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Make your own play dough
By Fiona McKim on 16/03/2012 15:54:02
Perfect for a rainy day, this home-made dough is the recipe for playtime success
Ingredients1 cup of plain flourHalf a cup of salt2 teaspoons cream of tartar1 cup of water Optional:1 teaspoon food colouring 1 teaspoon vanilla essenceMethod:Mix all of the ingredients together in a large bowl and transfer to a medium, heavy based saucepan.Slowly cook the mixtur...
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Templates for Playsail and Flag
By Kate Donoughue on 13/02/2012 11:40:26
Sail away on a sea of creativity with this easy craft project for you and your child to make together
In the April issue of Junior, out on March 2, we feature some brilliant crafty ideas from Homemade Home by Sania Pell (CICO, £16.99). For full instructions, be sure to pick up your copy of Junior. Print out this template to 4x its size and use to make your flag and playsail.
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Video: Cardboard Guitars That Really Jam!
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 03/08/2011 18:14:16
Go behind the scenes at a Juneau Projects instrument-making workshop...
Children love to make music. Children love to make crafts. Put the two together and fun times are sure to roll.But while creating your own musical instruments normally spells tissue box guitars strung with elastic bands and napkin and comb mouth
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Spooky Skeleton Hallowe'en crafts
By Catherine O'Dolan on 15/10/2012 16:52:45
Alas, poor Yorick! Create this spooky skeleton – the perfect prop for a hip Hallowe'en
You will needBalloonOld newspaperPVA craft glue, diluted with waterWhite spray paintBlack felt-tip penTo makeThis project will take a week or so to finish as the papier mache can take some time to dry completely, so allow yourself plenty of time
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Flying the flag craft
By Amanda Pauley on 14/05/2013 12:59:00
This home-made rainbow bunting will brighten up even the cloudiest day at a festival and add a flourish to your family’s tent!
Festival fever...No festival is complete without a string of bunting gently fluttering in the summer breeze. This delightful home-made pattern in rainbow colours is the perfect craft project for you to make together, and the plain flags give your
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Get crafting with Make Hey!
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 23/02/2012 11:28:42
Vintage bike seat covers or crocheted baubles? Craft book Make Hey! is a mine of creative inspiration. We caught up with its nimble-fingered author, Pip Lincolne
door, waiting excitedly for my parents to bring home my baby sister.How did you get into crafts? Can you tell us about some of your first craft projects? I grew up in a family who liked to do it themselves! My mother crocheted, my father sewed
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Be boxing clever
By Fiona McKim on 16/02/2012 12:03:36
Five creative ways with cardboard boxes for you and your child
, hamburgers and cupcakes.More art & craft inspiration from junior:Print out and keep activity sheets by Disney's Spooky BuddiesFive ways to create beautifully decorated eggs for Easter
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Junior meets designer Donna Wilson
By Amanda Pauley on 24/01/2013 12:06:16
From four-eyed bunnies to squirrel-foxes, Donna lets us into her unique world of quirky handcrafted toys
Designer Of The Year at the British Design Awards in 2010.Her latest project is a delightful book of craft projects entitled 'Creative Creatures' (Kingfisher, £9.99). Her toy story began on a farm in Aberdeenshire, where she spent her time playing
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Children's Art and Craft Books
By on 19/04/2010 16:25:15
Inspire a crafty child with these great books
Crafting With Kids by Catherine Woram Ryland, Peters & Small, £14.99, 3+There are 35 make-together projects for you and your child to enjoy. With simple and fun activities designed for preschoolers from finger-painting on ceramic plates
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The lowdown on Okido magazine
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 26/11/2010 15:48:05
Editor Sophie Dauvois shares the inspiration behind cool children's art and science magazine Okido
very creative illustrators and designers we talked to about it loved the idea. We literally started it on our kitchen table as a family project, and with our own money. It is still produced in that spirit, the family is just a bit bigger... and our
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