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  • Cinnamon Oat Cookies Recipe

    Cinnamon Oat Cookies Recipe

    I’m always on the lookout for snack ideas for Bear and these cookies hit all of our sweet tooth’s, without being too laden with sugar. You will need: 200g porridge oats 150g plain flour 100g sugar 1tsp bicarbonate of soda 3tsp ground cinnamon 75ml of maple syrup 100g unsalted butter 1tsp vanilla essence 90g apple Read more

  • Plant Pot Paint Pour Tutorial

    Plant Pot Paint Pour Tutorial

    Another month has gone by in the blink of an eye. The weather has been absolutely dire where I am. Nothing really but rain and wind. As I write now, I can hear the rain pouring down and hitting the conservatory roof. It’s so loud! I’ve been running / walking a lot this month in Read more

  • Bug Houses Tutorial

    Bug Houses Tutorial

    For some reason when bear was on formula we decided to keep the tins. I’m not sure why, but a year later they’re still in the garage so I’ve been thinking of things that I can make with them. The bear loves being in the garden this year now that he’s that little bit older Read more

  • Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial

    Tissue Paper Flowers Tutorial

    Spring has definitely sprung here and I’m loving seeing the flowers beginning to pop up the garden. Daffodils are one of my favourites for a pop of colour in early spring. A great spring craft to do is tissue paper flowers. I love making them really big and they’re a fun craft to do with Read more

  • Branch Weaving Tutorial

    Branch Weaving Tutorial

    Over the summer we overhauled our garden as some fence panels had fallen down in a storm, so we took the opportunity to re-do the fence and give the garden a redesign (not that there was much to redesign as it was pretty sparse!) We added a raised flower bed and moved some plants around Read more

  • Looking after yourself in a Pademic

    Looking after yourself in a Pademic

    Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow – Albert Einstein Times are really hard at the moment for everyone. If you had said to me this time last year what things would be like I wouldn’t have believed you. I’ve read lots of articles recently that have said how much mental health has Read more