Inspired by Cheri at I am a Momma hear me Roar, when small boy slept this morning, big boy and I did some writing in custard! Cheri used a coloured pudding they have in the States but I just used a bit of food colouring in regular pre made custard.

I drew the letters underneath on the paper plates as he is not quite 3 and whilst he recognises some letters he is not capable of writing them by himself.

We then went through what the letters stand for ... G for Granny, G for glasses .....

Of course he ended up eating it after a few tries but that was half the fun!

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One of my vivid childhood memories is crabbing at Mudeford in Dorset. As big and small boy are still too young to have the patience and concentration (the waiting in the queues at Peppa Pig World proved it) to sit on the jetty, I decided to make our own crabs at home!

I bought the crabbing reel and bucket in a little hardware shop for £2 and bought the bits to make the crabs from a haberdashery in the High Street.

Luckily I had the wiggly eyes, paint and magnets already left over from something else!

As they turned out more like orange spiders we have named them our spider crabs!

I used a busy border on these, as that is how it felt making them, busy! Small boy trying to lick the paint and big boy refusing to keep his apron on!

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I know there are lots of swanky dribble bibs available to buy but to be honest I really can't stand spending lots of money on something that just gets soaked in spit all day! Dribble bibs are a must for teething babes and so I decided to make some really easy ones from an old baby towel!

It is the perfect material - so absorbent and you can pick up iron on decals from any haberdashery so you can personalised them with whatever you want! I chose some baby buttons in different shapes but I bet everyone has a few buttons lying around.

Trace, cut out, sew on the button and cord and then iron on your decal! Done!

Let the dribbling commence!

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