Credit Crunch Crafts!!!

We all must be feeling the pinch ~ I know that I have been!! Financially things are getting tighter ~ and with Christmas just around the corner ~ I am trying to save a few pennies here and there!!

I always do crafts with the children that I look after ~ but even that can get expensive ~ when you have to go out and buy all the craft items etc! SO ~ I saw this in a childcare magazine yesterday and decided to give it a go! All you need is what is pictured below ......paper ~ felt pens and scissors ~ that's it!!


First fold the paper like this ~ so you have a triangle and a rectangle shaped piece over at the end!

Then cut the end rectangle shaped piece of paper off (great to make into a bookmark later!!)

Next, turn the triangle of paper you have left around ~ so the longest edge is at the top ~ then fold like this..............so you have 2 flaps!!

Then ~ decorate like this (or they could be other animals!!)

and there you have it ~ cerdit crunch busting ~ PAPER PUPPY HAND PUPPETS!!!!

The children that I look after love them ~ and they cost NOTHING!! (just the paper which I already had!!). Thought that I would share this with you ~ those of you with little kiddies may want to give it a try ~ they have been a great hit here!!!! I love working with children ~ I get to relive my childhood all over again (and I never have to grow up Tee Hee!!)

In other news ~ the weigh in went ok ~ another pound gone ~ so the total now is 63 pounds lost (4 and a half stone) in total!! Things are getting harder each week and progress is slow ~ but I am nearly at the 5 stone lost mark now ~ hopefully I will reach that target by christmas ~ and I shouldn't be far off my goal weight of 9 stone (126 pounds) ~ which sometimes feels like I will never reach ha ha !! (not helped by visits to the fish and chip shop and Mcdonalds with the children this week ~ I have been such a bad mummy ~ thankfully I resisted both!!).

Daniel is brimming with excitement about tomorrow and his visit to London with the school to sing for Prince Charles 60th Birthday!! The school have provided shirts and ties for them to wear with their school sweatshirts (they usually wear white shirts, but not the ties!! ~ I think that the school wants to make sure that all the children look neat and the same!!).

Unfortunately the children are not allowed to take cameras ~ so no photos ~ but the school have said that the concert may have snippets televised either tomorrow or over the weekend ~ in celebration of the Princes Birthday ~ so those of you in the UK ~ keep an eye out and you may see my eldest little star ~ singing for the Prince!!

Well better be off ~ LOADS to do!!

Love and Hugs Tabitha XXXX