free-CREATE

Whether you're stuck at home on a rainy day or need inspiration during the school holidays, this page will have lots of ideas (some for little people and some for big people!) that you can use to get creative at home. All the activities use items you can find around the home.

3Minute Creative Mindfulness 2

You will need a piece of paper or back of an envelope and a pen or pencil.

3Minute Creative Mindfulness 1

You will need a piece of paper or back of an envelope and a pen or pencil.

Shrinky-Dink keyrings

You will need empty, cleaned salad tubs or stir fry tubs, permanent marker pens, scissors, keyring hoops, non-stick paper, a baking tray, an oven and oven gloves. Great craft for making as a gift to yourself or someone else!

Snack Wrapper Keyrings and Bookmarks

You will need empty, cleaned crisp and chocolate snack wrappers, keyring hoops, non-stick paper, a baking tray, an oven and oven gloves. Great craft for making as a gift to yourself or someone else!

Coffee and Kitchen Roll Roses

You will need ground coffee, a kettle or hot water from tap, kitchen roll, sellotape, scrap paper (old magazines or envelopes or letters), and maybe an oven and oven gloves if you're impatient!

lemon juice painting

Technically this isn't really a true re-CREATION.........unless you 'paint' on scrap envelopes maybe but I love that it is using household items, doesn't need art tools and is creating a bit of magic. All you need is lemon juice! Use your finger to make your marks, then pop your paper in the oven at 180*C for a couple of minutes to reveal your secret picture or message. Watch the paper in the oven the whole time to prevent it from burning. Have you tried using lime juice? What happened?

re-CREATING with Christmas cards

This makes such an eye catching 'bauble'. You can either use a circle punch or draw around an egg cup and create the triangle template for folding up the sides with a few clever folds as shown in the bottom left image. Use either glue or a stapler to join all the pieces together. It's recommended that you make a 'top' and 'bottom' piece and a middle 'belt' first.