transformer tuesday #18

Morning all, our Tuesdays are not what they were....Mini1 now goes to her pre-school nursery all day on a Tuesday to get her prepped for her reception class start in September so  it's either TT with me and minimini1 or we do it at the weekend where all 3 of us girls can get involved. This week we took advantage of our Saturday afternoon after a morning trip out and got making and creating with some of our favourite materials....

- empty food boxes (ours were clipper tea and dorest cereal)
- wooden pegs
- liberty fabric ends
- vintage buttons
- pens for facial details
- needle, thread, scissors

and this is what we ended up with, a cardboard animal parade with riding pegdolls dressed for their adventurous travels.....

transformer tuesday #17

Take some doodles of girls, boy, animal characters make up some doodles of clothes and stick to card get snipping out and play dress up....

Here is the girl we doodled then let the girls dress, undress, mix and match and dress again, mmmm like real life with girls!!

transformer tuesday #16

Ok it's still Tuesday so this counts but i really didn't think I'd be posting today, it has been craaaazzzzyyyy.

I'm sure you can see this too by the very slap dash look of the super fast crafty transformer session. With oodles to do I didn't think I'd be TTing today but at breakfast the little lady pulled out a paper cup and said I'd like a pop up dolly please so 'Pop-Up Dolly' was hastily transformed whilst making breakfast, dressing, washing and attending to little ones and hubby and a dog.

For this look no time is required!!

Things you will need are:

- paper-cup

- drinking straw

- paper sweetie bag (fabric is great though if you have a free hand and time to stitch!)

- card and pens to doodle a face

- pipe cleaner and beads for arms and hands

- thread for hair

- tape

transformer tuesday #15

The last TT was some weeks back now, but I know how much you all like them so here we have one using a firm favourite of all the recycling materials..... a cardboard box.
Big thank you to Mini1 for doing most of this I just assisted with the cutting and threading of ribbon.

There are no step by step images as it speaks for itself and hoots too ;) but your list of tools are:
- a box (with all sides in tact and removed top and bottom
- sharp scissors
- gluppy glue
- paint
- papers / foils / other decoration
- pen
- ribbon for shoulder straps

.......beep beep, coming through!

bunting & clouds

We put up bunting whatever the occasion, the thing is I don't always take down! so.....yes you've got it we have a lot of bunting about. The girls love it too, some traditional, some crafty and made by us.
Inspired by the bunting and the May weather here are some repeat patterns of bunting and to match the outdoors some cloud repeats too :)

hAppy eaSTer

Up a tree collecting carrots! walking a pompom tightrope, egg hunting or spending time with loved ones, whatever easter has lined up for you have a really jolly yummy fun one. xx

egg-citing times ahead

Easter countdown has started, we're planning a week of egg, chick, bunny craftiness.
This morning I couldn't resist a little doodle time inspired by Mini1 and her breakfast request....

Eat your Eggs

transformer tuesday #14

We've have been busy making some flowers that you can keep and cherish for a long time and in the process have had lots of fun making them. With Mothers day and Easter just around the corner it seems such a perfect time for this little transformation!

We used:

- tissue paper

- straws

- scissors
- sticky tape (to secure the cone shape)
- cardboard tube (if 'vase' required)
- washi tape (for vase decoration)

sorry...i forgot the day !

I'm having a little crazy week, orders have been high and lots of time has been spent packing up myself, family life has not ran to 'routine' and I forgot yesterday was Transformer Tuesday, rather than do a TT on the wrong day I'll get my days right and resume TT next week.

  flowers to say i'm sorry

transformer tuesday #13

There has been lots of collage designs recently being designed cut and stuck recently and as the Mini1 always see what I'm up to in the studio Mini1 has been enjoying it so much and wanting to do her own, it's such a lovely way to create new creatures and friends, buildings and cities....
Yes there is another big plus as this cutting and sticking involves recycling again, so get your boxes, papers, and ideas at the ready to cut, stick and create some jolly wall art....

We used:

- recycled boxes, cut into shapes

- patterned papers

- gluppy glue

- scissors

This is what we had when we stuck our long panels together and they transformed a plain wall into Mini1's 'come alive jungle'
Our next collage is a big one to contrast with some of our favourite little framed ones, woohoo lets get cutting and transforming .......

transformer tuesday #11

Halloween week is upon us so we thought we'd make this week a transformer 2sday with double the crafting and making.
We are using some of our favourites; paper, gluppy glue, card and some garden finds.
For our halloween party we're focusing on the orange rather than the black so we've been making orange paper garlands, twiggy spider garlands and cardboard twig spiders.

we used:

- patterned papers

- gluppy glue

- scissors for cutting shapes

- thread

we used:
- garden twigs
- gluppy glue
- scissors for cutting shapes; round bodies and doughnut ring
- bakers twine
- clear nylon thread for hanging

Both of these cloud cuckoo crafty projects can be adapted for many occasion, birthdays, christmas and simply to just decorate, enjoy x

transformer tuesday #10

i spy with my little eye(s)....

bird spotting was carried out by transforming the following items into brilliant binoculars for the mini1's

we used
- cardboard tubes
- scissors
- gluppy glue
- tape
- fabric squares
- fabric trims
- ribbon

got to dash i can see something far away......

transformer tuesday #9

There are so many things to do outside this time of year with the gathering of lovely leaves, acorns, conkers and twigs. Here is just one of the things we did we leaves....

Leaf birds, 

before &

 after.....

We used;

- some leaves

- paint

- glitter

- washi tape

Monday is Wash(i)Day

My nanna had 'jobs' to do on specific days, and I always remember her saying as she left on a sunday well tomorrow is was day. From what I remember this was pretty much how her week went...

Monday was wash day
Tuesday was ironing
Wednesday a trip into the big town or city
Thursday food shopping
Friday fish super
Saturday treat
Sunday family

Well as it's monday, here is my take on Wash day, just so happens mine has an 'i' at the end of it... today my Monday was washi day

© 2011 cloud cuckoo designs ltd

© 2011 cloud cuckoo designs ltd

© 2011 cloud cuckoo designs ltd

© 2011 cloud cuckoo designs ltd

boo....

So we like to carve a pumpkin and put candles and such on the front steps but this year i feel there may be a little more going on at halloween as the little ones love fancy dress!
To get us in the mood we've been making some halloween happy masks here they are in this little illustrator image I did some time back, the hats you see here on the little characters we've adapted, enlarged and got ready for october 31st, we'll be showing you how before halloween so you can do your own if you fancy.

transformer tuesday #8

yes i love wooden toys but now and then some little crazy plastic creatures appear such as these wincy bears. I draw the line though and we are not buying them a plastic home. Mini1 however does not want them in the dolls house so we've been building their own little world.
This week on 'Transformer Tuesday' we're sharing the wincy bears garden swing seat! Yes, we transformed a little box (or 2) tape and string into this....

we used:
- box
- tape for creating background, pens or drawing materials also can be used
- garden twig
- bakers string
- creatures!

crafty concentration!

mini1 during one of our making sessions.....

transformer tuesday #7

We just love flowers whether they're in the meadow, the garden, cut, and especially made ones that you can keep for ages.

Squares of newspaper/magazines, cardboard tubes and lollipop sticks can be transformed into fun jolly paper kite flowers in their own tube pots, or as the mini1 insisted in a little 'sauce'pan, along with actual water.....they're keeping well!

We used:
- scissors
- glue
- decorative tapes
- squares of paper approx 12cm x 12cm (a mix of sizes looks good though)
- cardboard tubes, cut to chosen heights
- lollipop sticks

transformer tuesday #6

hello transformers, hope you are all well, after two weeks away and one week off from transformering I'm feeling a to need to catch up.
This week I have a little transformer project that my little ones love and play with lots, the play games include; nigh-nights, soft bash and i'm a dod-doc doctors hammer play 'lets check if you work'....

we used;
- card to make template
- fabric ends for main body and strips for limbs
- scissors & pins for cutting and holding
- sewing machine
- filler or more recycled fabric for stuffing
- needle, thread for details

transformer tuesday #5

Once a Cupcake.................

This week we've been getting creative in the kitchen, transforming plain old cupcakes into some of our favourite garden creatures.......

We Used:
- eggs
- butter
- flour
- sugar
- .... and lots of icing!!!!