• Christmas gift guide for tweens 2020
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    AD/Christmas gift guide for tweens 2020

    November 23, 2020 - By 

    Disclosure – thanks to Very for sponsoring this post. Products marked with an * were sent for inclusion in this gift guide, however all opinions are my own. I love Christmas and one of my favourite things is planning gifts for my family and friends. I always start early with my Christmas shopping, usually in September. Whilst this might sound early it really helps me budget if I spread the cost of over a few months. Due to the second Lockdown I have turned to shopping online more for toys and games for my children. My son is such a…

  • A visit to the Christmas Tree Farm Chesham
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    A visit to the Christmas Tree Farm Chesham

    November 21, 2020 - By 

    For the last few years we’ve had an artificial Christmas tree. We bought it a few years ago after the Christmas tree we had bought dropped most of its needles before Christmas Day! My husband was so fed up with our real tree that he went out and bought an artificial one. It’s a great tree, easy to store and put together, but we just miss the smell of a real tree. So this year we promised to think about getting a real tree. We found the Christmas Tree Farm in Chesham and decided to pay a visit. A visit…

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    10 Ways to Get your Family into the Outdoors!

    November 15, 2020 - By 

    Disclosure – this is a sponsored post It is becoming harder and harder to get your whole family outdoors together, enjoying a picnic, game or just a relaxing walk. There are so many benefits to spending time outside together, so it is important to find ways to do this. Carry on reading to discover 10 top tips for getting outdoors with your family. Take an Exciting Trip One of the obvious ways to get the family outdoors is to go for a trip. Why not make it an adventure! Tailor the day to the family so that there is something…

  • Win a copy of Draw With Rob at Christmas
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    Win a copy of Draw With Rob at Christmas

    November 14, 2020 - By 

    With two creative kids we love our weekly Draw With Rob sessions.  Every Saturday the kids look for clues on what the latest character will be, and we all look forward to sitting down for a drawing session. The kids have special notebooks just for their Draw with Rob drawings and my husband even bought a Kuretake pen, just like Rob uses! These drawing sessions kept us busy during the first Lockdown and we love that we have something to look forward to at the weekend. Draw With Rob at Christmas The kids loved his first book so were excited…

  • H! MY GIF Dance Pack
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    AD/OH! MY GIF Dance Pack {review}

    November 13, 2020 - By 

    My son is the King of Memes (or so he tells me!) and was so excited to be gifted some of the latest Oh! My Gif toys, a new exciting collectible range from Moose. We reviewed some earlier this year and the kids were happy to see more of the range. The OH! MY GIF Dance Pack is inspired by the online social language of GIFs and is THE new way to express yourself!! Activate the OH! MY GIF GIFbits to discover their surprise movement and unique message – twist, turn, push and pull your GIFbit to bring it to…

  • Sainsbury's Festive Mug Hanging Gingerbread kit
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    Festive Mug Hanging Gingerbread kit

    November 12, 2020 - By 

    Have you heard of a mug hanger before? It’s a biscuit that actually hangs over the edge of your mug. I bought a gingerbread house mug hanging kit a few years ago but was excited to try a kit I found in Sainsbury’s which included four different shapes. Festive Mug Hanging Gingerbread kit The Sainsbury’s Festive Mug Hanging Gingerbread kit contained gingerbread mix with red and white icing pens and stencils. All you needed to add was butter and Golden Syrup. The templates were printed on the inside of the box and needed to be cut out. First of all…

  • Cheerful Christmas movies to watch on Disney+
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    Cheerful Christmas movies to watch on Disney+

    November 10, 2020 - By 

    One of my favourite things to do at this time of year is to watch a Christmas film. The days are shorter and colder and thanks to this second Lockdown, we are happier to stay in and snuggle up with a film at the weekend. Earlier this year we were gifted Disney+ which the kids just love. There is so much familiar content and well as lots of new things to discover. Cheerful Christmas movies to watch on Disney+ With so many of our usual Christmas activities cancelled this year we will be making our fun in different ways. Swap…

  • Visiting the Battle of Britain Bunker with kids
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    Visiting the Battle of Britain Bunker with kids

    November 7, 2020 - By 

    A few weeks ago we finally organised a visit to the Battle of Britain Bunker with our kids. It was a place we had wanted to visit since it opened. You must pre-book a tour of the bunker online, but it was free with our Hillingdon First card. We drove to the Bunker which is one of the few remaining buildings from RAF Uxbridge which closed in 2010. Visiting the Battle of Britain Bunker with kids The Battle of Britain Bunker is an underground operations room at RAF Uxbridge, formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during the Second…

  • Decorating a gingerbread house for Halloween
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    Decorating a gingerbread house for Halloween

    October 29, 2020 - By 

    It’s been a long time since we last made a Halloween gingerbread house. With the shops already full of delicious and tempting gingerbread house kits, I decided to pick one up for Halloween. Our house is decorated with all kinds of pumpkins and squashes as we’re trying to cut down on buying any new decorations. I thought decorating a gingerbread house would make a great Halloween activity for kids, and a bit of a STEM challenge to keep them busy too! Halloween gingerbread house supplies: M&S Gingerbread House Kit Green popcorn Mini gingerbread biscuits Edible eyes Edible glue Chocolate drops…