• How to join in with Draw With Rob {free activity pack}
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    How to join in with Draw With Rob {free activity pack}

    July 28, 2020 - By 

    I’m not sure how we first came across Rob Biddulph but he helped keep the children busy during lockdown. He’s a best-selling children’s author and artist and has been sharing how to draw some of his best-loved characters over on his YouTube channels since lockdown started. Rob’s original hit videos are also available at www.robbiddulph.com, and on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. How to join in with #DrawWithRob We took part in his World Record Breaking attempt back in May and the children were hooked. Rob teamed up with Art World Records to smash the record for the largest ever…

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    Monday Happy List

    Summer Holidays edit {Week 302}

    July 27, 2020 - By 

    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. Summer Holidays edit {Week 302} We are all so excited that the summer holidays have started. We all needed a break from home learning and the children have enjoyed doing all the things they love to do – mainly den building in the garden, finding art lessons on YouTube, baking cakes…

  • Catching up with my 2020 reading list
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    Catching up with my 2020 reading list

    July 25, 2020 - By 

    Top of my list of things to do over the next 6 weeks is to catch up on my reading. I thought I would read a lot during the lockdown period but I didn’t. Home learning took up most of the week, normal household duties and taking the dog for a walk seemed to take up the rest. However I want to return to work with a few things crossed off my to do list including working through a pile of new books, making my own clothes, and taking a few online courses. So far this year I’ve read 14…

  • Niamh Wimperis’ bee embroidery gift
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    Summer Bee embroidery hoop

    July 24, 2020 - By 

    Regular readers will know that every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new. Summer Bee embroidery hoop Mollie Makes took a break over the worst of the lockdown period. I really missed my monthly treat but was kept busy with my Sew A Little Happiness Everyday sampler. I was so happy to see a copy land on…

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    Staycation 2020 – what to pack?

    July 23, 2020 - By 

    Looking through some photos I took earlier this year, I realised that I never wrote about our first Airbnb experience. It was something we had wanted to do for a while and took the chance in February half term. That seems like a lifetime ago now but as we’ve just booked to go back to the same place, I thought I would take the opportunity to write a little post about Project Staycation 2020. What is a Staycation? Just in case you didn’t know, a staycation is simply a holiday in your home country, rather that going abroad. We’ve always…

  • Oh! My Gif collectible gifbits from Moose
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    AD/Oh! My Gif collectible gifbits from Moose

    July 22, 2020 - By 

    We’ve been sent some lovely new toys recently including Oh! My Gif, a new exciting collectible range from Moose. Launching this month, the new range of toys is inspired by the online social language of GIFs and is THE new way to express yourself!! This definitely sounded like something my 10 year old would enjoy and we couldn’t wait to find out more about them. Oh! My Gif collectible gifbits from Moose Oh! My Gif bBrings the hilarious world of digital GIFs, memes and stickers to life through a range of GIFbit characters. Available in single packs and in the…

  • Win a jigsaw puzzle for Rebel Girls
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    Win a jigsaw puzzle for Rebel Girls

    July 21, 2020 - By 

    Last week we told you about the new jigsaw puzzles for Rebel Girls which we enjoyed so much. Gibsons partnered with the Rebel Girls team behind the internationally best-selling book series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, to launch two inspiring Jigsaw Puzzles for Rebel Girls that celebrate heroic women throughout history. Designed to let children explore, learn and play, the new puzzle collection features queens, activists, scientists, artists, sporting champions, iconic world leaders and little-known pioneers. There are 2 jigsaws in the series. The 100 piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Rebel Girls is ideal for children from 5yrs+. It features…

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    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy List {Week 301}

    July 20, 2020 - By 

    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. Life has changed considerably for us and everyone else in the UK over the last few months but we’re beginning to see a little more fun in our week. As the UK is no longer in lockdown I’m reverting back to the original title of this weekly post. Monday Happy List…

  • Enjoy the festival season at home with POPFest!
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    Enjoy the festival season at home with POPFest!

    July 19, 2020 - By 

    The weather is so lovely for the first day of the school holidays. As we can’t do any of the things we usually do we spent the morning writing a little list of the things we can do. These include reading via the Summer Reading Challenge, being creative thanks to Draw With Rob and taking part in a festival at home with POPFest! Enjoy the festival season at home with POPFest! I’m sure we’ll be spending lots of time at the park now it’s finally re-opened. It’s been the only thing my daughter has wanted to do for weeks and…