• free printable Roblox colouring sheets for kids from the gingerbread house
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    Free Roblox colouring sheets for kids

    May 21, 2020 - By 

    I don’t know about your children, but mine love Roblox. They both enjoy playing games online with their friends, and Roblox is one that they are playing during this period of lockdown. Roblox has been around for a while and I thought an offline activity would be good for when they’re not playing online. Our free Roblox colouring sheets for kids will keep them occupied for a while. Free Roblox colouring sheets for kids STEP 1 Print out our free printable Roblox colouring sheets for kids. Just right click on the Roblox colouring page for kids link here to print this…

  • STEM fun with the Build Your Own Plane Launcher Kit
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    STEM fun with the Build Your Own Plane Launcher Kit

    May 19, 2020 - By 

    We were recently sent a Plane Launcher kit, one of the new kits from Build Your Own who make sustainable toys with less plastic. My children are of an age when they really want toys which can be used again and again. They love a toy which challenges them, and the Plane Launcher kit has certainly done just that! Build Your Own Plane Launcher Kit The Build Your Own Plane Launcher is suitable for children (and adults!) aged 8 and up. It uses visual perception and thinking skills and makes a great STEM toy (one which utilises science, technology, engineering…

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    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy List: Life in Lockdown {Week 8}

    May 18, 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 usually a post I love to write but obviously life has changed considerably for us and everyone else in the UK over the last few weeks. Life is strange at the moment for everyone but I still want to try and record some of our happier moments. Monday Happy List {Week 292} Like the previous weeks of…

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    Exploring Ickenham Marsh

    May 17, 2020 - By 

    The major benefit of life right now is the chance to explore our local area. Living on the edge of London means the best of both worlds – a quick hop on the underground into town, and fields and woods on our doorstep. Over the last 2 months we’ve been exploring all the paths and byways around our village. We’ve kept the kids busy with geocaching and collecting leaves and flowers to press when we get home. Hillingdon Trail We live in the middle of the Hillingdon Trail, a 20 mile path though Hillingdon’s countryside from Cranford in the south…

  • Crafts to celebrate the Chelsea Flower Show from the gingerbread house
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    Crafts to celebrate the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

    May 16, 2020 - By 

    I’ve always wanted to visit the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It takes place every year in May at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London. It opened in 1862 and has been a fixture of the gardening world every year, except during the First and Second World Wars. As mass gatherings are currently banned the 2020 RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been cancelled and a version of it has gone online instead, RHS Virtual Chelsea Gardens. Although we’re hopeless at growing anything, we love flowers. Flowers have inspired our crafting so many times from making sun catchers from petals, to using…

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    How to take part in the 2020 Summer Reading Challenge

    May 15, 2020 - By 

    The Summer Reading Challenge is always a highlight of our summer. We love the summer holidays but this year will obviously be totally different for everyone. Home learning gives shape to our days at the moment and I’m not quite sure what we’ll do come the summer holidays. I don’t think we’ll be going away anywhere which means 6 long weeks to fill, without the weekly routine of our timetable from school and online classes. Thankfully it looks like we will be able to rely on the Summer Reading Challenge to keep us motivated with our reading! The 2020 Summer…

  • Summer painted bee and ladybird rocks
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    Summer painted bee and ladybird rocks

    May 14, 2020 - By 

    With this lovely warm weather we are out and about a lot more. Being outside is good for the whole family and helps the kids to run off some of their endless energy. We’ve been decorating and hiding rocks for a while now and wanted to make some summer painted rocks. We used: Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks Selection of chalk pens Varnish to seal the painted rocks (we use Wilko Gloss Yacht Varnish) How to make painted bee and ladybird rocks: We always wash and dry our rocks before painting them, this makes sure there’s no dirt left…

  • Free Father's Day colouring sheet and printable from the gingerbread house
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    Free Father’s Day colouring sheet and printable

    May 13, 2020 - By 

    We are gearing up to celebrate Father’s Day next month. The children have always made homemade Father’s Day cards but this year we thought we would try something a bit different. Not that we don’t appreciate my husband all year round, but the children love to celebrate Father’s Day. Usually we will go out for a family meal but this year we will be celebrating at home. Free Father’s Day colouring sheet and printable Father’s Day is a great excuse to celebrate the father-figure in your life. Our free Father’s Day colouring sheet and printable is a 5-page printable for Dad,…

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    Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy List: Life in Lockdown {Week 7}

    May 11, 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 usually a post I love to write but obviously life has changed considerably for us and everyone else in the UK over the last few weeks. Life is strange at the moment for everyone but I still want to try and record some of our happier moments. Monday Happy List {Week 291} Every week is beginning…