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  Crafts for kids - St Patrick's Day crafts - STEM activity

  St Patrick’s Day skittle experiment

  February 23, 2022 - By jenny

  My daughter loves experimenting with Skittles and we had fun experimenting with the classic Skittles experiment, and adapting it for a little Halloween science, Christmas science and New Year STEM fun. We thought it would work just as well for St Patrick’s Day so designed this St Patrick’s Day Skittles experiment for kids, perfect for a little STEM exploration at home. St Patrick’s Day STEM skittles experiment for kids You don’t need much equipment. Just a big bag of Skittles, a white plate, and a jug of cold water. You could also find a timer if you want to record how quickly the colour changes.…

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  Crafts for kids - Valentines Day crafts

  Make your own Pop Its heart shaped chocolate

  February 1, 2022 - By jenny

  My crafting time is severely squished since I returned to work full time. However I still love to craft with my kids and it’s always worth the wait when we do get to craft. With Valentine’s Day coming up we wanted to make our own Pop Its heart shaped chocolate. We tried using pop its to make chocolate bars before and it was really easy so we knew it would make a fun activity at this time of year. Make your own Pop Its heart shaped chocolate You don’t need many ingredients and the Pop Its chocolate bars are quick…

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  Family Life

  Fairytale Greek villages ideal for your next winter trip

  January 8, 2022 - By jenny

  The following Greek destinations are ideal for any season of the year, but they have their honour in winter. So here we will walk in some of the most beautiful villages in Greece that we must put in our travel plans with the next destinations. Fairytale Greek villages ideal for your next winter trip Nymfaio of Florina About 60 km from the city of Florina, this mansion of Vlach village is perched at an altitude of 1,350 meters, and travel guides characterize it as one of the ten most beautiful villages in Europe. The beech forest, the cobbled paths, the…

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  Crafts for kids - New Year crafts - STEM activity

  New Year Skittles experiment for kids

  December 31, 2021 - By jenny

  My daughter loves experimenting with Skittles and we had fun experimenting with the classic Skittles experiment, and adapting it for a little Halloween science and Christmas science too. We thought it would work just as well for New Year so designed this New Year Skittles experiment for kids, perfect for a little STEM exploration at home. New Year Skittles experiment for kids You don’t need much equipment. Just a big bag of Skittles, a white plate, and a jug of cold water. You could also grab a timer if you want to time how quickly the colour changes. The first thing…

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  Halloween crafts - STEM activity

  Free pumpkin investigation activity pack

  October 27, 2021 - By jenny

  October is passing by very quickly and we are enjoying half term and having time to relax. Our house is already filled with pumpkins thanks to our visit to the pumpkin patch near London a few weeks ago. The children have been planning their designs and I am looking forward to trying out some pumpkin recipes! We try not to waste any pumpkin and we’ve turned our pumpkins into a bird feeder, and also left them out for the birds to eat. This year we will also be carrying out a pumpkin investigation for my science-mad daughter. Free pumpkin investigation…

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  Monday Happy List

  Monday Happy Things {Week 367}

  October 25, 2021 - By jenny

  Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List  is something I’ve been doing for a while. 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 love to write. Monday Happy Things {Week 367} I was invited to watch HarperFiction’s 2022 Showcase online to hear more about some of their authors and novels for the new year. It was a brilliant hour where I was able to hear about the 2022 debuts from Nita Prose’s The…

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  Crafts for kids - Halloween crafts - STEM activity

  Halloween Pumpkin skittles experiment for kids

  October 22, 2021 - By jenny

  It seems a while ago since we had fun with the Skittles experiment, creating a colourful rainbow by adding water to a plate of Skittles. It’s so easy to do science experiments at home and that was one of my daughters’ favourites. It’s so simple to set up that it makes a quick and easy science experiment for kids. With Halloween coming up we thought we would recreate it as a Halloween pumpkin Skittles experiment. Halloween Pumpkin skittles experiment for kids You don’t need much equipment. Just a big bag of Skittles, a white plate, and a jug of cold…

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  Monday Happy List

  Monday Happy Things {Week 365}

  October 11, 2021 - By jenny

  Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List  is something I’ve been doing for a while. 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 love to write. Monday Happy Things {Week 365} I got a new job and my contract came through so I was able to hand my notice in at work. I’m sure the next four weeks will go really quickly and I’m really excited to try something new. I bought…

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  Autumn - Crafts for adults - Halloween crafts

  Easy no sew Liberty fabric pumpkins

  September 25, 2021 - By jenny

  I wanted to do something a little different with my Halloween decorations this year. As the children get older they seem to enjoy simpler decorations. I’ve already had a good sort out of our Halloween decorations, getting them down from 3 boxes to 1! I’m not sure how we ended up with so many things but I was very happy to drop them off at the charity shop today. I came across some small papier mache pumpkins I had picked up a few years ago but never got round to using. When I spotted a box of Liberty scraps I…