• Easy dinosaur fossil craft for kids
    Crafts for kids

    Easy dinosaur fossil craft for kids

    July 19, 2018 - By 

    I’ve mentioned before that my 6 year old is just crazy about dinosaurs. She collects Schleich dinosaurs to play with, loves reading about dinosaurs and has watched all of the Jurassic World films over and over again. We haven’t really done many dinosaur crafts before which is why our easy dinosaur fossil craft for kids is so overdue. This is a really fun dinosaur craft for kids which I’ve done with my 6 and 8 year old. It’s really quick and easy, so perfect as an after school activity. All you will need is a sheet of black A4 paper,…

  • Looking forward to our first Eurocamp holiday at Duinrell Holland
    Family Life - holidays - the Netherlands

    Our first Eurocamp holiday at Duinrell Holland

    July 18, 2018 - By 

    I have some exciting news to share. We’ve been busy planning an awesome Summer holidays – can you believe the school year is nearly over? This year has just flown by and we are all ready for a break from the school routine. And this year we are going abroad for a week to Duinrell! Looking forward to our first Eurocamp holiday As much as I love the 6 week holiday they do require a little planning. We are fortunate to be surrounded by Kids Clubs so my children will be spending some time at those. This year we’ve booked…

  • GraviTrax Starter Set from Ravensburger
    Family Life - STEM activity

    GraviTrax Starter Set from Ravensburger

    July 16, 2018 - By 

    Over the last few weeks we have been trying out the new GraviTrax Starter Set from Ravensburger. GraviTrax is the all new STEM track system. Use your imagination to build action-packed tracks and set your gravity spheres rolling. Today I am excited to tell you all about it. GraviTrax is aimed at children from 8 years to adults. My children love STEM toys and this is great for helping children understand some really important concepts. GraviTrax Starter Set from Ravensburger The new interactive track system allows fans to build track, release the gravity spheres and watch the forces of nature work…

  • Family Life - mindfulness - Monday Happy List

    Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things

    July 16, 2018 - By 

    Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. The weather has been lovely all week (again!) – I’m actually getting a little bored of saying that 🙂 Each week I start off by writing my Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things blog post. It’s a great chance to 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 mindfulness – 5 happy things My big news is that I started my new job! I’ve been a SAHM/WAHM for the…

  • Summer Reading Challenge
    Family Life - Summer

    Free Summer activities with the kids – Summer Reading Challenge

    July 15, 2018 - By 

    I think you can always tell when the Summer holiday has started because we’ve signed up for the Summer Reading Challenge at our local library! Have you heard of the Summer Reading Challenge? It’s the UK’s biggest reading promotion for children aged four to eleven and runs over the summer holidays. It’s completely free to sign up, although you will need to be a member of the library first (which is also free!). Free Summer activities with the kids – Summer Reading Challenge As a bit of a bookworm myself, both my children were signed up to the library within…

  • Disney Pixar Incredibles 2 toys from Jakks Pacific
    Family Life - playing - toy review

    Disney Pixar Incredibles 2 toys from Jakks Pacific

    July 14, 2018 - By 

    Can you believe that it’s 14 years since we were first introduced to The incredibles? I’ve always been a huge fan of Pixar films and enjoyed watching this when it first came out, and re-watching it with my children last week. Disney Pixar’s The Incredibles Bob Parr (A.K.A. Mr. Incredible), and his wife Helen (A.K.A. Elastigirl), are the world’s greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. Always saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. But fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs and live a normal life with their three…

  • How to make your own Squishy Popcorn
    Crafts for kids

    How to make your own Squishy Popcorn

    July 13, 2018 - By 

    Last month we reviewed the fabulous How to make your own Squishies & Slime magbook. It’s a brilliant book for crafty kids with over 50 DIY projects to squish, squash, smoosh and stretch. Both my kids love squishies, especially the smaller ones they got from Squishy Box. Our family love to craft so it was inevitable that we would make some of the squishies from the magbook. How to make your own Squishy Popcorn The children chose several they wanted to make and the first one was popcorn. It wasn’t hard to find the right supplies. We bought large sponges from…

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    Win a luxury family camping break with Yelloh! Village

    July 11, 2018 - By 

    I’ve recently shared a few posts with you about our camping adventures. We are a family who just loves to explore and this year bought our first tent. This means we can holiday at home and even abroad! I can’t believe we’ve never really left our beautiful country, perhaps that’s not surprising when we live in such a gorgeous place. Last month we took our tent to a family-friendly campsite for a weekend and just loved the experience. The children loved the novelty of our tent, cooking and living simply outdoors. I haven’t quite got over the communal bathrooms but…

  • Chocolate digestive s'mores - an easy camping treat
    Family Life

    Chocolate digestive s’mores – an easy camping treat

    July 11, 2018 - By 

    I know that s’mores are a well known American treat but they are so easy to re-create at home. Have you heard of s’mores? It’s a traditional campfire treat popular in North America. It consists of a fire-roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. Homemade s’mores We are obsessed about camping at the moment, read more about our outdoor adventures here. So we really wanted to try re-creating these delicious sounding treats at home. You need few ingredients. We made ours two different ways. The first time we used Jacobs Cream Crackers, chocolate spread…