• Baking gingerbread Easter biscuits with kids
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    Baking gingerbread Easter biscuits with kids

    April 5, 2017 - By 

    We love to make gingerbread biscuits. You may think they are a Christmas treat but they can be easily adapted to any holiday, from Valentine’s Day to Mother’s Day, or even just because your children love the Clangers or playing Minecraft. With Easter coming up and the children enjoying their Easter holidays I thought we should take some time for baking and decorating a delicious batch of gingerbread. Baking gingerbread Easter biscuits with kids My children know how to bake so we followed our favourite gingerbread recipe, measuring the ingredients, mixing everything together to make a sticky dough. We left…

  • Gingerbread cheesecake
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    Gingerbread cheesecake {from a recycled gingerbread house}

    March 29, 2017 - By 

    Every year we try and make a gingerbread house together. Living in London it is really easy to get hold of gingerbread kits, and I picked up one in Ikea and Flying Tiger (or Tiger as it used to be known). They are definitely a Christmassy thing but I think it’s becoming more acceptable to enjoy them all year round. A few years ago we decorated a Valentine’s gingerbread house and even a Halloween gingerbread house too. December was unusually busy so we didn’t get round to using the gingerbread kit I bought from Flying Tiger. We all love cheesecake…

  • Apple and Gingerbread crumble
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    My Apple and Gingerbread crumble recipe

    January 17, 2017 - By 

    I don’t often share my recipes with you but I recently made something which is definitely worth sharing. Winter is the perfect time for making tasty treats in the kitchen. Last Autumn I came away from my father in law with two huge bags of cooking apples. His garden is full of fruit trees but everything was falling and rotting on the ground. Sadly we could only fit two bags of fruit in our car (thanks to those pesky kids!) but we prepared the fruit and froze it to see us through the winter months. We’ve had quite a few…

  • Jyn Erso's Death Star cookies - the gingerbread house
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    Jyn Erso’s Death Star cookies

    January 7, 2017 - By 

    Having a 6 year old who is obsessed with Star Wars can be hard work. Since watching Rogue One and receiving lots of books about it at Christmas, means every time he opens his mouth he’s talking about Star Wars. I’ve seen the film too, and loved it. My children went back to school this week and I wanted to make them a fun after school snack. You know I love making gingerbread so I made a batch of gingerbread cookies, and named them Jyn Erso’s Death Star cookies. “That’s no moon. It’s a space station.“ If you’ve watched Rogue…

  • Super simple gingerbread popcorn recipe
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    Super simple gingerbread popcorn recipe

    December 3, 2016 - By 

    This week my son went on a playdate after school and my daughter and I wanted to stay in and watch a film. This super simple gingerbread popcorn recipe only requires 3 ingredients and makes a fun festive treat, especially if you’re staying in to watch Elf! Gingerbread popcorn recipe ingredients Popcorn (we love Butterkist Sweet) Gingerbread spices Gingerbread men shaped sprinkles How to make gingerbread popcorn recipe Take a healthy portion of popcorn and sprinkle over a pinch of gingerbread spices. Top with your gingerbread men shaped sprinkles. We prefer ready-made popcorn but you could make your own –…

  • Paper plate gingerbread man
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    Paper plate gingerbread man

    November 11, 2016 - By 

    This year we’ve been working with Bostik who make some great craft products such as the Fine and Wide Glu Pen, White Glu, Glu Dots and Glu & Fix Fabric Glu. We’ve received a few packs of the Glitter Pens but I’ve always hidden them away as I was worried about the mess! This months theme was Christmas so I thought it was about time we tried out the Glitter Pens which made my children very happy. We’re all about gingerbread about the money so used them to decorate a paper plate gingerbread man. This is how we did it. Paper plate…

  • fabric gingerbread cookies for kids to play with
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    Cookies for Santa {Wild Olive fabric cookies}

    November 9, 2016 - By 

    You know how much I love anything gingerbread so I’m warning you that I have a few more posts planned over the next few weeks. Last year I bought some gorgeous fabric from Spoonflower. I’ve mentioned Spoonflower before, it’s a great place to discover fabric, wall paper and gift wrap. I knew that my children weren’t going to be short of toys last year but I couldn’t resist making them a plate of pretend cookies for their play kitchen. Wild Olive fabric cookies {Cookies for Santa Ornament Panel} I’m made a few Wild Olive patterns before so when Mollie mentioned she had…

  • year in stitches November
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    Monday Happy List – Week 111

    November 7, 2016 - By 

    As someone who loves the changing seasons it feels like we have experienced two great events last week, starting with Halloween and ending with Bonfire Night. My kids go crazy for Halloween and were so excited to decorate the house and get themselves dressed up. We have lovely neighbours who we popped round to visit and received a handful of visitors ourselves. We’re probably the only household who still has their pumpkins outside but we had 4 and that’s a lot of pumpkin to dispose of. We ended the week with two Firework displays, one local and another near my…

  • DIY gingerbread body scrub (easy kid-made gifts)
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    DIY gingerbread body scrub (easy kid-made gifts)

    November 4, 2016 - By 

    I love making gifts to give at Christmas. Picking up something in the shops or adding a product to my online shopping basket is too easy. Homemade gifts require thought and time and are usually quite fun to make. I encourage my children to plan and make their own gifts too. My 6 year old son is already pretty good at making things, his speciality is sewing, so this craft is one I helped my 4 year old to make. We made a delicious gingerbread body scrub – it’s relatively cheap to make and perfect for little hands. Ingredients to…