• How to bake the perfect gingerbread house cookies
    baking - Christmas - gingerbread

    How to bake the perfect gingerbread house cookies

    November 1, 2016 - By 

    Welcome November! I love the colder months, they’re a great excuse to stay in and bake! I’m sure you know that my favourite recipe all year round in gingerbread but they really are the perfect winter treat. Baking wit the family is always fun so I’m going to share our favourite gingerbread recipe and show you our gingerbread house cookies. Ingredients to make gingerbread cookies 140g golden syrup 200g soft light brown sugar 200g unsalted butter 4 tsps ground ginger 2 tsps ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 500g plain flour…

  • The Marvellous Activity Book
    baking - book review - gingerbread

    Moone Boy The Marvellous Activity Book blog hop {Imaginary Friend gingerbread biscuits}

    October 30, 2016 - By 

    Today we’re taking part in the Marvellous Moone Boy Activities blog hop! Have you read any of the Moone Boy books yet? Welcome to the world of Martin Moone, who is totally fed up with being the only boy in a family of girls. He’s desperate for a decent wingman to help him navigate his idiotic life. So when his best pal Padraic suggests Martin get an imaginary friend, or ‘IF’ for short, he goes for it. Start reading Martin Moone’s adventures with Moone Boy: The Blunder Years by Chris O’Dowd and Nick V. Murphy, followed by the second story The…

  • Christmas - crafts - gingerbread

    Hama bead gingerbread man

    October 27, 2016 - By 

    I’m trying really hard not to think about Christmas – but pretty much failing miserably! My children are excited about Halloween on Monday and my daughter has her birthday at the end of November. I try to concentrate on my daughter’s birthday but I know a few lots of Christmas crafts will be slipping in during November. A few weeks ago I spotted a cute nursery rhyme themed hama bead set. It included a gingerbread man so I had to buy it for me my children. As soon as my son saw it he wanted to make the gingerbread man. He…

  • Easy Gingerbread Halloween mummies - the gingerbread house
    baking - gingerbread - Halloween crafts

    Easy Gingerbread Halloween mummies

    October 19, 2016 - By 

    With both my children at school our crafts now take place after school and at the weekends. I have perfected the art of setting up an invitation to play which helps them both unwind from school and bring out their creativity. This week we had fun with our Easy Gingerbread Halloween mummies and I’m going to let you into a little secret – I didn’t bake my own gingerbread! Easy Gingerbread Halloween mummies This is a super quick and fun craft activity because it uses shop bought gingerbread men! I love making my own but sometimes you just need to…

  • Decorated Trolls gingerbread biscuits
    baking - gingerbread - homestyle

    Decorated Trolls gingerbread biscuits

    September 15, 2016 - By 

    We’ve been taking inspiration from those cute little Trolls recently. We’ve seen the trailer for the new Trolls film a few times and enjoyed playing with the new Poppy Style Station which we recently reviewed. I thought it would be fun to bake and decorate Trolls gingerbread biscuits so found a cookie cutter online and got everything ready. Decorated Trolls gingerbread biscuits You can probably guess that I made a batch of my favourite gingerbread dough (using this gingerbread recipe here). They spread a little whilst baking as I hadn’t chilled it for long enough, but they were still recognisable…

  • Gingerbread Wonderland by Mimi Sinclair
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    Win a copy of Gingerbread Wonderland by Mima Sinclair

    April 16, 2016 - By 

    In our house gingerbread is a treat all year round. There’s something about the smell and taste which I find very comforting. I’m always happy to mix up some dough and spend a happy afternoon cutting out shapes, I think gingerbread makes the best after school treat! Ages ago I discovered Gingerbread Wonderland by Mima Sinclair. I’ve tried a few of the recipes and the light and dark gingerbread doughs are lovely. I used the light gingerbread dough to make Clangers and Iron Golem biscuits, both of which were a success. The book contains many more ideas than two different…

  • letterbox kits gingerbread house kit necklace
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    Letterbox Kits gingerbread house accessories kit

    April 13, 2016 - By 

    A while ago I was looking through Etsy for something. I have forgotten what exactly as I so often follow links and discover the most amazing handmade items. On one such session I discovered Letterbox Kits and treated myself to the gingerbread house accessories kit. This cute little box landed on my doorstep. I opened it up to discover all these wonderful little things. Here’s a close up, aren’t those decorations adorable! I finally found some time to make them so sat down and looked through everything. I added white polymer clay to the roof of a gingerbread house for snow…

  • Make your own Clanger inspired gingerbread biscuits
    baking - gingerbread

    Gingerbread Clanger biscuits

    February 5, 2016 - By 

    Did you have a favourite tv programme when you were a child? I loved the Clangers and Rentaghost and I’m glad the Clangers are still around for my children to enjoy. My  5 year old loves Tiny, Small and Major and somehow an episode of the Clangers has made it into his bedtime routine. Make your own Clanger inspired gingerbread biscuits I thought I should whip up some gingerbread Clanger biscuits for him as an after school treat. I used the light gingerbread recipe from Gingerbread Wonderland which I also used for our Gingerbread Iron Golem biscuits and copied a…

  • The Gingerbread Man inspired peg dolls
    gingerbread - Kids crafts - tutorial

    The Gingerbread Man inspired peg dolls

    February 2, 2016 - By 

    It’s been a while since I shared any gingerbread related crafts with you so I’m happy to be sharing our Book Inspired Crafts and Activities for Kids with you today. One of our favourite books is The Gingerbread Man and we enjoyed making peg dolls inspired by the story. The Gingerbread Man inspired peg dolls You will need: 4 x wooden pegs paint felt scissors sticky dots permanent pen The first step is to take four wooden pegs and paint them. We decided to make four characters, The Gingerbread Man, a Fox, the Baker and her husband, so we painted…