New game - Shut The Box

Ohhh, i've been a bad girl! I should have been a domestic goddess this weekend, cleaning, cooking, washing, folding washing etc.....but instead I made another stop-motion animation to show you how to play my newest Game to Go - Shut the Box!

This is a fabulously addictive game which we've really been enjoying here at home. The Boy started Pre-primary last week so this game has been a great chance to test out his new mathematic skills. My Little Miss also likes a game, we just play with the one dice & she finds the disk that matches the number on the dice.


So, enjoy the video. I'll be posting some other ways to play the game over at the Instructions & Extras page soon.

I spy bags, AKA Peek-a-boo!

Meet the newest addition to the Games to Go! 

A wee I-spy bag perfect to keep the dreamlets busy. 

Each 14cm bag is filled with lupins, and hiding amongst them are 10 little wooden disks, stamped with a wee picture on both sides. Squish n' squash, shake & shimmy to move the disks around behind the window. 

How long will it take you to find all 20 little pictures?

I couldn't resist. As I was sewing these bags & stacking them up beside the sewing machine, they reminded me so much of The Princess & The Pea. The kids were most fascinated by what I was doing. Here's an excerpt of the conversation with The Boy,

Boy:  "why have you got a pea?"

Me: "well, they were trying to see if she could feel the pea. That would mean she was a princess".

Boy: "why did she have all those mattresses, I only have 1"

Me: "you're not a princess".

Then Miss T ate the pea!

I'll be giving one of these bags away as a freebie on my Facebook page before listing them in my store.

So get over & get yourself one !!

PS. I love a little helper who wants to be just like mummy...

Little lovelies

Look at these two super cute wee dolls from Cook You Some Noodles (what a great name!). They belong to a friend of mine who was super lucky to jag not one, but 3 of these little wonders. 

Apparently these dollies are rarer than hens teeth in rocking horse poop. Looking at the attention to detail and immaculate construction, I'm not surprised when these dolls sell within seconds of being listed in her web store.

The wee boy has hand painted shoes & a helicopter on his T. I love the fact he has a fake fly sewn into his jeans & a hand crochet toque! The little girl has hand painted mary-janes, a removable skirt & the cutest rosette in her hair. You can even buy a matching bag & sleeping bag for the dolls.

I'm constantly in awe of the beautiful handcraft that can be found around the traps & it really was a treat to meet these two up close & personal.

I see that the next market night is this sunday, so if you like these dolls, I'd be getting my trigger finger ready to grab one before they're gone.

Free Printable BINGO cards ready for download!!

They are finally here! 

After my loooooong hiatus from my poor neglected blog & Facebook page, I'm back!

Not only am I back but I've been busy behind the scenes getting some new games ready, ordering some very exciting new packaging, stocking some gorgeous stores including Little Toot Creations and Sweet Creations and my new logo from Boutique by Design is nearly ready!! 

So while it looks like I'm laying low, I'm really being a busy beaver. I should share more.......that way you wouldn't think I've fallen off the planet, ha ha!

OK, onto the exciting news of today. The free printable BINGO cards to match your memory sets are finally ready. Apologies to all those very patient customers to whom I promised to have them ready ages ago. 

The kids & I have given the games a thorough test run and they are really fun. So, to download your BINGO cards & instructions, click on the links below:

Enjoy!

Let it snow!

The dreamlets play inside a snow globe!

Seeing as we can't get to Canada for Christmas, I bought a little Canadian Winter to the wee ones.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Colourful Caterpillar

Welcome the Colourful Caterpillar, the newest addition to the Mollydag Made family of wooden games for toddlers.

Roll the coloured die & build your colourful caterpillar. 

Who will be the first to complete their wiggly caterpillar?

This game is specially designed for young children’s hands. Through the action of bead threading, your child is developing fine motor skills, a skill which has been found to be key to early literacy. Through play, your child is also talking about colours, pattern recognition & game play. 

Who knew you could learn so much whilst having such a great time!

Game comes with:

4 caterpillar tails & threading cord

20 coloured caterpillar body pieces (stained using non-toxic food-safe wood dye)

4 caterpillar heads

1 coloured die

Instructions

Drawstring bag

I'll be listing them in the store & will have them on display at the Perth Upmarket.

Now, I had better get cracking making more!!

Tickle the Imagination has released their Christmas Magazine today. It is an absolutely beautiful online magazine (free!) full of projects, tutorials and pages and pages of beautiful handmade gifts for Christmas.  

Look who was featured!!!!

You can win yourself a Game-to-go by heading to the Tickle The Imagination Blog . If you live in the Melbourne area, don't forget to enter to win a photo session by Sara Taylor too.

I have to duck away and get the babes ready for school - damn! I'm looking forward to sitting down tonight & having a really good read.

Do yourself a favour and take a peek when you have a spare few minutes & a hot cup of coffee.

Amber

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Hey! Look who was featured!

What a thrill to be seen in the http://madeit.com.au Gifts Under $20 newsletter.

Thank you to all the new customers who came over to take a look & a special thanks to all who bought something special for a wee one in their lives.