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Salt Dough Advent Spiral

This year, in place of a wreath, we’re going to have an Advent Spiral as our table centrepiece. We’ll move our candle one step closer to the centre...

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Lantern Walk Gnomes

There are few memories so precious as the lantern walks I have been on with my children. Every year, after the clocks go back and it's getting dark...

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Autumnal Garland with Wet Felted Acorns

If I close my eyes and think of Autumn this is what I see: At this time of year the forest floor and the edges of parks are littered with acorns, ...

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Easy Appliquéd Drawstring Bags

End of summer means back to school. It’s about this time that my children start to watch me get everything ready for the start of the year. Shoes s...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Knitting Fork tutorial and holiday bracelets

Our holiday this year involved a long road trip. Every time we’re going on one of these adventures I try to come up with things to keep the kids bu...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Make Your Own Mini Tents

The closer we get to camping the more my kids can think of nothing else… bags get packed and unpacked, supplies disappear from the kitchen, the liv...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Pressed Flower Art

To make pretty, nature-inspired Mother's Day gifts, keepsakes, bookmarks, cards or pictures to hang on your wall, try pressing spring flowers.  Exp...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Valentine Heart Pendant

Valentine's Day is a great excuse to make beautiful keepsakes for each other. This year my little girl decided she wanted to make something special...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Natural Bird Feeders

During the cold winter weather, it's important to give your garden birds a little treat with high energy (high fat) food so that they can maintain ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Sparkling Pumpkins & Squashes

This Halloween, involve young children in the party preparation by inviting them to decorate pumpkins and squashes. Using bio-glitter and eco glue,...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Dream Catcher

This is such a simple and easy craft project for kids. It looks great, introduces simple weaving techniques and makes a fantastic gift for your kid...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Felt Flower Crown

Inspired by the beautiful royal wedding, my little girl and I decided to make our own royal crown. She did not take part in the making process but ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Pysanky Egg Decorating

My husband introduced me to his wonderful Easter tradition of decorating Easter eggs using his ancient Pysanky egg decorating dyes and tools. Now i...

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Craft Ideas For Kids | Easter-Inspired Embroidery Board Decorations

My little girl (age 4) was excited to see our new Easter-inspired embroidery boards by Rico Design. She instantly wanted to give it a go. They are ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Valentine Cards

Natural Earth Paints are perfect for creating bold, vibrant colours to use on Valentine's Day cards and displays. Using natural pigments from earth...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Water-Dipped Candle

Celebrate Candlemas on February 2 by making fun Water-Dipped Candles. It's a great way to celebrate the lengthening daylight hours as well as using...

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Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids - Wooden Reindeer Winter Scene

I have always wanted to make a wooden reindeer with my kids, they are so cute and are great to addition to your nature table or Christmas nativity ...

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Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids - Dried Orange Slice Ornaments

This year, my kids and I are on a mission to create as many Christmas decorations as we can. It's fun and makes Christmas a little more magical and...

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Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids - Glitter Pinecone Christmas Tree Ornaments

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas at home. A little earlier than usual, since it's probably the first Christmas my daughter is fully awar...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Pompom Hedgehog

Our newly discovered garden hedgehog inspired these adorable and super simple pompom hedgehogs. Making pompoms is fast and easy for all ages with t...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Royal Peg Doll Family Of Acorn Gnomes

I wanted to create our own Autumn-inspired woodland peg dolls for my daughter to decorate our nature table with. A royal family of gnomes was her ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Bamboo Panpipes

One of our Conscious Craft colleagues is a musician at heart and was so thrilled when we finally launched our music range. She came over one aftern...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Nature Paint Brushes

Last week my son stayed home from school, needing a rest. It felt great to have time just with him without my 3 year old wanting to get involved. W...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Super Easy Rainbow Wool Butterflies

Inspired by the abundance of butterflies in our garden, my daughter and I decided to make our own flying rainbow butterfly. I wanted her to make th...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Felt & Bead Necklace

Help your child practice threading by making this colourful, creative felt & bead necklace. A fun craft idea for kids, not only does threading ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Clay Bunny Mini Easter Garden.

This Easter, I was inspired by an image of a little animal shaped pot holding a cactus and thought that it would be a great little project to make ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Wooden Easter Egg Painting Kit

New at Conscious Craft this spring is a Wooden Easter Egg Painting Kit from Natural Earth Paint. Perfect for Easter egg hunts and table displays. I...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Bird House Nesting Box

National Nest Box Week 14 - 21 February  Take part in National Nest Box Week this half term, by making and hanging a nest box to help the bird popu...

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Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids - Stained Glass Paper Star

Last year, our craft blog on simple Waldorf-inspired paper stars was so popular, I thought I'd add a slightly more complicated version for you to ...

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Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids - Clay Tree Ornaments

Snuggle up by the log fire and make these clay ornaments with your family. Ideal for all ages - younger children can help with rolling and cutting...

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Craft Ideas for Kids - Luminaries - DIY Nightlight Kit

Buy Luminaries Kit We are so excited about the arrival of a new craft kit in our store. It's a tin can lantern   making kit. Ideal for shedding a ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Teasel Hedgehog

Last year, my son went to forest school camp, where they experimented with lots of nature-inspired crafts. My favourite was his super cute teasel ...

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Craft Ideas For Kids - Tribal Stick Crown

Summer Craft Projects for Kids 4 - Tribal Stick Crown We were inspired by our flower crown afternoon and decided to experiment with the same proces...