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CRAFTY TIPS | ART HACKS | INSPIRATION
Step 1: Open up your egg box and lay out your paint and craft pack. Grab an apron and pop it on!
Step 2: Paint your egg
Step 3: Use the crafty pack and your glue dots to add eyes, ears, and other features!
Step 4: Then decorate your egg box or turn it into something fun (See egg box blog post for inspo)
Step 5: Ta-Daaaa! Egg box boat with a bunny and chick!
EASTER EGG CRAFT KIT INSPIRATION
If you’ve got your hands on one of our Easter Egg Box craft kits then here’s some inspiration for you! There are so many things you can do with the wooden eggs and crafty bits included in the pack. Have a scroll down for some ideas…
When you’ve decorated your eggs, why not transform you egg box! Head over to our Egg Box blog post for inspo.
We can’t wait to see what you make - share with us @themillhousehertford
Step 1: Open up your egg box and lay out your paint and craft pack. Grab an apron and pop it on!
Step 2: Paint your egg
Step 3: Use the crafty pack and your glue dots to add eyes, ears, and other features!
Step 4: Then decorate your egg box or turn it into something fun (See egg box blog post for inspo)
Step 5: Ta-Daaaa! Egg box boat with a bunny and chick!
Did you know there were sooo many things to do with egg boxes? Dig those empty egg boxes out of the recycling and let your imagination run wild. Or transform the egg box which comes with your Egg Craft Kit
Here’s our top 20, check out the images for more inspiration!
Mermaids 🧜♀️
Spring wreath (these are gorgeous!) 🌷
Boats 🚤
Ice cream cones 🍦
Wall hangings 🌨
Jelly fish puppets 🐙
Under the sea coral reef 🦀
Hanging plant pot 🌸
Dancing fish 🐠
Ladybirds 🐞
Caterpillars and crocodiles 🐊
Colourful chicks & bunnies 🐰
Toy camera 📸
Flower crown 👑
Masquerade mask 🎭
Space ship 🚀
Flower bouquet 💐
Mouse house 🏠 🐭
Trains, busses and dumper trucks! 🚂
Ninja Turtles 🐢
Share your makes @themillhousehertford
Here are some fun Mother’s Day ideas to make for your Mummy, sister, Auntie, Granny…!
Paper flower jar
Flower bracelet
Love bug jar
Painted flower planter
‘You’re the best hands down’ print
‘Love you to pieces’ card making
Paper heart wreath
Lollypop photo frame
Flower foot print picture
Button family picture
We can’t wait to see what you make - share your creations @themillhousehertford
Ho brilliant are these crafty egg box ideas. Grab your empty egg cartons, a pot of paint and see what you can create!
Check out our top 20 below...
Mermaids 🧜♀️
Spring wreath (these are gorgeous!) 🌷
Boats 🚤
Ice cream cones 🍦
Wall hangings 🌨
Jelly fish puppets 🐙
Under the sea coral reef 🦀
Hanging plant pot 🌸
Dancing fish 🐠
Ladybirds 🐞
Caterpillars and crocodiles 🐊
Colourful chicks & bunnies 🐰
Toy camera 📸
Flower crown 👑
Masquerade mask 🎭
Space ship 🚀
Flower bouquet 💐
Mouse house 🏠 🐭
Trains, busses and dumper trucks! 🚂
Ninja Turtles 🐢
Happy Valentine’s Day to you!
Here are some activity sheets to download and print at home. The pack includes something for all ages - colouring-in, a word search, card making ideas, hand and foot printing templates for the littles, an I spy game…
Tap below to download…
Here’s one for the littles! Well anyone who fancies getting their hands and feet covered in paint!!
Check out the links below to more crafty fun for Valentines…
https://www.gluedtomycraftsblog.com/2015/01/berry-much-valentine-handprint-card-idea.html
https://westandmak.com/blogs/news/5-easy-valentines-day-craft-for-kids
https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g1093/valentine-day-crafts/?slide=7&src=nl&mag=clg&list=nl_ccr_news&date=011417
https://www.messylittlemonster.com/2020/01/valentines-day-crafts-for-toddlers.html
https://masandpas.com/valentines-craft-for-kids-little-love-birds/
https://livelikeyouarerich.com/25-easy-valentines-day-crafts-for-kids/
Hi guys, here’s some crafty inspo for Valentines. Get out the paint and have fun!!
Here’s my top 20…
Heart suncatchers
Cardboard tube heart printing
Love bug cards
Hot Air Balloon cards
Heart jars for flowers or tea lights
‘You make my heart flutter’ butterfly
Valentines crown
Playing card bunting
I HEART you foot printing
Button heart cards
Check out these links for more crafty inspo…
https://westandmak.com/blogs/news/5-easy-valentines-day-craft-for-kids
https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g1093/valentine-day-crafts/?slide=7&src=nl&mag=clg&list=nl_ccr_news&date=011417
https://www.messylittlemonster.com/2020/01/valentines-day-crafts-for-toddlers.html
https://masandpas.com/valentines-craft-for-kids-little-love-birds/
https://livelikeyouarerich.com/25-easy-valentines-day-crafts-for-kids/
Whether it’s for Valentines or just to make someone smile during lockdown, this kit will put a smile on anyone’s face!
Our Valentines craft kit includes colouring-in cards, heart shaped cards, blank cards and all the fun crafty bits to create some beautiful hand made cards to pop in the post, to send to family and friends who we can’t see at the moment.
There’s even an inspiration sheet to get your creative juices flowing!
Oh and best of all, each kit comes with a selection of super cute sweets to pop in with the cards. Yum!
This is perfect for adults or children.
We’ve been racking our brains over here at TMH HQ for things we can do for the kids during lockdown. Here’s one of many things we have planned, our new 35 page activity book!
Colouring-in, games, postcards to cut out to send to friends, a mini rainbow mobile to make…. Plus wellbeing activities, nature play suggestions, crafty outdoor ideas and more!
It’s a lovely keepsake to look back on in years to come.
Suggested age: 4-10 year olds
We’ve gone old school!
Potato printing is a fab activity for all ages (adults too!!) and one that’s easy to do in lockdown, especially if you’ve got a bunch of potatoes which need using up!
Download our step-by-step guide and printing tips here and check out our inspo below - from leaf printing to gift wrapping, the possibilities are endless.
We can’t wait to see what you create! Share your makes at @themillhousehertford
Get your pens at the ready! We have some freebie colouring pages of Hertford which you can download and print at home.
The canal, the castle, Hertford Theatre and more!
Tap below to download…
If there are any colouring-in themes, you know the kids would love, just pop us a message in the comments below…
It looks like we may have a little more free time than usual leading up to New Year this year! So here’s a downloadable pack to keep the kiddies (and adults!) entertained over the next few days…
The pack includes…
• Colouring-in
• Mini New Year bunting template
• Paper party hat template
• Star wand template
• 2021 to do list & All About Me activity sheets
• New Year word search
Hit the button below to download for free…
Back in October 2020 we worked with some wonderful locals businesses to create a community half term nature trail around Hartham Common.
Despite the blooming awful weather I was blown away by how many families joined in the fun and did the trail - thank you for all your amazing support! Over 350 people download the map and around 1000 were picked up from local shops in town.
A big thank you to all the amazing local businesses who helped so so much to bring this little project to life @naturaledgecoaching @meganrosefreelance @hertfordtheatre @theremedyworks @mumsguidetohertford @harri_bentley_photography @eyemindheart @brothershipstudio @hertscoffeelab @hertfordtowncouncil @bgreenstore
Here are the activities from the trail, which includes lots of fun nature play activities for the kids to do in the park or garden, plus colouring-in, word search, maze, bug hunt, colour-by-numbers, cutting practice... Have fun and don’t forget to share your creations with us! @themillhousehertford
PAPER PLATE CRAFT ✂️
Looking for something crafty to do with the children? Here are some fun things you can do with paper plates!
From Easter bunnies, to Ferris wheels, to masks and games! See our top 20 below or swipe for inspo!
1. Paper plate crowns 👑
2. Paper plate clock - great for teaching the kids how to tell the time in a fun way!
3. Paper plate tennis - Decorate the plate, attach a stick, blow up a balloon and play!
4. Paper plate veg patch (See image!)
5. Paper plate animals - you can make so many animals out of paper plates!
6. Paper plate rainbow to hang in the window 🌈
7. Paper plate masks
8. Dream catcher - see image for inspo!
9. Easter - Hatching chicks & bunny masks
10. Paper plate bag - so cool!
11. Paper plate flowers - one for the grown ups!
12. Dinosaurs 🦕
13. Monster masks
14. Paper plate string art - hole punch holes in the plates and string thread through them creating different shapes!
15. Ring toss - all you need is toilet roll and plates!
16. Spaceships and rockets 🚀
17. Unicorn masks
18. Paper plate spiral track
19. Paper plate frisbees
20. Paper plate merry go round & Ferris wheel - if you want to me ultra creative!!
Lockdown hit on 23rd March 2020, we closed our doors and setup our art box subscription service to keep children busy at home. We delivered boxes weekly to lots of lovely locals aged between 3-9. Here are some snaps from those crafty times… A huge thank you to all those who got involved and supported us!
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