On the seventh day of Christmas my mummy bought for me – an eco game for playing, (friends from Sylvania, a Rastamouse that sings, a 3D Puzzle, Club Penguin Gifts, fun festive crafts and a hamster dressed like royalty!) Mission Earth The race is on! The planet needs saving and only a group of kids can save the day! Mission Earth, a family fun game was designed by children, for children and helps to teach little ones about environmental issues is an exciting way. It costs £17.99 and can be bought from Gibsons Games. This toy is part of my…
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On the fifth day of Christmas my mummy bought for me – a Rastamouse that sings! (a 3D Puzzle, Club Penguin Gifts, fun festive crafts and a hamster dressed like royalty!). It’s Day 5 of my Christmas gift guide for little ones. Irie Man! The latest cult show to take the world by storm, pre-schoolers can’t get enough of the colourful adventures of Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew. And if we’re honest – mums can’t either! Each plush has unique phrases and even sings the catchy theme song! Take a look at our review of the new plush Rastamouse from…
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I can’t help but pop into a Hotel Chocolat whenever I walk past one. On my last visit I snapped up some of their gingerbread truffles, all in the name of research for this blog you understand. The pack contained six truffles, a super soft milk chocolate truffle with yummy gingerbread flavours of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. To be honest I’m not a huge fan of truffles so these haven’t been my favourite seasonal gingerbread product this year. The gingerbread flavour is lovely though and my husband was happy to polish off the remaining truffles! £3.50 for 6 truffles
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I can tell this month is going to go quickly as it’s already time for Day 2 of my 12 days of Christmas gift guide! On the second day of Christmas my mummy bought for me – fun festive crafts (and a hamster dressed like royalty!). Being a crafty mummy I just love this Mould & Paint Christmas set by Great Gizmos. It’s suitable for ages 5+ but Edward and I have had lots of fun with it. The set aims to let the little ones create their very own Christmas ornaments and magnets in this crafty fun-packed kit. Including…
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I don’t think you need a special event or anniversary in order to send flowers. Unexpected flowers ‘just because’ are as lovely as ones you expect. There are lots of reasons to send flowers, as a birthday gift or thank you gifts. I’ve always taken photographs of the flowers I’ve received – perhaps because my husband isn’t the most romantic of men! I’ve only received them a handful of times from him, I’m not sure why as I don’t really enjoy boxes of chocolates. My sister on the other hand is always getting bunches of flowers from her various boyfriends…
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I’ve wanted to create with Fimo (also known as polymer clay and modelling clay) since I was at middle school. There was a really talented creative girl who made me a little ornament (which I’ve still got!) and I really wanted to have a go myself but never got round to it. So when Merry from Patch of Puddles asked if I would like to try out some of the kits she stocks I jumped at the chance. Her business was set up in her kitchen cupboard while she was at home with her children. Fimo Polymer Clay was the…
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Edward is a geek already! He loves playing with our iPhones and iPad so we’re always on the lookout for new apps to amuse him. At 20 months he’s learned how to unlock the home screen to look at photographs of himself. He’s equally happy to take photos too! We were asked to try out the new app from DK, My First Word Play which has been designed for pre-schoolers, the design matching the iconic My First books. The app features: 4 x My First Word games: Letter Match, Phonic Fun, Rhyme Time and Word Painter; Interactive A-Z dictionary and…
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Yesterday I read on Facebook that one of my friends was putting up her Christmas tree. November seems a little early to me but her grand-daughter insisted! With Christmas just around the corner it’s the perfect time to get together to create some unique home-made decorations for your home. I’ve been busy ‘pinning’ crafty ideas to keep Edward occupied and I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can make. We were sent some new Scotch Restickables Tabs which should help keep our decorations up. The double-sided adhesive tabs are really easy to use and ideal for sticking festive decorations…
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I’ve never tried parkin before but knowing it was some kind of ginger cake was happy when offered some of Lottie Shaw’s Seriously Good Yorkshire Parkin to try. It’s described as “a ginger cake predominantly baked using oatmeal and a perfect blend of syrup and black treacle”. It contains no artificial life enhancing ingredients but the syrup preserves the cake for up to 12 weeks! The packaging was lovely, the parkin was baked in its own tray and smelt divine. My only criticism was that the portion could have been larger – I didn’t realise parkin was so delicious and…