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Under-an-Hour Cinnamon Buns with Cream Cheese Icing

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Halloween/Horror Movie NOTW inspiration!

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Halloween costumes: creepy little kids 

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These kids parents nailed Halloween costumes.  Especially Cruella Deville

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Halloween done right!

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Halloween Eyeball Canapes with Cheese and Kiwi Berries - PaintSewGlueChew

All you need to make these easy halloween eyeball crackers: Crackers, cheese and kiwi berries plus a splash of red food colouring.

Halloween Ideas a plenty over on the blog. 

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Pickled Beetroot, Goats Cheese and Pine Nut Salad - PaintSewGlueChew

Candy Striped Pickled goats cheese and pine nut salad. Delicious and pretty.

Beautiful candy striped beets make a tasty and delicious salad.

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Sausage and Egg Hearts Valentine Breakfast Idea - PaintSewGlueChew

#valentines #breakfast #heartshaped #recipes #delicious #brunch 

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Sausage and Egg Hearts Valentine Breakfast Idea

Sausage and Egg Hearts Valentine Breakfast Idea

Sausage and Egg Hearts Valentine Breakfast Idea In the interests of full disclosure, I have to admit these sausage and egg hearts were not a valentine breakfast.  Despite my love of (nauseating) cutesy shaped foods, I detest halloween for all of its overly commercial overpriced tat.  I do however know the way to my son’s heart.  The sausage and egg hearts  were for him. Like any self respecting…

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Easy DIY Art Work from a Photo - Instructions

Easy DIY Art Work from a Photo – Instructions

Easy DIY Art Work from a Photo This easy DIY art work project is perfect for even the most artistically challenged.  Choose a photo, and using tracing paper, transfer to a canvas, before filling in the lines with blackboard paint.  So easy. Materials: Photograph Scanner & Printer Tracing paper Blank Canvas Paint & Brushes Method: First choose a cute picture – I found this little guy on the…

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Melting Snowman White Hot Chocolate Jars

Melting Snowman White Hot Chocolate Jars

Melting Snowman White Hot Chocolate Jars Abbi and I made these melting snowman white hot chocolate jars as part of a Christmas gift exchange with her friends this year.  They make a great easy and quick little craft, and a very cute little cost effective gift. And who doesn’t want an excuse to drink steaming mugs of hot chocolate at this time of year. Materials For the outside of the snowman: Jam…

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Photo Christmas Ornaments DIY

Photo Christmas Ornaments DIY

Photo Christmas Ornaments DIY This photo christmas ornaments DIY is a great 5 minute craft for decorating a minimal tree, or where you haven’t got much storage space. Materials Digital Photos Mini bulldog clips Silver embroidery thread photo editing software (or powerpoint) Method Choose your favourite pictures and transfer them to your favourite photo editing software on one sheet.  Reduce them…

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DIY Reusable Advent Calendar

DIY Reusable Advent Calendar

DIY Reusable Advent Calendar As soon as halloween is dispensed with in Paint Sew Glue Chew Towers, Abbi turns her attention to Christmas.  And her favourite part of the Christmas preparation is the advent calendar.  Each year we make a couple of versions for different friends, but this DIY reusable advent calendar is our favourite.  The calendar is a decorated board with 24 hooks for…

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Frozen Advent Calendar - DIY Print And Fill

Frozen Advent Calendar – DIY Print And Fill

Frozen Advent Calendar – DIY Print And Fill Thankfully my children have outgrown the Frozen stage, so I don’t have to endure 6 hour long renditions of “Let it Be”.  Unfortunately I still have friends with Elsa loving children, who belt it out at every opportunity.  This Frozen Advent Calendar was made last year as a treat for one of them. Times have changed from when I was a child.  Back then, an…

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#Kidscraft101 on Instagram

#Kidscraft101 on Instagram Is anyone else as obsessed with instagram as me?  As well as posting my crafts, food styling and coffee addiction, one of my favourite things about instagram is to gather inspiration from other creative mums and bloggers from around the globe.  There are definitely some go to hashtags I have, and for craft activities, one of my favourite is #kidscraft101.  Obviously…

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Dismembered Body Halloween Costume with Zombie

Dismembered Body Halloween Costume with Zombie

Dismembered Body Halloween Costume with Zombie One of my children is content with a rubber werewolf mask every year for halloween.  The other is a little more creative, (and a little more demanding!).  Ever since the success of our headless halloween costume a few years ago, Abbi has wanted something equally spectacular.  Hopefully this dismembered body halloween costume being carried by a zombie…

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Halloween Garland - 3 Easy Ideas

Halloween Garland – 3 Easy Ideas

Halloween Garland – 3 Easy Ideas It’s no secret that we’re big fans of halloween here in PaintSewGlueChew Towers.  And give us any excuse to get a bit of craft on, we will be there.  These 3 easy halloween garland crafts, take no time at all for some quick party decor, so they are right up our (Nightmare on Elm) street.  Sorry. Materials needed: Black card stock String (ideally black) White and…

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