• Cricut DIY Mother's Day gift idea
    Crafts for adults - Cricut Maker - Mother's Day crafts

    Cricut DIY Mother’s Day gift idea

    February 28, 2021 - By 

    I really like this time of year as there is so much to look forward to celebrating. We will be celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday 14th March this year. I love receiving the cards my children make at school (although I’m not sure that will be happening this year). We usually go out for lunch but hopefully my family will cook for me and let me put my feet up for the day! I couldn’t resist making something with my Cricut Maker for Mothers Day. My Cricut DIY Mother’s Day gift idea is simple and low cost but makes a…

  • Exploring Pinner Memorial Park with kids
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    Exploring Pinner Memorial Park with kids

    February 27, 2021 - By 

    Last weekend we ventured out to Pinner Memorial Park, a lovely park right in the centre of Pinner. It’s a lovely large park with a pond, aviary, children’s playground and cafe. Exploring Pinner Memorial Park with kids Pinner Memorial Park is on land that was part of the West House estate, at one time the home of Lord Nelson’s daughter Horatia. In 1934 part of the grounds were acquired by Harrow UDC for public open space. Additional land was acquired in 1949 as well as West House, and the park opened as Pinner Memorial Park in 1950. Pinner Memorial Park…

  • Crafts for kids - World Book Day ideas

    Create a book nook for World Book Day

    February 26, 2021 - By 

    World Book Day will be different this year. As a parent I’m glad that I don’t need to provide my children with costumes to wear to school as both of them dislike dressing up. We will be celebrating World Book Day (Thursday 4th March) at home. We have already chosen books with our World Book Day vouchers and are looking forward to some of the online events we’ve seen. World Book Day 2021 This year World Book Day falls on Thursday 4th March. We love World Book Day because it encourages everyone to celebrate books! Reading has been a big…

  • Secrets of a Fortnite Fan
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    {Giveaway} Secrets of a Fortnite Fan

    February 25, 2021 - By 

    My children love to read and play games. It’s fair to say they’ve enjoyed more screen time than usual due to the closure of schools. However, I’m happy for them to enjoy their online gaming when I know how hard they work on their school work. They love to play Among Us, Minecraft and Fortnite and are always to see a novel or activity book which is tied into their online gaming world. Secrets of a Fortnite Fan We were recently sent a copy of Secrets of a Fortnite Fan from Welbeck Publishing Group to review. This is an independent…

  • Winter Swan and Wreath embroidery
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    Winter Swans and pine cone gingerbread

    February 23, 2021 - By 

    One of my Christmas presents was the Winter Craftpod subscription box. This is my favourite subscription box, containing three lovely craft projects. I love a crafty project (or two!) to get my through the Christmas holidays so this was definitely the perfect present for me. The Winter Craftpod box was inspired by the graceful beauty of swans. Winter Swans and pine cone gingerbread The box contained two hand sewing projects and a recipe card. There was a trio of felt swans to stitch, an embroidery hoop featuring a swan and a recipe for Pine Cone gingerbread biscuits. Can you guess…

  • Monday Happy List
    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy List {Week 332}

    February 22, 2021 - By 

    Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List  is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I always love to write. Monday Happy List {Week 332} Half term was great but hard work. We love our house but missed making plans to see family and friends. We went on lots of dog walks in rain, wind and sunshine! Some of our usual activities continued online and the children…

  • Among Us Hama bead crewmates
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    Among Us Hama bead crewmates

    February 20, 2021 - By 

    We’ve had lots of fun crafting over half term. The weather has been pretty poor so we’ve stayed in a lot. We are lucky to have plenty of crafts and toys to occupy us. We have a large box of hama beads which we got out one day. We’ve had the box for years but the contents never seen to go down. Just in case you haven’t heard of the hit game set in space, you play as either Crewmates or an Impostor. Crewmates try to identify the Impostors, eliminate them, and complete tasks around the map; the Impostors’ goal…

  • A space to work
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    A space to work

    February 19, 2021 - By 

    Half term has been hard work. Although my children needed a break from 6 weeks of school work, it’s been super tough not having much to do. We made plans and lists of things we wanted to do but these have been broken up by meal times and dog walks – not our usual half term days out and trips away. I’m hoping that this will be our last half term stuck at home. We’re lucky to have a lovely home but nothing beats a day out at a new place, seeing family and friends. We have dug very deep…

  • Win a LOVE CORN care package
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    Win a LOVE CORN care package

    February 18, 2021 - By 

    I don’t know about you but my kinds are always hungry. It can be hard to find them suitable snacks that they want to eat so we were delighted to receive a selection of LOVE CORN to try. The delicious crunchy corn kernels are packed with flavour and made with love. With over 10 million bags sold, it seems like we are not the only family to enjoy these snacks. What is LOVE CORN? LOVE CORN are bags of crunchy corn kernels packed with flavour. There are four different flavours: Sea Salt, Salt & Vinegar; Smoked BBQ; Habanero Chilli. All…