Up Up & Away

Ive always loved old fashioned illustrations of brightly coloured hot air balloons, so beautiful. So I thought I would make some for our tree. 

These really are so easy to make. All you need is some PVA glue, Newspaper cut into strips, balloons, string or embroidery thread, a large tapestry needle,an old egg box and paint.

Blow your balloon up as big or as small as you like. I thought I might make some bigger ones in the new year with Rex.

Cover in Papier Mache and leave to dry. They dry super fast on a radiator.

Stick on 3 threads to balloon and cover in papier mache. Then cut a section from an egg box.

Then cover your make shift basket also in papier mache and leave to dry. When dry thread your strings attached to balloons on a needle and stitch on basket thread by thread and knot to secure.

Paint your balloon and stitch through top of balloon to create a hanging loop.

DIY Loo Roll Penguins

You got to love anything that's made using either a loo roll or an empty bottle of washing up liquid. As a child I was a truly devoted fan of Blue Peter and Hart Beat. Can you tell I loved them ? x

As its officially Christmas time now I thought I'd kick off the DIY Decorations with these cute Loo Roll Penguins.

All you need are some Loo Rolls, a pencil, scalpel, paint, ribbon, cellotape or white labels.

These little fellas will look great hanging from anything. Will be trying this out with Rex later this week.

Draw the out line of the penguin and the details.

With a scalpel cut the selected bits out leaving one side attached to act as a hinge.

Paint your penguin.

Add some ribbon with sellotape or a white sticky label.

Perfect Penguins every time.