I love to start the week by writing the Monday Happy List. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures – it’s a post I always enjoy writing. Monday Happy List {Week 270}…
Disclosure – Haribo gifted us some of the products used in this post Decorating a gingerbread house is one of our family traditions. Over the years we’ve baked them from scratch and tried kits from every whee we can find them! There’s something lovely about filling the house with the smell of freshly baked gingerbread…
I love sharing the resources and activities that I do with my own children. We spend much more time at home over winter so I love to have a few new activities to keep them busy. They both enjoy sitting down and colouring, especially after a day at school, and my Christmas gingerbread house colouring…
Before anyone gets excited I should perhaps clarify the title of this blog post. No, we haven’t been invited to spend Christmas Day at Hughenden Manor, but we visited last weekend to meet Father Christmas and enjoy their winter activities. Hughenden Manor is our favourite National Trust property and we try to visit at least…
This year we have been having lots of fun with our Elf on the Shelf. My children still believe in their magic and we love finding something for them to do each day. So far this festive season the elves have been cutting snowflakes out of toilet roll, helping my daughter with her epic jigsaw…
Regular readers will know that every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something…
On Monday I was lucky to visit to The Museum of Architecture’s Gingerbread City 2019 at Somerset House. I stumbled across this a few years ago and couldn’t wait to visit. Gingerbread City is an annual exhibition, now in its fourth year, organised by the Museum of Architecture. It aims to connect the public with…
It seems ages since we were invited to watch Playmobil: The Movie in London back before the Summer holidays started. We’ve always been fans of Playmobil so were excited to watch the first motion picture inspired by the popular brand of toys. We thought it was a hilarious adventure through the fantastic universe of Playmobil,…
Although we’re very much in Christmas mode I’ve been looking forward to 2020. I know that the Christmas holidays will soon be upon us and I want to have some activities to do with the children. Today I’m sharing our free printable Happy New Year 2020 colouring page for kids. I love to share our…