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School Holiday Fun at Artifice store

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The school holidays are almost here and Artifice store has two exciting workshops for the kids.

 

Artifice store is excited that the master of mini landscaping Amy Wong, one of the creators behind the quirky Petite Green is doing a workshop for the KIDS!

Amy will teach your child how to create a succulent terrarium with attitude. This will be a golden opportunity for your kids to find out how to design and make terrariums from one of Melbourne’s leading terrarium-makers. Your child will learn plant selection, soil composition, terrarium care, propagating succulents and plants….

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Funky Elephant – Craft Activities for Kids

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How excited were my kids when the postman delivered a box for them with their names on it!

 

They were even more excited when they opened the box and saw what was inside.

 

 

Funky Elephant Trunks are a box full of children’s activities tailor-made for 3 to 7 year olds.

 

Funky Elephant trunks are home-delivered and come personally addressed to your child.

 

Trunks are full of creative, fun and exciting activities and come with everything kids need to complete the projects, all they need is their imagination.

 

We received a sibling box, so there were enough supplies for both my kids.

 

The theme of our box was Wind, and our projects were making a wind car, a wind chime and a windmill.

 

The kid’s decided they wanted to make the wind car first and volunteered their daddy to help.

 

First a quick check to make sure we have all the materials ready.

 

 

Time to decorate with stickers and drawings.

 

 

Next came the all important construction phase.

 

Miss 5 was able to follow her dad’s instructions and did nearly all of it by herself. Master 3 needed some help from daddy but was really pleased with himself when finished.

 

 

After some minor tweeking and a final check, they were ready for an engineering inspection by Miss 5.

 

 

Tick of approval from the engineer.

 

 

And it was time to race!

 

 

Our next project was to make a wind chime.

 

This was a very simple project that only required the kids to colour in the wooden heart pieces using the oil pastel crayons included in the trunk.

 

 

The kids were so engrossed in what they were doing that they didn’t even notice I was taking photos.

 

Master 3 was so happy that he could do this one all by himself.

 


They were both so proud of their final product. Both wind chimes are now hanging near our front door.

 

 

The last project in the trunk was make a windmill.

 

 

This project required the kids to colour in the cardboard piece that spins around. They both needed a little help from me at the end to assemble the windmill.

 

 

This was a great project for Master 3 because it didn’t matter how well he coloured in the cardboard, it still looked fabulous when folded in the windmill shape.

 

 

Both kids only wanted to colour one side of the cardboard, which is why these are white on the inside. They’ve told me the will finish colouring the other side soon.

 

Overall, they had a great time creating these items and they have asked several times when the next “Elephant box” is arriving.

 

Trunks are available on a 2 month, 6 month or 12 month subscription.  The trunk is addressed to your child so it makes it all the more fun and exciting!

 

Great gift for a child that already has everything and a perfect idea to share with relatives when they ask what to get the kids for Christmas!

 

Visit www.funkyelephant.com.au for more information or to order your trunks.

Crafting with Kaisercraft

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I was recently sent a voucher to go along and check out the fabulous new Kaisercraft outlet at Uni Hill Factory Outlet in Bundoora.

 

When I told the kids we were going shopping for some craft supplies, they were bouncing off the walls.

 

When we got to the store, I didn’t know where to begin. There was so much to look at and everything looked so good.

 

 

I figured I could stock up on some items to do projects with the kids, so I let them wander around and pick out some things they liked.

 

My daughter loves butterflies, so she quickly found these butterfly silhouette wall art.

 

 

All we did was paint the boards white and stick some scrap booking paper behind the top layer. Then we glued the layers together.

 

This was one of the EASIEST craft projects we have ever done 🙂

 

 

Yes, it really was that easy. And the final result was gorgeous (now I just need to sweet talk hubby in to letting me put more things on the wall 😉 )

 

 

Next on the project list was something fun for my 2 yr old son to do.

 

He picked out some wooden animals and a stack of new paints (all $1 each).

 

 

And he was so proud of himself for painting them all without mummy’s help (or interference).

 

The animals have now taken up residence by the lake generally occupied by some dinosaurs. I hope they don’t mind.

 

 

My daughter also loves birds, so we grabbed a wooden bird house kit as well.

 

 

For this one we used the same paints that we used for the animals, but your could also cover this with paper.

 

This one now takes pride of place in my daughter’s bedroom and is “apparently” home to a bird family.

 

 

Sometimes I dread doing craft project with the kids because they quickly lose concentration and I end up spending more time setting up and packing up, than actually doing the activity.

 

Not this time though. All these projects were quick and easy, and hardly made any mess (woohoo!)

 

We’re looking forward to doing some Easter projects with the gorgeous Easter papers I bought on the day.

 

If you or your little ones love craft then definitely pop down to the Kaisercraft outlet. It’s open everyday from 10am-6pm and there’s plenty of undercover parking right under the centre.

 

The Kaisercraft outlet is conveniently located right next to the escalator, so need need to drag the kids through the whole complex but feel feel to check out the other fab store while you’re there. While we were there a pair of Clarks school shoes (for my daughter) and a new Sheridan quilt cover (for me), accidentally fell in with my shopping – oops  😉

 

Kaisercraft will also be running kid’s craft workshops during the school holidays, so make sure you sign up for their newsletter to receive all the details.