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Hobbies to do with your children

Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay Crafting hobbies is super fun and sometimes you need full focus to dive right in and just relax. But a shared experience is even more special, even if just done once together, you could create a special memory of bonding with your child, if you craft together. Also you don't have to do some craft at the same time. So if your child is young, give them age appropriate crafts, while you can do the hobby you want.       Here are 3 cool hobbies you can do with your children: 1. Paint by numbers So pending on your child's age, you can give them a sheet of white paper and some paints and let them finger paint. Or you can buy yourself and your child a paint by numbers kit . Look for simple paint by numbers. Super tiny sections are harder, so you want a picture that uses about 10 paint colours. Most are about 24 paint colours.  Buy both of you paint brushes . I don't know why, but I tend to not like the paint brushes in t...
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How to store your pre-Christmas creations

Image by Pexels from Pixabay So the festive season is here and you may have spent some months before Christmas, crafting to gift for the holidays. I know I have! But also, you may find ... you need more time ... This is also the case for me because I don't want to be finished. The joy of Christmas crafting is fun and if you have the time, you can really let it take up most of days before Christmas. It is that beautiful feeling, when you spent time making something that when you go to give your handmade gift, the look of appreciation from that person, makes you feel even more special. So handmaking something for someone, makes the gift receiver and yourself just feel nice. And there is nothing wrong with feeling pretty good about something you made and now gifting.  So you have all this pre-Christmas creations and some are bulky, some are thin and small and you don't want to lose ... you need a place to put it all.  "First of all I would get a storage tub. Maybe 2 storage ...

Step by step instructions to scrapbooking a Christmas theme

 Whether you love to create scrapbooking themes in your photo album or just want to scrapbook a page to feel creative, today I am showing you how to scrapbook a Christmas theme . I am going to use an A4 art book , so the pages are a bit thicker than a normal exercise book. You can use the same scrapbooking resources and then add photos to the top of the scrapbooking at the end if you like. Let’s start with the resources. For those in Australia, I bought this last year and hadn’t opened it till now. It’s from Kmart and I looked this year and they are selling a similar or same one again.  The pack comes with thick card paper sheets, some paper cut outs and stickers. I have a photo of some Christmas washi tape below that I believe I also bought from Kmart last year.  Now go get your glue stick, scissors and anything else you may want to include. I wanted to use this scrapbooking craft pack I bought but I do have a tonne more Christmas stickers but decided not to use th...

Should you stop crafting over the Christmas holidays?

Image by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi from Pixabay ^Please note, I use affiliate links in this blog post. This means I receive a percentage of the sale from the seller. I'm sorry ... what!?  No, Christmas holidays is the perfect time to spend time on your hobbies.  Here is why you shouldn't stop crafting over the Christmas holidays:  1. You need to craft Christmas hobbies I don't know about you, but Christmas holidays deserve a Christmas hobby focus over those holidays. Get in the festive spirit by Christmas crafting. You can make Christmas gifts and/or Christmas decorations. How to get in the Christmas crafting spirit. Buy yourself a Christmas diamond painting to complete before Christmas. Turn on some Christmas carols and enjoy your Christmas diamond painting. Buy a Christmas crochet kit and decorate your home with a Christmas Santa and Mrs Claus, why not add some elves and a reindeer? Scrapbook your Christmas photos or make a Christmas junk journal and fill your heart with C...

Why you should promote on a blog

Image by Pexels from Pixabay Welcome to my Hobbies blog, where I write about crocheting, scrapbooking, diamond painting, writing and reading... sometimes other hobbies as well, but these are the main 5 hobbies I write about. What is cool about a blog is that it is ever growing. For example, for a year I had about the same amount of views each week. Then I created this whole new strategy and I have doubled the views to my hobbies blog in a month. It feels amazing and I know over time, the views on my blog will grow even bigger. I obviously have great plans and strategy for growing my hobbies blog. The best part is, as long as I have a blog, the posts will be published. This means, viewers can visit and read old blog posts.  What does this mean? If you advertise on my hobbies blog, you will have a long time of advertising because the blog will be relevant for many years to come.  What can you promote on my blog: As a business you can promote your business as a whole, or promote...

What is diamond painting?

^Please note in this post, I use affiliate links to AliExpress.com. This means if you buy something from my links, I receive a percentage of the sale.  Let me introduce you to a very relaxing and fun hobby, diamond painting. I normally buy a diamond painting kit , so the kit comes with wax, a pencil for the drills, a sticky canvas and a drill holder. Some kits give you some bonus supplies, which are always useful. Oh and the kit will come with a number chart. What does diamond painting do?  I started with colour by numbers then I found paint by numbers and then I found diamond painting, which is using the wax to stick to the pencil and then you can literally pick up the correct numbered coloured drill (diamond) and stick it to the correct number on the canvas.  Simple? It is!  It is one of my most relaxing and easiest hobbies I do.  What is the outcome of diamond painting? The result, once you finish adding all the drills to the canvas is a sparkly, cool picture...

How diamond painting is an uncomfortable hobby for your body

Image by Wolfgang Claussen from Pixabay ^Please note, in this blog post I use affiliate links to AliExpress. This means if you purchase something from one of my links I receive a percentage of the sale price from the seller. So there are ways to perform diamond painting and sitting is the most popular choice. The problem is, most people can only sit for diamond painting for a maximum of 30 minutes. This is because, you have to look down bending your neck to find the numbers to place the drills (diamonds) on. And as time goes, you might even crouch your back. Because the closer your face is to the diamond painting the easier and quicker it is to diamond paint. The problem is after 30 minutes, your neck and back are in pain. Diamond painting is fun and if we could sit for longer to diamond paint, we could finish the picture so much quicker. Here are some suggestions to help you with the bending/crouching over with your body. An Art Board for diamond painting Buy an art board ...