Today I’m taking part in Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. A brand new Peppa Pig book has just been released and we were very excited to be sent a copy and have one to giveaway too at the end of this post.
Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour.
First of all let me tell you about Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!. In this book Peppa and her family need something tasty for lunch. It’s time for a trip to the supermarket! Mummy Pig is very keen on just getting the things on her shopping list, but when they get to the checkout, something else has appeared in the trolley…
Both my children adore Peppa and her family and loved this book. It feels slightly more interactive than previous Peppa books as you can follow them around the shop and count the items they need. It’s a really fun story and a nice addition to our library of Peppa books. You can also see a sneak preview of the book here.
I’m fortunate that my children are quite well behaved when we do our weekly food shop. I think it helps if you make shopping for groceries as fun as possible. My top tips for having fun whilst food shopping include:
- make a shopping list so you know exactly what you need to buy
- get your children involved by helping you find products, putting them on the conveyor belt and packing the shopping bags
- make sure you go after breakfast or lunch so you are not hungry
- promise a small treat after the shopping like a trip to the park or an ice-cream
- download this fun and free shopping checklist activity sheet for little ones to complete at the supermarket, we took one with us when we went food shopping in Sainsburys recently and my 3 year old loved checking off each product as we found it
Win a copy of Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!
Peppa Pig: Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! by Ladybird is out now in paperback, priced £6.99, and I have one copy to giveaway. For your chance to win please answer the question and leave a blog comment below. Good luck!
If you want to check out the first blog in the blog tour then pop over to Anna at In The Playroom.
Let them get involved with finding the items on your list!
Make it into a game – hunting for things and trying to find things a certain colour etc
I get my kids to find the items on our shopping list and they pick a treat after we have all the shopping 🙂
I give them a small list and a basket to get the items, while I do the main shoppping and let them choose a magazine
Let them get involved with finding the items on your list
a dummy and a toy helps us a lot when shopping
I make mine a treasure hunt for all items that are round, square, triangular etc
My husband plays hide and seek with my monster
I find getting them involved really helps…talking through what you’re buying and what you’ll be using it for, etc, stops them from getting bored as quickly and playing up!
Involving them as much as you can, letting them weigh fruit and veg etc and holding the list
we play the first one to spot an item and also get them to help find things
Get them to find certain products on the shopping list
My little man is happy if I say he can pay with the card when we get to the till!
My daughters love to help with the shopping. My 8 year old gets things on the list and my 2 year old puts them in the trolley. Also when we use quickcheck (scanning as we go) they both love zapping the products.
Let them help putting things in the basket
Children like to be involved / busy / occupied. They can help by being cooperative, making the shopping trip interesting by being involved in task /s. Such as finding a specific item which is on the shopping list. Important to involve all the children present, encourage cooperation and task being appropriate to each child’s age and stage of development / understanding, physical capability etc.
I get my kids to find the items on our shopping list which can go one of 2 ways
Let them help.
I point out the items that I want, my 3 year old picks things up and throws them in the basket or trolly
Make it fun and set them mini challenges to keep them occupied (e.g find something with a red label)
My girls love helping, so make them feel like they’re being useful by getting them help you find the next thing on the shopping list.
Get them to look for things on your shopping list or play I-spy
Make sure you leave plenty of time, there’s no such thing as nipping in for a few items! I get them to find the items on the shelves for me, good to encourage their reading too!
Racing round in the trolley!
Let them make there own list and find the items.
Tell me your top tip for having fun whilst food shopping with children. . . . . . get them involved – finding items, choosing which items, load the trolley, load the conveyor belt etc
Give them some fresh fruit to snack on whilst holding the shopping list
My nearly 4-year-old helps me to search for the things on my list… She’s a very good helper!
Ellie has her own shopping basket and a list with very important things on 🙂
get them involved
They love to get involved and suggest ideas!
Get them involved but don’t spend too long as will eventually get bored
Try and get them involved with helping with the list. Annoyingly my husband idea is putting Sam on his phone in the trolley playing Peppa Pig puzzles (which I don’t particularly like him doing-but it does keep him quiet!!
let them find the items for you
I let my little boy help find things and let him choose which bag/tin/box we get so he thinks its all different and he’s picking the best one 🙂
I get my two year old to point out the items for me and I tell her why we are buying it, e.g this is for breakfast, this is for cleaning etc.
I give her items to put onto the conveyor belt which she really enjoys.
With my 3 year old i do a shopping list with pictures of the items i need and get her to help find them
Setting them items to find
play games can you find the apples?
My son has a shopping trolley & she is responsible for putting three items in his basket
Trying to read the signs in the aisles
i always read my list out and my grandaughter finds the things and puts them in the trolly x
Give the kids items to find to keep them occupied.
You mean food shopping with kids can be fun!!?? Only thing I can think of is to give them each a calculator and award a prize for who’s closest to how much I have to spend…;)
We take our little ones shopping trolley and give them a list of little things to put in their trolley and have a list for ours and they get to take the item off the shelf if they can and put it in the right basket. They get rewarded at the end if they’ve been good going round.
I give them their own shopping list keeps them engaged i always make sure we shop where there is easy access to a bathroom …i don’t know what it is with my girls but shops always seem to make them want to go to the loo the minute they get there x
Let them help you find the items on your list 🙂
my granddaughter Emma loves peppa pig
Set them tasks and items to find.
I get my oldest to help me choose the fruit and veg which he loves
go to tesco, my 2 year old likes to do the ‘shop and scan’ machine!
Get them involved with looking after the list.
Naming all the food as we go round the store
Asking her to make a list
My daughter likes to help by getting things. Whilst this keeps her occupied it does mean that sometime when it comes to paying we have extras!
Let them help you choose
Fab giveaway, my daughter woyld love this she Peppa pig.obsessed! Fingers crossed thanks for the chance x
Involve them by letting them help with the list and finding shopping games online
I get my daughter to hold the shopping list and the pencil then cross the item off when we put it in the trolley.
Play food I spy as you go round
let them help xx
Get them to count the vegetables
my little boy loves telling me what items are when i point them out. hes so proud of himself when he gets them right
Get them involved in finding the items
I get them to pick items off the shelves and the youngest puts them in the trolley for me
Well my little one is only 2 so she gets to hold the list and I let her put the items in the trolley. We also look out for funny things we can spot in the aisles!
Never take them shopping if they are tired or hungry and let them help you.
We go to the toy section where they both pick out a cuddly toy to keep them company and at the end of the trip we say goodbye and put them back.
Have a list so you can get them to pick bits xx
Getting my daughter to help find things is the best way to get her to enjoy herself!
Get them to help choose what you’re going to buy
Let them find and put things in the basket
Marking items we already found on the list 🙂
give them a small list and let them help find the items you need
Top tips are to ensure not to spend to long and to get your child involved i.e finding items
try and involve them in finding shopping and packing they love it
I take a pencil and let the kiddies crossed the things off the shopping list. x
We make a list each before going (glue and sissors). The children normally only have a few items as its always pictures of foods from magazines and leaflets. It makes it more fun as they are looking out for certain things, plus they get 5 mins in the toy aisle at the end if they have behaved,
food ABC , finding foods beginning with each letter , educational and fun
Delivery is so cheap I avoid it like the plague
play eyespy
i get my little boy to help a little bit and we point to items and see if he can say what they are
My little girl loves food shopping as I always use the self scan in Sainsbury’s and get her to help me scan the shopping.
My son helps to find the items we need. Fun for him not always for me!
Always have a £1 coin for the inevitable bribing needed so they can go on the Thomas the Tank engine ride by the tills 🙂
We find the items together and then my daughter picks them off the shelf and puts them in the trolly 🙂
Get them to helpif possible
Give your child the list to tick off.
Get them to help pick stuff out. Failing that, bribe them with chocolate
I let him help put things in the trolley – nothing too easily damaged of course!
I let her help! Easiest way for everyone! PS where is your daughters jumper from its gorgeous!
Turn it into a hunt to see who can find the items the quickest. Whoever wins gets to choose the treats we enjoy in the car on the way home 🙂
My kids love the scanner and have loads of fun using it – I let them take control!
My children like to put things in the basket.
My twins are having to practice their reading and writing these days so I let them write the list and find the items in the shop 🙂
Getting them involved ,get them to pack the fruit and veg
Mine try and name everything as we put it in the trolley
I have a list of things I want to buy and my grandchildren try to find as many as possible for me. They like to compete to see who can spot the items first.
I let my boys tick off the shopping list, a bag of grapes works well too!!
We ask jayden to pick the items off the shelf and put them in the trolley. Participation is essential!
let them hold some of the shopping
I always promise a treat so that shopping goes smoothly 🙂 xx