• Finding Dory Duck Tape craft for kids
    crafts - Duck Tape crafts - Kids crafts

    How to make a Duck Tape keyring

    August 18, 2016 - By 

    I really should be kept away from my local craft store as I couldn’t resist picking up a roll of Finding Dory Duck Tape. I love Duck Tape and the patterned ones are appealing to both me and my children. Have you seen Finding Dory yet? We’ve seen it twice already, I just can’t resist Hank! With a few weeks until the children go back to school we’ve been making some back to school crafts with the Finding Dory Duck Tape. Duck Tape is versatile so we used it to make wristlet keyrings, perfect for identifying book bags, lunch bags…

  • school - Stamptastic Ambassador

    Back to School with Stamptastic

    August 11, 2015 - By 

    Earlier this year I was sent some brilliant products from Stamptastic which I think you may find useful if you have children going back to/starting school soon. They sell handy little ink pads and personalised name stamps that let you stamp your children’s clothes, bags, shoes and just about everything but your child – try, but they might resist! After struggling to find school uniform last year – there’s clearly a reason why shops start selling it in July! – I was super organised this year. Yes, I bought uniform for both my children in July which only leaves me…

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    Back to school with Paperchase AW15

    June 24, 2015 - By 

    Is it too early to be thinking about Back to School? Although we haven’t planned our end of term teachers’ gift we’ve already had a sneak preview of what the cool kids will be taking to school with them in September. As a bit of a stationery addict I was excited to spend Thursday morning at Paperchase’s flagship store on Tottenham Court Road. They were previewing their new Autumn/Winter 2015 collection in a vintage school arrangement with wooden desks and a roller design chalk board that took me right back to my own school days. I love some of the…

  • baking - days out - Summer

    Our Summer holiday round up – Week 7

    September 10, 2014 - By 

    Today is my last weekly Summer holiday round up. I’m well aware that all of my friends have waved their children off to a new school term, except me. This morning it’s finally the turn of my 4 year old. I’m both excited that he’s starting a new chapter but also feeling terribly sad about losing him to school. Luckily for me I still have my 2 year old so no worries about my having lots of time on my hands to do the housework or food shopping 🙂 The past week has been quite busy as we’ve packed in…

  • Reception - shopping

    Back to school: buying uniform

    September 6, 2014 - By 

    My 4 year old starts Reception next week. They are easing him in gently and he won’t be doing full days until the 22nd. Despite attending Nursery and wearing the school uniform I still needed to buy him a whole load of new items. Thankfully Matalan offered to kit him out for Reception. They gave me the opportunity to do my shopping in store or online and, as his return to school was fast approaching, I opted for online. The Matalan website is pretty easy to use. You can search via the School Shop tab on the homepage and I…