• Easy Christmas tree stick craft for kids from the gingerbread house blog
    Christmas - Crafts for kids

    Easy Christmas tree stick craft for kids

    December 7, 2019 - By 

    We are really enjoying our Christmas crafting. We have been gathering around the table after school and making so many fun things. Today we wanted to share our easy Christmas tree stick craft for kids. We love making Christmas trees decorations and got out the vintage wooden ruler tree we made a few years ago. This year we are adding this fun little Christmas tree stick craft for kids to our tutorials. They are fun to make and you can make a whole forest of them – once you start you won’t want to stop! Christmas tree stick craft supplies:…

  • tea tree oil australian bodycare review
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    tea tree oil australian bodycare review

    December 4, 2019 - By 

    Disclosure – australian bodycare gifted me these products for the purpose of this post. I remember first discovering tea tree oil when I was at school. Back then I was pretty limited to the products in my local pharmacy, but regularly stocked up on small bottles of tea tree oil as it’s such a miracle product and really helped my skin. Did you know that tea tree oil was used over one hundred years ago in Australia, due to its antiseptic purposes? In the last few decades, this natural medicinal oil has gained worldwide recognition for its beneficial properties. Research…

  • Card gingerbread house craft for kids
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    Easy card gingerbread house craft for kids {with free printable}

    December 3, 2019 - By 

    It’s just not Christmas without a gingerbread house or two. We’re planning on building our annual gingerbread house this weekend, it’s a fun tradition which the whole family enjoy. We love a gingerbread house craft too and wanted to share our gingerbread house craft for kids. It’s made of card and decorated with colourful balls. It will make a wonderful addition to any decor this season. Gingerbread house craft supplies: Brown card Styrofoam balls – both coloured and white White poster colour Paint brush Pencil or pen – for tracing the free template Scissors Craft glue or glue stick Card…

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    {free printable} Dear Santa Christmas Wish List template

    December 2, 2019 - By 

    I love having a different seasonal activity to do with my children each day. Today I am bringing you our free printable Dear Santa Christmas Wish List template. This is a great activity which will keep children occupied. I loved writing my Christmas Wish List when I was younger and it’s a tradition I’ve kept up with my own children. Dear Santa Christmas Wish List template Use our printable Christmas Wish List template to write your own letter to Santa this year! With 4 spaces to write your ideas kids will love filling it in and sending it off to…

  • Family Life - Monday Happy List

    Monday Happy List {Week 268}

    December 2, 2019 - 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 always enjoy writing. Monday Happy List {Week 268} Yay, it’s December! November flew by for us and now we are counting down until Christmas. Thankfully I’ve been super organised this year and feel in control of the gift giving and food ordering. We have some lovely treats lined up for December which should…

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    Paper plate gnome craft for kids

    November 30, 2019 - By 

    We had so much fun with the painted gnome rocks  we decorated earlier this month that we thought we would try another gnome craft for kids. Paper plate gnome craft supplies: White paper plate Red coloured card Pink foam Scissors Bostik PVA Glue Bostik Foam Pads How to make a paper plate gnome This is a great craft for kids who love gnomes. My children love cheeky little gnomes, especially the ones who hide behind their hats. We used a white paper plate for the base of this craft, placing it on a sheet of coloured red card to guide…

  • Colour Your Own Christmas Bunting activity for kids
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    {Free} Colour Your Own Christmas Bunting activity for kids

    November 30, 2019 - By 

    We’re so excited and ready for Advent tomorrow. Advent is the start of Christmas for us. We’re ready with our home-made advent calendars and I can’t wait to see the children’s reaction when they see their personalised advent calendars. My children are super excited for the start of Advent as not only do they get an advent calendar (or two!) but our house elves will arrive and get up to lots of mischief. I love coming up with ideas to keep my children busy at this time of year and enjoyed creating our colour your own Christmas bunting. Colour Your…

  • Family fun with Ticket to Ride London
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    Family fun with Ticket to Ride London {review}

    November 29, 2019 - By 

    We love nothing more than getting home from school and playing a board game during the winter months. It is so dark during November and December that it’s quite nice to close up the shutters and gather round the table to play a board game together.   We love being part of Asmodee’s Blogger Board Game club and were delighted to receive Ticket to Ride London from Days of Wonder to play at home. We all really enjoy the Ticket to Ride series of board games. We already have the original Ticket to Ride and Ticket to Ride Europe. There’s also…

  • Gingerbread playgdough mats
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    {Free printable} Gingerbread playdough mats

    November 29, 2019 - By 

    We’re always on the lookout for seasonal activity to keep the children busy at this time of year. It’s getting dark by the time we get home from school so it’s nice to close the shutters and get together to craft round the table. You know that we love the smell of gingerbread all year round, it’s not just for Christmas you know! We’ve incorporated gingerbread into so many crafts and activities over the years. It’s difficult to say which are our favourite gingerbread crafts although our gingerbread playdough recipe is something that gets used again and again. Playdough is…