November 2011

The Littlest Birds…

November 30, 2011

You know how it is when you hear a song for the first time, at a moment in your life, when it just totally makes sense… That was how it was for me with this song – The Littlest Birds by The Be Good Tanyas Do you have a song like that? It’s Wordless Wednesday [...]

Easy Art For Kids – Letter Collage.

November 29, 2011

My four year old has discovered a new found love of all things letters and writing. He is at the stage of wanting to write way beyond his abilities. He is still learning to form most of the letters and to manipulate his pencil well enough to write them. He wants to know how to [...]

2011 Christmas Printable Series – Christmas Letter Writing Set.

November 28, 2011

free printable christmas letter writing set

My girls don’t like Santa. They never have, and I’m beginning to think they never will. These days, at a very grown up eight years of age, they can keep themselves together when they walk past a giant blow up Santa in a shop, but no amount of lollies can bribe them to get any [...]

Ten Christmas Decorations to Make.

November 26, 2011

Have you decorated for the holidays yet? At The Pickle Farm, we don’t break out the Christmas decorations or put up the Christmas tree till the first weekend in December. So we’ve still got a week or so to figure out how we are going to tackle the problem of Christmas tree Vs climbing chaos-making [...]

Bloggers, Brunches and Brands.

November 25, 2011

I went to a blogging event last week, a ‘Bloggers Brunch’ to be more precise. I have been to a couple of similar events this year, where both bloggers and PR or brand reps attend and they always make me go home and think about the whole blogging, ads, brands and money deal. Lots of [...]

Fusible Beads and a Kids’ Crafternoon Give Away.

November 24, 2011

Have you ever tried crafting with fusible beads? I’d seen packets of Hama beads in our local toy shop, but I never really knew what they were until Hardie Grant sent my kids and I copies of the two new Kid’s Crafternoon Books. The Beading book features little birdy earrings made from fusible beads on [...]

The Random Animal Problem.

November 23, 2011

We have a little problem at The Pickle Farm… Someone keeps leaving random arrangements of animals in odd places. A line of animals along the back of the couch was rather pretty… But I was less impressed with the crocodile in the toilet! Related Posts:Find Compassion for your Child.Remembering…Remembering…

Easy Art For Kids – Paper Dolls, and Boats, and Flowers…

November 22, 2011

Some days you need to pull out something magical. Something that will wow your kids into submission and get them all sitting quietly doing instead of running around the house fighting. The older my kids get, the fewer of these tricks I have left, but the other day, with rain induced anarchy threatening to take [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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