My 3 year old dressed up as Doc McStuffins for World Book Day today. She’s a huge fan of Doc McStuffins and Lambie. She wore sparkly shoes, pink leggings and I bought her a cute little top complete with printed stethoscope and equipment so she can fix the toys at nursery. I’ve been wanting to…
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Clarks Oatmeal Maple Syrup Drop Cookies
A couple of weeks ago we enjoyed our pancakes on Shrove Tuesday with Clarks yummy maple syrup. We were provided with a voucher and a bottle of Clarks Original Maple Syrup to try out some of the delicious recipes from Clarks website. It was difficult to choose what to make but it seems you could easily…
Learning with Lego sets
What child doesn’t love playing with Lego? My 4 year old was recently sent some lovely new Lego sets from George at Asda. Like any boy he loves his vehicles, and if they have moving parts, even better. He’s not at the stage when he can build them independently but he really enjoys making them…
Making Minion balloons with Balloon Time
Last week my husband celebrated his birthday. I won’t tell you how old he is but it was a big birthday and our celebrations are lasting longer than usual. We’re all a little Minion obsessed at the moment so we held a Minion inspired birthday party. First we had to decorate and used a fun…
DIY pom pom tree
The weather was so sunny yesterday I really wanted to make something equally cheerful to decorate our mantle. This is the simplest craft and I feel a little silly writing about it on my blog. However, the results are so pretty I had to share. Materials needed to make a DIY pom pom tree: Pastel…
Monday happy things
Just popping in to list the things which have made me happy this week. A visit to Cath Kidston where I treated myself to a Piccadilly cushion. It goes perfectly with my vintage London bus sign and vintage toy bus collection. Watching and enjoying Birdman. Baking Miffy biscuits with my daughter. They didn’t last long…
10 Spring sheep crafts for pre-schoolers (3x$500 giveaway)
Over the weekend it definitely felt like Spring was in the air. The children are excited about the warmer weather as they really want to spend some time in the garden. Once again I’ve teamed up with the Kids Blogger Network to bring you an amazing giveaway. Don’t forget to read to the bottom of…
10 Minion crafts for kids
During half term we saw a trailer for the new Minion film coming out this summer. My children were beyond excited! I’m not sure what it is about the little yellow (and sometimes purple) minions. I’m thinking of hosting a minion-themed party for my soon to be 5 year old and have found 10 minion…
Fruit Shoot Jam “Jam Art” contest
You may remember last Summer we had fun baking rainbow jam tarts with Robinsons’ Fruit Shoot jams. Today I wanted to share their fun new competition with you. Robinsons’ have recently launched a Fruit Shoot Jam “Jam Art” contest – a squelchy, squirty and squeezy art activity for children! Over the next few months they…