• Easy Among Us painted rocks
    Crafts for kids - Painted rocks

    Easy Among Us painted rocks

    November 22, 2020 - By 

    The weather has turned so cold that it’s been harder than usual to encourage the children outside. With shorter days it’s more important than ever to get outside at the weekend. I love getting my Vitamin D and love being outside on a sunny day. Thankfully my children can be persuaded to go on a walk with the promise of some geocaching and hiding painted rocks. This morning we headed to the Oxhey Park Sculpture Trail to hide some of our most recent Among Us painted rocks and look for geocaches. We used: Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks Selection…

  • 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…

  • Christmas tree countdown for kids
    Advent crafts - Crafts for kids - free printables

    {Free printable} Christmas tree countdown for kids

    November 19, 2020 - By 

    With only a few weeks left until December 1st you are probably busy shopping and planning. My children are already so excited about Christmas. We start our Christmas celebrations on December 1st with the arrival of our Elf on the Shelf and his brother (yes, we have two!). They bring Advent calendars and get up to silly tricks each day which always seem to amuse the kids. Advent calendars are a great way to tick off the days leading up to Christmas Day. My children love a piece of chocolate each day but my printable Christmas countdown makes a great…

  • Waitrose Gingerbread Box Kit
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    An edible decoration – a gingerbread box

    November 18, 2020 - By 

    A few weeks ago I published my Gingerbread Gift Guide which was so much fun to put together. It gave me the chance to pick up lots of different gingerbread kits which I’m really enjoying trying out and sharing with you. After the success of my gingerbread mug hangers I decided to try the Gingerbread Box Kit from Waitrose. Gingerbread Box Kit With the Gingerbread Box Kit  you can make and bake your own gingerbread gift boxes to make giving even sweeter. All I needed to provide was unsalted butter, water and golden syrup. The packet included a Gingerbread mix…

  • Father Christmas bookmark craft for kids
    Christmas - Crafts for kids - free printables

    Father Christmas bookmark craft for kids

    November 17, 2020 - By 

    I love sharing crafts with you and I’m hoping you’ll love this sweet Father Christmas bookmark as much as we do. It makes a fun craft for a wintery afternoon. Simply collect the supplies listed below, print out the template and start your Christmas crafting! Supplies: Coloured card (red, white, black, brown, yellow) Scissors Glue stick Free Father Christmas bookmark pdf template Black pen How to make a Father Christmas bookmark: Use the PDF template to cut out the pieces for the Father Christmas bookmark. Use a pencil to trace around the templates or just cut out the pieces from…

  • Waitrose Gingerbread Box Kit
    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy List {Week 318}

    November 16, 2020 - 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 318} Did you notice that I reached No 8 in the Tots100? I think I’m the only one who noticed but it’s still pretty cool. One of my Halloween craft posts went viral last month which probably helped, but it’s…

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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…

  • The Book of Lost Names { book review}
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    The Book of Lost Names { book review}

    November 14, 2020 - By 

    Disclosure – thanks to Welbeck for the chance to read this book. The end of 2020 is fast approaching which means my Goodreads challenge is nearly over for another year. I’ve read some amazing books this year and I really enjoyed my most recent read, The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel. I love books about the Second World War and when I read the blurb about The Book of Lost Names I absolutely had to read it. The Book of Lost Names The book opens when Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one…

  • 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…