The Craft Academy

30 Challenges for 30 Days in aid of the Ronald McDonald House

31 Challenges in 31 Days 30 Challenges for 30 Days is a fundraising event for Ronald Mc Donald House. Follow Sean for the 30 Days of June as he attempts to complete a new challenge each day. All funds raised will go to the Ronald Mc Donald Charity.

We were busy making an Easter Bonnet the last few days. The hat structure was made using a Brown Thomas shopping bag and a lot of masking tape. We stuck paper over this then as it was mostly black. It was painted green and we got to decorating it with tissue paper, pipe cleaners, painted eggs and glitter paint.

For those of you who do not have any clay at home, here is a very simple Salt Dough Recipe I use at home. It is wonderful for Christmas Decorations and should do the trick if you want to follow our Clay Flower Press Video. Happy Crafting xx

***For Best Results Place in the oven at a very very low heat to dry out... some discolouration my occur but you can paint over this. If they puff up turn down the temperature.

Did you get out with your bucket for a nature walk? This is what we got up to today with some of our flowers and leaves... If you don't have clay I can share a recipe for homemade l, let me know in the comments. Happy Crafting XX

CLAY PRESSED FLOWERS WITH THE CRAFT ACADEMY Shared using GoPro

Its great to see so many are interested... Over the coming days (until I go into labour😲) we will share what we are doing at home... Here and on our new Instagram page.

We will try our best to share ideas that use materials that you might have at home. So to get you started... Grab a bucket or a bag and go on a nature stroll, (around the garden or somewhere where you can still maintain social distancing... fill it with flowers, twigs, leaves, seeds, acorns and check back here for further instructions...😁 Xx

Day 6 of Social Isolation Hands up if you need some free arts and crafts ideas to entertain the family??l

We didn't want to let St. Patricks Day pass without a parade... So this is our very uncoordinated attempt... Our Garden Parade. We hope it gives you a bit of a laugh!!! I reckon my Irish Dancing is pretty good for 9 months pregnant 🤪🍀🇮🇪☘️💚

Happy Paddys Day Everyone!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Hope everyone is staying safe. We were busy making Paddy's Day Masks today

Monster Wall Plaques