House of Sparkle: August 2015

Our New Look Play Room!

Our new house has a conservatory which we decided would be a playroom. That way all the toys and arts and crafts stuff could all be in one place and our living room could be a lovely, tidy, more grown-up space. Yeah, right! who are we kidding? It'll just mean more space for the children to spread their mess lol!

Anyway, the conservatory was very dated with mahogany paintwork and grubby, magnolia walls. I am not too keen on the rust-coloured blinds either but we can't afford to replace them all just now. There are window blinds too but I forgot to take a photo before I took them down to decorate! They were really dated too, The bottom part was cut into kind of arches with a brass rod through them!

Anyway, so here's the before (well during really as I've started sanding here!)

And... Ta da! Here's the finished playroom!

Mark-making area

Home Area on the left here and dressing up in the basket

Book Corner

Lots of storage

Listening Area and Diary/ Weather Chart

My little monkeys are loving it!

Polymer Clay Crochet Hook Handles

Today I made some hook handles out of Fimo, not bad first attempt!

(Olivia made the heart from the leftovers)

Valentines Day 2015

Happy Valentines Day! We are doing Valentines playdough using our Classic playdough recipe with hot pink colouring, strawberry essence and pink glitter. Olivia has even dressed for the occasion!

Elf on the Shelf Shenanigans

(Originally posted December 2014)

Soooo excited as Twinkletoes (our elf on the shelf) is flying back from the North Pole tonight to spend advent with us again! Can't wait to see my little ones faces in the morning!!! I wonder what shenanigans he'll get up to this year! This was him last year trying to catch our fish Goldie!

He's Back! Day 1 - 30th November 2014

My little ones were sooooo happy to have him back!

Day 2 and he brought a book for each day of advent!

This was so much fun, opening a gift each night and the children having a surprise story!

Day 3 and the cheeky elf decorated the door of the downstairs loo!!

The little tree was from Joshua's room.

He brought it downstairs to show Twinkletoes...bless!

Day 4 and he'd had a little bath while we were sleeping!

How cute does he look all wrapped up in towels?!?!

Day 5 I guess the Turtles broke down in the night as Twinkletoes was working on their truck this morning!

He's a handy little chap!

Day 6 - Dungeons and Dragons!

Day 7 Twinkletoes arrived back from the North Pole with a friend (it seems my two are too much of a handful for one elf!) the children have named her 'Rosie'!