At Ellison, we fully appreciate the challenges that the Coronavirus presents to both businesses and consumers. That’s why we are doing our part to support consumers to keep busy during their extra time at home. Take a look at what we’ve been up to across our house of brands….
Creative learning
Creativity is such an important element to learning and what better time to get the children involved in learning through craft, than when home educating. We’ve put together a number of blogs ranging from how to build musical instruments with your children to no cook recipe ideas to ensuring your new home classroom is full of engaging ideas! View the blog here.
Useful Resources
We understand that home schooling is challenging! We’ve created a helpful guide for parents on realistic home-schooling expectations to help you create a classroom that works for you. Pushed for time? Download our latest activity pack here! For a quick selection of projects from word searches to spot the difference!
We appreciate the importance of traditional academic subjects, so we have updated our website to include both a math and a reading hub! These pages include a selection of our best-selling dies, lesson plans, inspirational videos and printable worksheets to help give ideas on engaging and fun ways to educate your children!
Spread hope Sizzix style! We noticed more and more of our customers are creating rainbows to display in their windows, as a way to spread a message of hope during this period of lock down. Our designer Pete Hughes and his daughter Poppy, took on the challenge and created a beautiful rainbow using Sizzix Primitive Heart Design (656335). Read Pete and Poppy’s blog here.
Our designer Laura Binyon is also spreading messages of solidarity! We adore this “Keep Going” framed print, showcasing our beautiful selection of embossing powders. A bright and beautiful design sure to bring a smile to your face! Check our Laura’s blog here.
We’re also extra busy providing lots of live content across our social media platforms to inspire consumers to make along with our design team. From creative play, to tips, techniques and new product sneak peeks there is plenty to keep consumers busy. Visit our Facebook page here, and Instagram page here.
Our Make range has seen huge popularity over the last few weeks! Our kits are a great way to keep busy at home and learn a new skill. Our kits ranges from intricate Needle Punch Kits to Macramé Key Rings! My Life Handmade focuses on 3 core principles: mindfulness, relaxation and creativity. To promote these core values, we have created a range of content to make those principles a reality for consumers.
Creating a self-care sanctuary
Whether someone is struggling with a work life balance or just need to establish a place of calm. We have created a helpful guide which outlines 4 simple ways to create a space within your home that allows you to feel free from chaos and surrounded by things that allow you to focus on yourself. Check out our 4 simple steps to a self-care sanctuary here.
Spending increased amounts of time at home, may have you inspired about how to refresh your living space, we’ve created a blog with our 5 favorite ways to renovate your space with simple alterations and even better, on a budget! View here. If you have the renovating bug check out our blog about how to bring mindfulness to your living space here.
