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Here is a quick and simple gift you can make with the children for mothers day. These can be made up in a matter of minutes and they dry very quick too so you can make them and take them the same day! These bouquets are so easy to make, have your child put some paint on their hand, if you have more than one child then have each of them put a different coloured paint on their hands – maybe it’s best to do it one at a time, so there are not little paint prints all over the house 😊 Once they have paint on their hands put their hand print on the paper. Add some stems along with a little green ribbon bow. You can write your message on top once the children have finished their printing.   Also pop some little painted hearts in the background for some added interest. These would also look cute on a long piece of paper showing each handprint as single flowers in a field. If you don't have time to post these out for Mother's Day....take a picture and email or text your Mum a b...

So you want to make a bottle cap pendant. You'll need:  A heat gun or an old funky hairdryer Bottle caps, un-pressed or not used Something with a sharp point.  Your cheap jewellery tools. I wouldn't use your nice ones for this. A hammer A mat- I use one of those self healing cutting mats intended for scrap booking. Firstly, we are going to remove that plastic seal in the bottle cap. When you smoosh the cap you have less room to work with so we are going to make a little more by taking this out. Grab your bottle cap with your pliers and heat that baby up with your hair dryer. Make it hot. Carefully take your sharp instrument and peel back the plastic. Once I get it started good I grab hold of it with my pliers and pull. pull, pull. Some are harder than others. Sometimes it takes a second or third round of heating. Be careful! It's hot and don't stab yourself! Here they are without those plastic seals. ...

Lavender Shortbread Recipe Makes 16 small rounds. Ingredients 150g plain flour Pinch of salt 100g butter 50g caster sugar 2 tsp culinary dried lavender flowers. Method Preheat oven to 160C.  Slightly crush 1tsp lavender flowers in a pestle and mortar to release the natural oils. Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl with the caster sugar, butter and crushed lavender, and rub in using fingertips to make a crumbly mixture which can then be kneaded together to make a dough.  Roll out to 1cm thick and cut into individual rounds. Sprinkle with the remaining lavender flowers, pressing them down gently until they stick, then bake for 10-15 mins until the shortbread is just starting to brown. Leave for 10 mins before removing from baking tray, and sprinkle with caster sugar. Tips Some people recommend leaving the dried lavender flowers for decoration until after the shortbread is baked, but I find th...