Today is my Mothers birthday so I thought I would dedicate this post to her creativity.

A mother’s love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever (unknown author)

Thanks to my mother and father who nurtured my creativity, they helped shape the artist I am today.  Both art teachers they encouraged my brothers and I to be creative at [...]

“All children are born artists” Picasso
The Little Humbugs love being CREATIVE and want to showcase your kids ART.
Delighted to announce The Little Humbugs Art Gallery Winner for JANUARY.
My Rainbow Humbug By Sorcha from Ireland.

The Little Humbugs loved this colorful Butterfly Girl.
Sorcha from Ireland wins a special Butterfly Girl “Sleep Over Kit” full of All Natural [...]

Welcome to our first post on Gardening with Chloe. Both Chloe and I are super excited to start the series with an inspirational gardener- Carole Brown from Ecosystem Gardening
Carole is a Conservation Biologist and passionate about teaching people to manage their properties to benefit the environment, conserve natural resources, and create wonderful habitats for the [...]

Want to Connect Kids to Nature? – Grow a Garden

With Spring peaking around the corner,  I feel compelled to jump outside with the kids and get the garden ready for growing some yummy vegetables, fruits and colorful flowers.

I am no expert so I have enlisted the help of my children’s book character – Chloe the [...]

Here’s a sneak preview of my next webisode -Let’s Go Outside.
Watching and listening to birds is fascinating for children at any age and you don’t have to go far. Encourage birds to visit your own backyard with this simple natural bird feeder.

We’re going on a Pine Cone Hunt!

We want to make a BIRD FEEDER.

Jasmine and [...]

We absolutely adore Squirrels and on this special day we would like to say “three cheers” to the Squirrels for their curiosity-bringing fun, laughter and inspiration into our lives.
Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens

My eldest (now 17yrs) first close encounter of a squirrel.
These beautiful Botanic Gardens became our back garden when we lived in a top floor [...]

Helping to address the disconnection between children and the natural world in my own small way.

I am really excited to launch my new “Let’s Go Outside” webisodes – my small way of helping address the disconnection between children and the natural world.
When children and nature mix, something Magical happens, I want to share some of [...]

Christmas magic may be over but Mother Natures Magic in the Forest is always waiting to be discovered.

Let your children take the camera, you never know what you might see…
Snow Falling…

We discovered these magical snow people…

Woman with child

Man accompanying woman in shawl

Dancing Trees

What will you discover?
Take time to explore the Magic Mother Nature has [...]

Even though the Little Humbugs struggle to fly in the severe cold weather, they still love to go outside and play in the snow.
The Little Humbugs would like to wish you and your families a very Happy and Healthy Christmas and hope you have lot’s of fun outdoors over the Holidays-in the snow, rain or [...]

For me, Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a Robin Redbreast. When I was young-I loved to watch and listen to the Robins in the back garden. My mother wrote a song about the cheeky little bird which she sang to us every Christmas.

We have been making Rocking Robins for years now. Made out of old [...]

An Alternative Snowman

A lonely tree stump is transformed into a Happy snowman…thanks to Samuel.

Armed with an old squeezy bottle filled with food coloring-Samuel dashes outside again for more snow fun.
Painting in the snow.
We had never even thought about this fantastic outdoor activity until @activekidsclub mentioned it.
All you need are some old squeezy bottles and spray [...]

We filled old sellotape rolls with water, placed nut shells and cones from Sam’s nature collection then left the recycled cylinders outside in the freezing temperatures and let Mother Nature do her Magic…..

It was two of my wonderful nature loving twitter friends: @wildchild and @activekidsclub- that inspired us to make some ice ornaments. We decided [...]

Creativity is natural in all children

Inspired by nature One of the first things our children wanted to do when we moved into our new home in BC was to build a stone man…in fact lot’s of stone men.

Being part of the creative process is so rewarding both as a parent and an author/illustrator

Materials and experiences [...]

Treasured Memories on Film

Our children really miss their cousins back in Scotland. They were very close and spent a lot of time outdoors together. So when it comes to one of their cousins birthdays, our kids  love to create mini movies for them-a special keep sake gift. (They have acted out a rock band video, [...]

Take your child to work day Wed 4th Nov

I was very fortunate to have my daughter help me in the studio a few weeks ago.
Amongst other duties, Jasmine helped me on a conservation piece .  She was looking through the photographs and spotted the Orcas.
Oh mum, they are so beautiful, can I write a short [...]