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Make a Gift Day!Today is National Make a Gift Day and coincidentally it also happens to be one of our busiest days of the year! We’ve had a very busy...
How to use silkscreens on pottery – a Step by Step GuideHere’s how we made our funky Lambretta plate! STEP 1 Begin by choosing the base colour for your plate. We chose white because we wanted...
The Colours of Summer.Well, we’re somewhere in between spring and summer, but somebody really ought to try telling the weather that! Most of us have still got...
National Gingerbread Decorating Day!It’s not a well-known national celebration, but we think it’s one that’s worth embracing because at Crafty Monkey, we’re friends of the...
The countdown to Christmas begins!Well today is the start of advent, how will you start counting down the days? We can’t believe that December is actually here. We have...
Penguin mania & Frozen Frenzy!And speaking of inhabitants of chilly climes, it can’t go unmentioned that the fantastic film, ‘Frozen’ is still very much an ongoing...
Talk like a Pirate Day – 19th SeptemberAh me hearties, at Crafty Monkey we love the theme of Pirates and Princesses so when we found out that 19th September is talk like a...
You Can be as Dotty as Us!You may or may not know (probably not!) that today is International Dot Day. You’ll probably be thinking that there’s not much that you...
Gather up Your Groups!From Brownies to Cadets, schools to WI ladies; we’re all about the group activities at Crafty Monkey! If you’re looking for some arty...
Schools out for summer…I’ve concluded that, after many years of thinking about the speed at which the time has passed- it’s simply how quickly a year does fly...
Happy 6th Birthday to us!!!We can’t quite believe that it’s our 6th birthday and we’re feeling ever so grown up! In terms of birthday gifts, we’re fairly low...