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    Monday Happy List

    Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things

    April 30, 2018 - By 

    Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. I love starting off each week by writing my Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things blog post. It’s a great chance to 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 mindfulness – 5 happy things I passed my training and am now officially a Section Assistant at Beaver Scouts. The training wasn’t very hard, just a couple of courses and an interview. I’m excited to continue doing exactly what…

  • 7 crafts to celebrate Solo: A Star Wars Story
    Crafts for kids - Star Wars crafts

    7 crafts to celebrate Han Solo {A Star Wars Story}

    April 29, 2018 - By 

    Solo: A Star Wars Story is released on the 25th May in the UK. We’ve already seen the trailer and can’t wait to watch the film. Secretly we’re hoping it’s better than The Last Jedi which seems to have killed off my son’s love of Star Wars! The idea behind Solo: A Star Wars Story is that through a series of daring escapades, young Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian. We love Chewie so are really looking forward to seeing him in this film, as well as learning more about how Han…

  • Num Noms Glitter Lip Gloss Truck Playset review
    Family Life

    Num Noms Glitter Lip Gloss Truck Playset review

    April 28, 2018 - By 

    The weather has been really poor over the last few days which means we have been stuck indoors quite a lot. Thankfully my daughter was sent the new Num Noms Glitter Lip Gloss Truck Playset to review. She loves her cute and collectible Num Noms and this has been a great addition to her collection. Num Noms Glitter Lip Gloss Truck Playset Num Noms are scented food-related collectibles. Take a Num, the outer, soft, squishy, hollow characters, and nestle it on top of a Nom, the inner, hard-shelled characters that are either motorised to scoot around, or filled with flavoured…

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    baking - Crafts for kids - gingerbread

    Baking with kids – easy gingerbread crowns

    April 28, 2018 - By 

    If you live in the UK it can’t have escaped your notice that we have a new addition to the Royal family – Prince Louis. My children have been talking about this so I thought we could bake some simple gingerbread crowns to celebrate the royal birth. With the Royal Wedding coming up next month, as well as the Queen’s birthday, these easy gingerbread crowns are a fun way to get your kids baking whilst also celebrating all the upcoming Royal events. Baking with kids – easy gingerbread crowns First I made a batch of gingerbread dough. I used my favourite gingerbread…

  • book review - Family Life - What I'm reading

    The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies

    April 27, 2018 - By 

    Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies. You may remember the author’s name as I really enjoy reading her books and have reviewed some of them here over the last few years. Today I wanted to tell you a little about her latest book, The Sapphire Widow. The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a successful British gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it all. Except what they long for more than anything: a child. While Louisa struggles…

  • Mollie Makes Spring Bunny Plushie Kit
    Crafts for adults - Mollie Makes crafts

    Mollie Makes Spring Bunny Plushie Kit

    April 26, 2018 - By 

    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 new. Mollie Makes Spring Bunny Plushie Kit I didn’t realise how far behind I had got until yet another issue of Mollie Makes landed on my doorstep this week. Issue 90 included a cute Spring Bunny Plush Kit. Issue 91 came with fabric and…

  • HAN SOLO painted rock
    Crafts for kids - Painted rocks - Star Wars crafts

    Han Solo painted rock

    April 25, 2018 - By 

    Are you looking forward to the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story next month? Our family all love Star Wars so I can’t wait to go and watch the film with the whole family. We love to craft around the Star Wars films. You can search for some of our Star Wars crafts here. Today we’ve combined our love of Star Wars with our enjoyment of painting and hiding rocks in our local area, and made a Star Wars/Han Solo painted rock to hide at the weekend. For our Star Wars themed painted rocks I used white cobblestones, a…

  • Mighty Muggs collectible figures from Hasbro
    Family Life - Hasbro Toy Tribe - playing - toy review

    Mighty Muggs collectible figures from Hasbro

    April 25, 2018 - By 

    We review quite a few collectibles here because they are so popular with my children. I was exactly the same when I was younger, I collected rubbers, stickers, pretty much anything. Today there are so many more things for children to collect, many tied to their favourite programme. We were recently sent a couple of the new Mighty Muggs from Hasbro to review. Mighty Muggs collectible figures from Hasbro Mighty Muggs are the new collectible figures from Hasbro. Each collectible hero and villain figure has a push-and-turn head feature that changes their facial expressions which is something we’ve never seen before.…

  • Petal mermaid nature craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - Nature crafts

    Petal mermaid nature craft for kids

    April 24, 2018 - By 

    We have a beautiful magnolia bush in our front garden. The petals are a deep purple colour on the outside and a lighter pink inside, and the bush has recently been in bloom. When we came home one day we noticed that the petals had been falling off (already!) so we picked them up to take a closer look at them. My daughter loves mermaids and I thought the silky smooth petals would be perfect for crafting with. I drew a rough outline of a mermaid on a sheet of card, and she glued them along the mermaids tail. The…