Together working towards calm Festive Days with our neurodivergent children
For our intense, super-sensitive and hyper-reactive neurodivergent children, Christmas can be a huge challenge: dealing with transitions from normal life, […]
Make your Own Simple Paper Christmas Ball-balls – Tutorial –
This simple Christmas decoration tutorial is intended to be relaxing, fun and easily do-able with only a few resources and […]
Compassionate Crafting at Christmas (and allowing things to be ‘good enough’)
The Christmas holidays can be a lovely time for some cosy seasonal crafting and a good way to fill (and […]
Nature Exploration with Air-Dry Clay (Make your own Mushrooms!) – Tutorial
This open-ended craft exploration is directly inspired by a recent ‘Fungi Treasure Hunt’ walk and talk in our local park, […]
Preparing for Christmas
Each year when our daughter was young, the carefully crafted balance in our family always started to go pear-shaped around […]
Dealing with acute overwhelm, including tips how to get through
Recovering from obstacles The last few years my life has been coloured by different obstacles, some private ones and some […]
Make Your Own Origami Robin Christmas Greeting and Mini Kawaii Christmas Tree Decoration – Tutorial
In the spirit of keeping things simple this year, the children and I have put together these two short and […]