Halloween Toucan Box

I'm still having problems with Toucan being able to bill my card for our monthly boxes (gutted) 

I have the same problem with Graze too :(

So when I went to collect a parcel I had missed while out on the school run I was so excited to see a toucan box among the pile. I was hoping being October it would be a Halloween themed craft and YAY it was!

Me and Daisie didn't hang about as soon as I had checked a christmas present that was in the bundle and hid it, Daisie called me about getting started so we did just that!

It was such a simple craft I'm planning on stocking up on some supplies that were provided to make some more to hang around the house. 

We were both very pleased with our end result, I need to grab a picture but it's gone missing as soon as I find it I'll update this post :)

You can sign up to get your own toucan box (first one FREE) by following this link  - https://mention-me.com/m/ol/gtx-linda-ewing

Our First Toucan Box

 

Today our first toucan box arrived, The minute Daisie saw the box she thought it was her graze box love her but she couldn't wait to dive in.

As this was our first box we got it FREE 

we will without a doubt be sticking with our subscription of £3.95 for the petite box you can upgrade to a grande box for an extra £6 a month (£9.95) we will upgrade to the grande one day.

When you sign up there is a number of themes for your box to choose from in two different age groups 'early years foundation stage 3-5 years old ' and 'key stage one and key stage two 5 to 8 years old'

with each box you get a sticker to add to your toucan box prize chart

which you can then exchange for a gift once you hit a certain amount of stickers the first being 5 or save them up to get yourself an even bigger gift.

 

Our first box was about jellyfish!

On the back of the little booklet/card to tell you how to make your jellyfish is some little facts about jellyfish, Did you know jellyfish aren't actually fish? or that they don't have brains? 

There was enough craft stuff to make two jellyfish so you can race them, Issy will be decorating and making her jellyfish when she gets home from school then let the races begin!!

Daisie's having so much fun getting her jellyfish to move up the ribbon. 

As you can see in the photos Daisie used some star stickers we had lying around the house but everything else you see in the photos is supplied by toucan box.

You can get yourself a FREE box 'here'

better yet for every friend you recommend that signs up you get 5O% off your next box

Easter bucket list - Decorate plant pots

Today we got to tick another thing of our Easter to do list and got the paints out again to decorate some plant pots.

Such a cheap and fun thing to do my pots cost me £1.5O each for a 23cm pot from wilkinsons

I plan to go back and get a few in different sizes as the girls had so much fun painting them, Daisie is still to finish her's but we have plenty of time to add extras to it :)

I love how the girls were total opposites and Issy painted in brights while Daisie painted in pastels.

I plan on getting some more this size and doing hand print tulips on them but today 

I thought I'd let the girls go wild and do whatever they wished to do and it was a total hit Issy was asking could she finish Daisie's so next time I shall be grabbing extras.

What you will need

- plant pot

- paints

- paintbrush 

- some clothes you don't mind the kids getting messy in 

Have you been up to some super cheap crafts this Easter holiday?

Easter bucket list - Pasta necklaces

Please excuse the quality of photos my partner used my camera last night and decided to let me know the battery was low when I turned it on to a 'NO battery' alert :(

So the trusty phone camera had to do.

While preparing a home made macaroni cheese the other week it hit me that using the pasta to decorate and make necklaces/bracelets with would be a great cheap bit of fun.

So today we gave it ago out in the garden as the weather was nice and they could make as much mess as they liked.

I grabbed some penne pasta too while doing the food shop just to mix it up and have the option of two different shapes,feels,length etc.

We finally got to give our ELC paints and a go and the colours are soo gorgeous!

You'll need

- string

- paints

- glue (optional)

- glitter (optional)

- macaroni pasta 

- penne pasta

Do you have any cheap crafts planned for the Easter holidays?

Christmas craft/bucket list

Decorate goody bags

Make christmas cookies

Make a christmas tree from loo roll tubes

Make feet print reindeers

Make felt Christmas trees

Visit Santa in his grotto

Go see the reindeer's

Make Christmas cakes 

Decorate baubles

Make hand/feet art

Make a wreath 

Write a letter to Santa

Decorate our tree
Make decorations out of the ends of bottles

Christmas Crafts

With Christmas nearing I'm stocking up and hunting for all sorts of crafty fun to do with the girls, This morning I hunted pinterest for some ideas and created a Christmas crafts board you can find my board here

On my board you will find all sorts from hand/foot/finger print creations, paper plate creations, Qtips creations, puzzle pieces, beads and more.

Bucket list - Making a autumn tealight holder

You'll need

- A jar

- Plenty of leaves

- PVA glue

- Gold glitter paint (optional) 

any extras you wish to add

After seeing a autumn tea light holder on pinterest I think it was I couldn't wait to give it a go with the girls. 
It's the perfect little thing to do this autumn it doesn't take up a huge amount of time and there's hardly any mess unless you wish to add some colour of course, I recommend to use the leaves shortly after you hunted them down, I grabbed some and left them for a few days but they ended being so dried out that they wouldn't stick to the jar at all, So today I grabbed some more on the way home from the school run and they stuck a whole lot better :)  Not only are these perfect for the autumn around the house (the idea is once a tea light is in the jar it will glow all the lovely autumn colours of the leaves) I grab as many colours & shapes of leaves as i can to add some variety. They also make the perfect hand made gifts for nanny/grandmas, aunties/uncles, grandads etc