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  • Life & Motherhood
    • Why PCOS doesn’t let you sleep and how to tackle it?
    • My One Little Word for 2019
    • Maternal Mental Health – My story
    • My One Little Word for 2018
    • Preparing a 2-3 year old for the arrival of a new baby
    • Seeing the world through your eyes – What parents can learn from children
    • Diwali 2017 In Pictures
    • A letter to my son on his 5th birthday
    • Why I went on a staycation without my sons
    • 8 fun-learning activities to do with your 3-5 year olds at Home during the Summers
    • The Weekend Parent
    • How my Study Abroad experience helped me
    • A Holiday to remember – Georgia
    • My Life is not my own!
    • A Wake-up Call
    • A Letter to my Second-born
    • Celebrating UAE’s National Day
    • How I changed as a mother the second time around
    • My kind of Diwali
    • My Dad, My Hero!
    • Star Gazing
  • Getting Crafty
    • Valentine Heart Flowers
    • Rainbow Binoculars Craft
    • I’m Bored! Activity Jar
    • Mother’s Day DIY Photo Frame
    • DIY Maze / Marble Run
    • Santa Claus Craft
    • Walking Rainbow – Fun Experiment for Kids
    • DIY Halloween Balloon Decor
    • DIY Walkie Talkie
    • ‘Rainbow from the Clouds’ summer craft activity
    • Photo keepsake craft
    • Hot Air Balloon – Book-themed Craft
    • Mother’s Day Flowers with Chocolate Wrappers
    • DIY Valentine Mugs
    • Valentine Hearts Craft
    • Oh Fish! Craft Activity
    • Christmas Tree Ornaments Craft
    • UAE National Day Flag Craft
    • Halloween Spider Craft
    • Halloween Mosaic Pumpkin craft
  • Kitchen Healing
    • Kitchen Healing – Building Immunity in children
    • Kitchen Healing : Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Rinse
    • Kitchen Healing – PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)
    • Tulsi or Holy Basil
  • Tried & Tested
    • Review: Museum of Illusions
    • Back to School shopping from Sprii.com
    • Ubitoyz.com – the solution to most Parents’ troubles
    • When we met Bob the Builder and Fireman Sam
    • Our visit to Dubai Garden Glow
    • Play date at Extreme Fun, UAE
    • Photo tour of Old Dubai with Natalie & Lianne
  • Yummy Tummy
    • Za’atar & Paprika Pita Chips with Dip
    • Wholewheat Egg-Free Pancakes
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  • Life & Motherhood
    • Why PCOS doesn’t let you sleep and how to tackle it?
    • My One Little Word for 2019
    • Maternal Mental Health – My story
    • My One Little Word for 2018
    • Preparing a 2-3 year old for the arrival of a new baby
    • Seeing the world through your eyes – What parents can learn from children
    • Diwali 2017 In Pictures
    • A letter to my son on his 5th birthday
    • Why I went on a staycation without my sons
    • 8 fun-learning activities to do with your 3-5 year olds at Home during the Summers
    • The Weekend Parent
    • How my Study Abroad experience helped me
    • A Holiday to remember – Georgia
    • My Life is not my own!
    • A Wake-up Call
    • A Letter to my Second-born
    • Celebrating UAE’s National Day
    • How I changed as a mother the second time around
    • My kind of Diwali
    • My Dad, My Hero!
    • Star Gazing
  • Getting Crafty
    • Valentine Heart Flowers
    • Rainbow Binoculars Craft
    • I’m Bored! Activity Jar
    • Mother’s Day DIY Photo Frame
    • DIY Maze / Marble Run
    • Santa Claus Craft
    • Walking Rainbow – Fun Experiment for Kids
    • DIY Halloween Balloon Decor
    • DIY Walkie Talkie
    • ‘Rainbow from the Clouds’ summer craft activity
    • Photo keepsake craft
    • Hot Air Balloon – Book-themed Craft
    • Mother’s Day Flowers with Chocolate Wrappers
    • DIY Valentine Mugs
    • Valentine Hearts Craft
    • Oh Fish! Craft Activity
    • Christmas Tree Ornaments Craft
    • UAE National Day Flag Craft
    • Halloween Spider Craft
    • Halloween Mosaic Pumpkin craft
  • Kitchen Healing
    • Kitchen Healing – Building Immunity in children
    • Kitchen Healing : Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Rinse
    • Kitchen Healing – PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)
    • Tulsi or Holy Basil
  • Tried & Tested
    • Review: Museum of Illusions
    • Back to School shopping from Sprii.com
    • Ubitoyz.com – the solution to most Parents’ troubles
    • When we met Bob the Builder and Fireman Sam
    • Our visit to Dubai Garden Glow
    • Play date at Extreme Fun, UAE
    • Photo tour of Old Dubai with Natalie & Lianne
  • Yummy Tummy
    • Za’atar & Paprika Pita Chips with Dip
    • Wholewheat Egg-Free Pancakes
  • Contact/PR
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    • About Me
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CraftsPlay and Learn

Rainbow Binoculars Craft

Rainbow Binoculars Craft

Continuing our tradition of crafting fun toys to play with, we decided to make Binoculars to add to our ‘Rescue team’ toys.

The boys’ loved playing with their DIY Walkie-talkie and were super excited to make these binoculars.

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Maternal Mental Health – My story

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month and reading stories of so many fellow mom bloggers on Instagram, took me back to my initial days of motherhood and how I hated everything about being a mother, except my darling baby of course!

It all started with my birth story –
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I’m Bored! Activity Jar

How to make a jar full of Activity Ideas

I’m Bored Activity Jar

It’s Spring break! The kids are home on a break from school. How often do you hear the words “I’m bored!”? It’s strange how the kids have a house full of toys and games but they never seem to have anything to do. I decided to make an activity jar for them, with the names of all their toys and activity ideas. They would have to pick one anytime they were bored and then do that activity.

Keeping with our crafty tradition, we decided to decorate the jar on the outside ourselves.

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Ubitoyz.com – the solution to most Parents’ troubles

Ubitoyz.com - the solution to most parents' problems

Ubitoyz.com Review

One of the biggest dilemmas facing modern-day parents is the ever-increasing number of fun and educational toys available for their kids, and the lack of space to store them.  I recently came across an online toy library, www.ubitoyz.com and think it is a brilliant concept and the solution to most parents’ troubles. Ubitoyz goes a step further than being a toy library, it offers the option of selling toys too.

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Mother’s Day DIY Photo Frame

Popsicle stick Frames

Mother’s Day craft

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and I wanted the boys to do a craft that would involve my younger son, 3 years old, to be able to participate in too. It had to be something they could make for their Grandmothers and aunt, as well. What better than a DIY photo frame with a special picture of each one in it as a keepsake!

I had recently discovered Amazon India, and found these variety packs of washi tapes on sale. I ordered them to get them delivered to my parents who were visiting Mumbai at the moment. Naturally, I was itching to use them as soon as I received them. This special Mother’s Day craft just HAD to be done with these washi tapes.

The DIY photo frame is really simple to do, and my 3 year old was able to work with the tapes too. It takes less than 20 minutes, provided you have a printed photo already.

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