Today`s Christmas book is: We could do with this super sleigh today (or perhaps not as Santa should have trusted his faithful reindeer instead of in an unproven sleigh which … Continue reading
Dollies, Dollies
Meet Swety. This is what Lil Mermaid called her dollie…you pronounce it `sweetie` :) Here is another Christmas present. Sometimes these sets are quite good but I tend to hide … Continue reading
School Fayre
We had a Christmas Fayre today at school. It was fun like always. Lots of different activities to take part in, Father Christmas (or perhaps his grandson in this case!) … Continue reading
Ballerina Ballerina
Today was Lil Mermaid’s best friend’s birthday party – at a beauty salon – Mack Hair & Beauty . They did a great job and Lil Mermaid thought the party … Continue reading
3-d Christmas Picture
My little one had to make a 3- d Christmas Picture for her homework and this is what she did! She used cabbage to print the background. I helped her … Continue reading
A Geography Day
We had a geography day today. Our grandparents came over and brought lil mermaid an early Christmas present- a LeapFrog map and an interesting card game. So in the afternoon … Continue reading
Paper Plate Snowmen Cards
Well, have you “pinned” THIS wonderful paper plate snowman yet? I did! I got so excited that I made a whole army of them. These are actually Christmas cards – … Continue reading
Paper Plate Food Diary
This is another piece of my daughter`s homework. She had to write a food diary for a week. We chose to use paper plates to make a book. How neat … Continue reading
How to Write a Book
My daughter loves to write all sort of labels and notes and… books. To make books she takes an A4 sheet of paper, folds in in half and then in … Continue reading
Busy Caterpillars
Reading about Eric Carle`s birthday over at “An Amazing Child” was a good reminder that it was time to take out one of our favorite books again. This was when … Continue reading
Sipsik in the City
Today we made some city scenes. Annabel helped me with the first one. We got our inspiration from Mister Maker of course. No surprise there. We are going to use … Continue reading
World Book Day
We have been thinking of writing about the books that Annabel likes reading for a while. As it is Book Day today it`s a perfect time to start. Here are … Continue reading
Toothfairies, Teddys and Golf
Annabel LOVES to play with her furry friends. Especially with her teddy bears. She does everything with them- plays school, hospital.. cooks for them, puts them to bed, takes them … Continue reading
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
This is Annabel`s favourite story lately. She has read it over and over again making different voices and faces… It is a story of about 3 billy goats who want … Continue reading
Town Mouse and Country Mouse
My daughter`s favourite book lately has been “Town Mouse and Country Mouse”. She knows it by heart already and “reads” it to us all the time. So today I made … Continue reading
Hungry Caterpillars
My daughter got this book for Christmas. It was our first time meeting The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We all enjoyed it very much. It has nice big stickers inside and … Continue reading
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