Christmas is nearly here and I wanted to add some geeky craftiness to our tree this year, so I decided to make some geeky cross stitch ornaments. I looked online for patterns, went down a bit of a pinterest & google image black hole, and found a whole bunch of perler/ hama bead ornaments that …
Download a free printable cross stitch pattern featuring characters and pixel art from Super Mario Bros 3.
Download free printable handwriting worksheets to practice each letter of the alphabet, including both cursive & non-cursive styles.
Perfect for Halloween, download these free printable cross stitch pumpkin patterns inspired by Disney, including Jack Skellington, Mickey Mouse, and the Castle.
I’m going to be sharing a number of free printables aimed to help my readers educate and entertain your kids, and first up is this basic 100 number square. Number squares can be a really useful way of helping kids understand maths principles. Using a 100 Number Square, you can practise addition and subtraction, fill …
Lydia turns seven this month. SEVEN! It’s hard to believe my baby girl is so big already. She has chosen to have her birthday party at the local bowling alley, and wanted me to use a Mario theme for her birthday cake, invitations and party bags. For her cake, I will be doing a chocolate …
I’ve been unwinding with some cross stitch lately. I used to do some back before the days of kids and thought I’d get a few bits and pieces to try my hand at it again. It’s a fairly brainless way to relax as you just have to follow the pattern – a bit of counting …
Since the first set of cursive handwriting worksheets I created has done well with over 14 thousand downloads (and counting!), I thought I would make some ‘add-on’ ones so children can easily practice the high frequency words used to teach phonics at school. High frequency words are the words that children can expect to read …
The girls have requested a treasure/scavenger hunt style egg hunt this Easter, so because I’d rather design something myself than pay for a ‘kit’ at the shops, and I didn’t want to just use blank bits of paper, I decided to make my own clue sheets to make it a bit more fun. I designed …
These are the last of the Christmas themed kids printables I’ve been making this month! I’ve been enjoying creating these in my down time but with everything going on with the girls sick bugs and Lydia’s surgery I didn’t have a chance to finish these until this week. Today I have a couple of little …
