• Build Your Own Brand Ambassador - Family Life - STEM activity

    Build Your Own Microscope Kit

    A few months ago we told you about the Plane Launcher kit, one of the new kits from Build Your Own who make sustainable toys with less plastic. This was a a great STEM toy (one which utilises science, technology, engineering and mathematics) for kids aged 8 and over, and they have enjoyed playing with it over and over again. Build Your Own Microscope Kit We recently gifted the latest product in the Build Your Own range, the BYO Microscope kit, which the children couldn’t wait to put together and use. Like the BYO Plane Launcher kit, the BYO Microscope…

  • Crafts for teens - Crafts for tweens - Duck Tape crafts

    Easy Duck Tape storage bowl

    Disclosure – post in collaboration with Duck Tape I was recently gifted some gorgeous new Duck Tapes to play with. There are some really lovely patterned Duck Tapes out there and I’m using this gorgeous marble Duck Tape to make something pretty but practical for my daughter’s bedroom. Duck Tape is a brilliant craft material (check out some of our Duck Tape tutorials here), as not only is it easy to reposition, but you can also tear it by hand. Supplies to make a Duck Tape storage bowl Your favourite patterned Duck Tape piece of paper scissors 4 metal fasteners/brads How…

  • Family Life

    What Are The Best Houseplants To Grow In A Conservatory?

    Out of all the rooms in the house, the conservatory is probably the best suited room for growing plants. In fact conservatories were originally designed with growing plants in mind (specifically citrus fruits). Which is why they’re so adept at growing plants, especially more exotic plants that like heat and humidity as conservatories can get rather hot and humid in the sun. Essentially a conservatory is a greenhouse with furniture inside that has been attached to your home, so there are various plants you can grow in your conservatory. Just be wary that some plants that like heat, such as…

  • Family Life - Monday Happy List

    Summer Holidays edit {Week 305}

    I love to start the week by writing the Monday Happy List. 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 love to write. We love the Summer holidays and we were so lucky to get away to Devon for a holiday by the sea last week. Summer Holidays edit {Week 305} We stayed in a pretty AirBnB in Cockwood, Devon, the same place we stayed in during the February half term. We all love…

  • Family Life

    {Review} Quirk! card game from Gibsons

    AD\Earlier in the Summer holidays we were gifted a bundle of new games from Gibsons. We’ve already told you about Rockpool and today wanted to tell you about Quirk! It’s the hilariously funny family card game that has YOU squawking, saving the world and breathing fire! Embrace your silly side with sounds and actions while causing a whole lot of mischief for your family and friends. Quirk! card game from Gibsons Quirk! is a card game so was the perfect size to take away on our recent family holiday to Devon. We always pack a bag of games to play…

  • Family Life

    How a good routine keeps us sane

    This post is in conjunction with TEMPUR® but all thoughts are my own Like many people we’ve made the most of spending the last few months at home. Whilst the children were learning at home it felt like our dining room was a school room! It wasn’t ideal, but being safe was the most important thing. We spent a lot of time tidying and de-cluttering and maintaining a good routine to keep us all sane during an insane time. How a good routine keeps us sane I’m a person who thrives on routine. I love to plan and make lists…

  • Devon - Family Life

    Pick your own sunflowers at Darts Farm

    Each year, Darts Farm grow fields of beautiful sunflowers and ask for donations to raise money for Hospicecare. We have been eagerly looking for somewhere to pick our own sunflowers. Last year we visited the Pop Up Farm in Hertfordshire but they sadly announced that they wouldn’t be open for sunflowers this year. Happily for us we were near to Dart’s Farm at just the right time to go sunflower picking today. A morning at Darts Farm It’s been a few years since our last visit to Dart’s Farm which is just outside Exeter in south Devon. On our visit…

  • Crafts for adults

    Easy homemade sidewalk chalk

    I wanted to make chalk for a long time. At the start of lockdown I couldn’t buy chalk anywhere. All the shops had sold out or the price was just out of this world. So I decided to make my own. It’s surprisingly easy to make your own coloured chalk and you only need 3 ingredients – Plaster of Paris, water and food colouring. Easy homemade sidewalk chalk supplies: Plaster of Paris Food colouring Water Old bowl to mix ingredients Cardboard tubes Duck Tape Baking parchment How to make easy homemade sidewalk chalk It couldn’t be easier to make your…

  • Monday Happy List

    Summer Holidays edit {Week 304}

    I love to start the week by writing the Monday Happy List. 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 love to write. We love the Summer holidays but they are not usually quite so quiet as this year! We are still trying to have as much fun as possible. Summer Holidays edit {Week 304} When I sit down to write this post I usually look through the photos on my phone first. There…