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Easter Craft Eggstravaganza Round Up

With several days on a remote farm in Norway ahead of us we’ve now browsing the internet on crafty ideas, that we can do together with the children. Our best finds, proper Easter Craft Eggstravaganza is hereby to be shared with you!

Essential part of the Easter decoration and probably the most common craft project around is the Easter Egg. Make Wrapped Easter Eggs, wrap small chocolate eggs in pretty papers and arrange in a basket of shredded paper for a delightful Easter gift. Or check out Half a dozen Easter egg-decorating ideas.

The blog Red Ted Art explains how to make Easter Egg Candles. Colourful and cute but perhaps slightly ambitious and not sure how they’ll burn. But would make a lovely table decoration for the Easter dinner. On the same blog there’s also an essential step by step (with photos) guide on how to blow and paint eggs.

The Activity Village website has lots of ideas, one of the better is this pretty Easter Bonnet Collage If a parent makes the base even a creative (messy) toddler would be able to join in. A well made collage (if you stay away from the chicken and bunny theme) might end up hanging on the wall all year round too.

Really simple yet such a sweet decoration, the Cardboard Tube Easter Bunny Family found over at the blog My Little Gems. This Easter craft project does not require much and again, the whole family can join in.
© Maileg

If you end up making any of these I would absolutely love to see the result! Email photos on post@littlescandinavian.com

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Sunshine Galore for Healthy and Happy Days!

Did you know that the sun is an important factor to our health and well being?

Vitamin D sufficiency, along with diet and exercise, has emerged as one of the most important preventive factors in human health. Hundreds of studies now link vitamin D deficiency with significantly higher rates of many forms of cancer‚ as well as heart disease‚ osteoporosis‚ multiple sclerosis and many other conditions and diseases. You’ll get natural vitamin D production through regular, non-burning sun exposure. Between 10 an d 20 minutes with exposing legs and arms in the sun, depending on your skin, the darker skin the longer time you need in the sun.

© Monika Elena Photography -our favourite fashion photographer and one that understands the importance of the sun
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This weeks outing: Kensington Palace

Our weekly outing has started up again. Once a week we will explore London and share our adventures with you. This week we visited London’s Kensington Palace, that opened its gilded gates to the public Monday 26th of March, for the first time since its £12 million royal refurbishment. There was lots to explore; a new garden, shop, café and terrace as well as four redesigned visitor routes revealing both the secret and public lives of Kensington’s inhabitants.

© Photo mydaily.co.uk


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HRH Crown Princess Victoria chooses Swedish design

First photo of the new baby revealed the HRH Crown Princess Victoria and her husband choosing to transport their newborn safely home from the hospital in a Swedish car seat, a base from Brio. Then only a few days later the little family was again in the news, this time out on a stroll with the baby, in a Brio pram. This confirms what we all expected and were hoping for; That HRH Crown Princess Victoria have taken a conscious choice, to promote Swedish children’s fashion and design. HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is as many know a patroness for CIFF and CIFF kids and her children can often be seen in Scandinavian design. And what better ambassador than gorgeous Princess Estelle.
We are totally in love with the tiny future monarch and do hope she will love Scandinavian design as much as we do.

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From Bleach to Beach Blonde

I discovered Kell Skött Haircare through Twitter, a Notting Hill based hair salon, with Scandinavian connections. Run by the charming husband and wife team Jacqueline and Kell. Kell originally trained as a hairdresser with Scandinavia’s leading group of salons in Copenhagen, Denmark. He moved to London in 1989 and opened Kell Skött Haircare in December 2002. Recently Voted Best Wella Salon in the UK by Vogue.com I sort of knew I would be in good hands.

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The Sami side of life featured in Monocle

Monocle is a lifestyle magazine and website founded by Tyler Brûlé, a Canadian journalist and entrepreneur. Once described as a “meeting between Foreign Policy and Vanity Fair”, the magazine provides a globalist perspective on issues as fashion, international affairs and design. Little Scandinavian absolutely loves this magazine which serves as far more than just coffee table decoration. Highly inspirational the Monocle magazine is a monthly must read in our household. The latest issue 52 . volume 06 . April 2012 is out, and this time, interestingly enough the focus is on the Sami people; monocle.com

On top of the world: Why the Sami are in pole position. From Europe’s High North Monocle reports on a fresh model for people power – a survey of relaunched capitals and new parliaments.

We’ve talked about the Natives of the North and our how proud we are of our heritage. We’ve also recommended visiting Lapland in our Travel Section, the area inhabited by the Sami people. We’ve included Natives of the North as a main trend for 2012 on our Pinterest board, not only for fashion and design but also for a more sustainable lifestyle.


We recommend getting hold of the Monocle April issue (if you haven’t already) in your local Newsagent, to enjoy a fantastic article on how far the indigenous people of Europe’s North have once again become a thriving community (page 171 – 185).

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Happy Mothersday!

To all you fantastic, gorgeous, brilliant, special mummies out there…
Let’s celebrate mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society! x

© Source the Gentle Baby Things store

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St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival in London

Set to be one of London’s liveliest celebrations of the year, with more than 100,000 people attending last year, the Mayor’s St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival will take place on Sunday 18 March 2012 12pm – 6pm.

The parade, featuring a colourful array of floats, marching bands and groups representing the Irish Counties, will proceed through central London from Green Park to Trafalgar Square were there will be live Irish music and dance. This fantastic, free family day out is a great way to experience all things Irish from food and dance to crafts, culture and music.

The Little Scandinavian crew will be heading out -after all this is why we live in London, to experience different cultures!

© Clovers Daniel Hayden Berman

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A 7th Birthday party on the Ice Rink

Built in 1873 as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment, Alexandra Palace also known as the People’s Palace, was named after the Princess of Wales, Alexandra of Denmark.
Today the North London venue offers everything you need for an event, along with the best panoramic views of London.

Little A really wanted a Ice Skating party for her 7th Birthday and we invited 13 little friends to join her. The girls were greeted by a party host, a steward, that immediately took charge of the party. The girls were given skates and went straight on the ice rink for a safety session. Then after clinging to the side for a bit our party host managed to get all the girls to gain enough confidence and not only let go of the sides but also having lots of fun, fooling around, dancing and doing laps on their own!
They all achieved so well and it was truly amazing to see how quickly they learned and it was a tired but happy group of little girls that sat down in the enclosed dining area for some party food, ice cream and birthday cake.




Price £14 per child, minimum 10 children from 6-12 years, including skate hire, skating and party food. Another £8 for having the party host helping out on the ice -highly recommended. Parents skate for free. Find out more at alexandrapalace.com

Little A’s wearing a gorgeous Elf dress by Jumina. This fairytale dress is made from a lovely quality wool and it is lined with a 100% organic fairtrade cotton. Currently on sale with a 50% discount at Jumina Shop.

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Kusama’s endless dots at Tate Modern

From rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary Tokyo, Kusama, well-known for her repeating dot patterns, her art includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance and installation is now all on display at Tate Modern in London. Living voluntarily in a psychiatric institution Kusama wants to share her experiences and her vision of endless dots and nets or infinitely mirrored space. There has never been an exhibition of this size of Kusamas work in the UK, being one of the most prominent contemporary artist from Japan, this is an unmissable opportunity.
Pictures below by Little Scandinavian. See more photos from our outing by Monica Hellem’s blog

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