Tutorials is where you’ll find detailed instructions for our fun DIYs and all our crafty makes.
Whether you want them for ornaments or to use in a party banner, making DIY twig letters is a wonderfully easy craft to do. Here at Rhubarb and Wren, we’ve been making them for forest school parties, seasonal events, and even as individual letter ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree and decorate presents!
Want to make some too? Read on to find out how!
Soot Sprites, or Susuwatari, are among our favourite Studio Ghibli characters. These little gremlins are little black balls with big eyes and (sometimes) long, thin limbs.
Because of their simple shape and appearance, you can make a DIY Soot Sprite quickly and easily. All you need is to make a simple pompom!
My kids absolutely adore making these, and our house is becoming as soot sprite-ful as Mei and Satsuki’s attic…
If you’ve never made a pompom, or only know the old cardboard-donut method, never fear. We’ve got a much better method. In fact, it’s the best, quickest and most mind blowingly-easy way to make pompoms you’ll ever find.
So you’ll soon be able to whip up a few DIY Soot Sprites in a matter of minutes. Read on to find out how.
Continue readingThese DIY conker eyeballs are a great way to use up those slowly-wrinkling conkers that the kids collect in the autumn.
A simple and fun autumn craft, it’s easy enough for preschoolers to do and gruesomely creative enough for big kids to enjoy too, which makes it a marvellous Halloween activity for siblings.
So whether they want to make zombie eyeballs or monster eyes, read on to get our top tips and tricks for this Halloween!
Guy Fawkes Night is, without a doubt, my favourite night of the year. So, come autumn, I build up the anticipation for the kids by doing a fireworks craft or two. These ‘paper fireworks’ hand kites are one of our absolute favourite things to make.
Not only are they easy enough for even pre-schoolers to do, you also get to play with them afterwards! And yes, they are an awful lot safer than the real thing…
So whether for Bonfire Night on the 5th of November, or for Diwali, or the 4th of July, New Year’s Eve, Eid Al Adha, Chinese New Year or your own personal favourite firework night, read on to find out how to do this fabulous fireworks craft!
Continue readingThese adorable bee air dry clay pendants were really easy to create and make sweet little bee necklaces. However, instead of wearing them, we turned them into treasure for a buzzy bee hunt that keep the kids busy over the holidays, and it worked wonderfully!
Our children couldn’t get enough of these adorable bees, so read on to find out how you can make them too.
Have you noticed how a walk with the kids is never ‘just’ a walk? To aid my kids on their outdoor adventures, I’ve made them a super-simple nature explorer bag each. Big enough for their supplies, but slouchy and soft enough not to get in the way of their play.
Want to make one too? Read on for the instructions!
Whether they’re exploring the world around them or role-playing as adventurers or spies, kids love playing with a real magnifying glass.
This cardboard, handmade, magnifying glass is just perfect for them to use, and they can decorate it themselves too.
Read on to find out how to make them.
A magnifying glass has to be one of the most useful, thought-provoking, and inspiring tools you can give to a child. This hand-made diy magnifying glass is both pretty and functional, and each one is also completely unique.
And forget the kids, adults love these too!
Read on to find out how to make them.
This home-made DIY scratch art card project is perfect for keeping the kids entertained over the summer.
You (and they) can make these scratch art cards out of ordinary arts and crafts supplies, and they’re really easy to make. Even my pre-schooler has done it! Read on to find out how.
This home-made mason jar shaker card has an extra little secret – you can lift the lid and take out the messages inside!
Perfect as a ‘thank you’ card for teachers, you can personalise it any way you like, and the kids can add their own drawings and notes too.
Want to make one? Read on to find out how I did it, and get my FREE mason jar shaker card download to make your own.
