Ramadan craft ideas
The fasting month of Ramadan is here. We are lucky to share some ideas for cool crafts and healthy Ramadan snacking for the young ones by Manal from @Hello Holy Days,…
Growing plants in tires
Heat of the tropics wears down car tires pretty quickly, but I had never paid much attention to the fate of the old tires. For some reason this time I…
Green Tomato Café and MyBatik Workshop
If one was looking for a change from hipster cafés and the laptop-tapping young professionals that one doesn't want to bother with the racket that lunching children create, one should…
Fairy Gardens Birthday Party
I had counted on my forever art-frenzied daughter to jump at an opportunity to have her birthday party at one of the craft centres but to my shock she wanted…
Cardboard princess castle
Ever since my friend made her daughter a fabulous Frozen castle out of cardboard boxes my own daughter has been dropping hints of a castle just like that. Don't you…
Eco birthday party
My daughter just turned five. Yes, five! Can we stop the time please? Obviously she loves celebrating her birthdays and I'm happy to organise one, but at the same time…
Ikebana workshops for adults & kids
As a lover of many things Japanese, I was thrilled to discover from a friend that an English-speaking French lady, Pascale Coste, hosts Ikebana workshops both for adults and children…
Easy box robot
The most difficult job in making this robot is collecting suitable empty boxes, believe me. We used a larger box for the body, juice cartons for limbs and an old…
Last minute Christmas printables
Christmas is fun - we can all agree on this. It's lovely to finally spend time with the family. After a year of rushing, organizing and multitasking, Christmas is about slowing…
Home-made white clay ornaments
If you haven't yet had enough of making gingerbread biscuits, this is a simple way of making cute ornaments. This easy dough is beautiful as is, or can be painted…
X-mas trees!
These little Christmas trees are the simplest craft ever. It doesn't take you hours to prepare and it doesn't take you hours to clean either. And the result is very…
Art Classes and Tea @ Yorokobi Art, Empire Damansara
A new creative space has emerged in the burgeoning Empire Damansara, Damansara Perdana. It's called Yorokobi Art, and the studio is run by the warm and tireless Michael Chong who serves…
Party by the pool – Barbapapas and balloons
Start of the term has brought the birthdays upon us after a few months' lull. When it was our turn we wanted to spare our friends from the noisy indoor…
Stuck inside with the kids during the haze?
Although the haze hasn't been as horrible as I expected it is driving me a little nuts and I am sure I'm not alone. I searched the blogosphere for some…
Calendar time!
This idea started half a year ago, when I realized that my kids (at that time 3 and a half and almost 5) really didn't have a clue which day…
Waterpainting is sooo easy
This will be my first post. Not the most creative one, probably, but this is an idea that is accessible for everyone. And the good thing is that it is…