Custard and Crayons

If you have seen other parents help their children create wonderful quirky snacks, spend a rainy day creating inspired craft projects, or help out their child with interesting trivia for a piece of homework on cultures and customs, chances are they have a copy of Custard and Crayons.

Despite being an essential reference book for every family library, it is not dusty and lofty only to be pulled out once in a blue moon. Custard and Crayons is an exciting breath of fresh air in the range of ‘What to do with your kids when they are bored beyond belief’ books.

Broken up by each calendar month, relevant dates as well as anniversaries of interest are marked.

Interspersed through each  month are poems, beautiful illustrations, facts, craft projects, recipes, legends and information of specific relevance to each month.

The mystical month of October presents plenty of All Hallows Eve fun teaching children how to create bouncing bats made from pom poms, a tasty Pork with Apple Crisps recipe, Chocolate Biscuit and Witches’ Hat Cake and interesting facts and legends all in bite sized chunks.

Halloween, Diwali, the start of Greenwich Mean Time, the tradition of Pearly Kings and Queens all have roots in October.

In November, we are looking forward to Firework Stencil craft, Potato Pick ‘n’ Mix with Chili and making a Celebration Tree.

With Custard and Crayons, there is something worth learning about or celebrating every day of the year.

The book breathes a fresh, natural life into art and craft,  bringing alive and inspiring creative skills and knowledge with a diverse range of traditional media and the loving commitment that only two mums working together can create.

£12.99

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