Make & Create

BAKING WITH MANON: ROSE AND APPLE PIE RECIPE

To celebrate The Rose Revival, we welcome back our good friend Manon LaGreve from 2018’s Great British Bake Off with another of her delicious recipes.

HOW TO MAKE A FABRIC BOW

To help you bring a bit of customisation to your own Cath piece, George has created a step by step to show you how to make a fabric bow.

GET ARTY WITH CATH KIDSTON: HOW TO PAINT FORGET ME NOT

In full bloom right now, forget-me-nots represent the age-old adage that distance makes the heart grow fonder.Sophie is taking us through the painting process, so you can get some easy tips on how to paint the blooming foliage yourself.

Get Arty with Cath Kidston: How To Paint Desert Cowboy

For a rainy day adventure to the wild west, our print team have created an easy how to draw artclass for the whole family.

How to Make Your Own Keep Kind Banner

Our Young Explorers on set of our campaign shoot loved taking turns with our banner and butterfly props, so we thought we’d share our handy tips on how to make your own Keep Kind banner.

GET ARTY WITH CATH KIDSTON: HOW TO PAINT SUMMER FLORAL

Full of colour and cheer, it’s our leading floral for the summer season at Cath. Frankie has the how-to hot seat, so grab your paintbrushes and let’s get arty.

Easy Easter Peter Rabbit Activities

Our creative team fell down the rabbit hole to create a pack of fun activities to keep the little ones (and not so little ones) busy over Easter.

Design Your Perfect Pyjamas Competition

We’re giving you – our wonderful Cath Community – the chance to win a pamper prize of comfy nightwear and toiletries. All you have to do is get a little creative and design your very own long pyjama sets.

GET ARTY WITH CATH KIDSTON: HOW TO PAINT BLUEBELLS INITIAL PRINT

Print designer Frankie is showing us how to make beautiful personalised painted print for you to make with love for your Kindred Spirits.

BAKING WITH MANON: HONEY CREPE GATEAU FOR PANCAKE DAY

Having learnt to bake with her mother and grandmother while growing up in France, who better to treat us to a handy-how-to Crepe guide, especially for pancake day.

HOW TO MAKE HOT CHOCOLATE BOMBS WITH FIELDFARE CAKES

Our friends at Fieldfare Cakes have drawn up a handy how-to, to help us make our very own Hot Chocolate Bombs. So prepare the aprons - it might just be a messy one.

Christmas Tablescape with Rowan Blossom

If we’re all going to be Home for Christmas – well, we may as well go all out. So, we asked for Rowan Blossom’s help in creating a Cath Kidston Christmas tablescape.

GET ARTY WITH CATH KIDSTON: HOW TO PAINT STARS AND MOON PRINT

Our Moon & Stars print was designed to capture that essence of winter wonder, with shooting stars and glittering skyscapes. There was no better print we could think of to learn to paint for this time of year.

GET ARTY WITH CATH KIDSTON X MR MEN: HOW TO DRAW LITTLE MISS GIGGLES

We were lucky enough to nab some time with Adam Hargreaves himself, so that he could teach us all how to draw Little Miss Giggles.

How to Make Your Own Christmas Wreath

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, isn’t it? And, as the song goes, the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own front door. Which we take to mean that Christmas isn’t really Christmas without having a crack at making your own wreath.

How to Celebrate Bonfire Night at Home

The big displays may be looking unlikely (thanks, 2020), but all it means is that we’ll just have to conjure up those ‘oooh’s and aaah’s’ ourselves. Read our top tips to make the most of every little moment.

Get Arty with Cath: How to Paint Seaside Shells

Our Senior Print Designer, Emma, shows us how to recreate our Seaside Shells print in a helpful step-by-step.

How to Host an Afternoon Tea for Breast Cancer Now

A handy how-to: get involved in their annual fundraiser and throw an Afternoon Tea in support of Breast Cancer Now.

Get Arty with Cath Kidston: How to Paint Sweet Strawberries

Georgina Tee, our Junior Print Designer, has her paintbrush at the ready to show us how to paint the perfect ‘sweet strawberries’ print.

How To Upcycle a Pillow with Pom Poms

We’re all about using what we already have at home, so The Sewical Circle is going to show you how to freshen up a pillow you already own.