I have a lovely giveaway at share with you today, a beautiful interactive copy of Thomas & Friends Amazing ABC. Thomas & Friends Amazing ABC is large hardback book, featuring 24 pages of fun, and published by Egmont priced £12.99. Join Thomas and friends on an ABC journey around the Island of Sodor! Children will love going from A to Z naming engines and sights from the world-famous railway. With lots of flaps to open, a wheel to turn and even a telephone to dial, there’s plenty to help really useful kids learn their ABC! My 3 year old is…
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I have a wonderful giveaway to share with you today – a lovely storybook and soft toy. This story tells the tale of two toys and how one of the toys (Cleo the horse) is afraid of the dark and thinks that there are monsters in the bedroom. The other toy (Daphne the duck) shows that everything is not as it seems and in fact the monsters are just objects in the room! Cleo’s wonderful adventures with her new friend are brought to life in this book and soft toy gift set. Cuddle up with your little one and read…
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I love to craft with my children and since Little Sis started nursery two mornings a week those times are quickly becoming craft time with my 3 year old. He loves to craft but it’s difficult to juggle two children with different needs and abilities so now we take our opportunities by planning in advance! We spent this morning making fun glitter tree cards. They were so simple; cut out a Christmas tree shape from a piece of card, place over a sheet of paper, glue liberally and sprinkle with glitter. Oh my. It was the first time we had…
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My son was sent a personalised Christmas book from Born Gifted who sell children’s gifts and toys. They have a great range of Christmas gifts and kindly allowed me to choose one of their personalised Christmas books to review which include a personalised Twelve Days of Christmas book, 24 Sleeps ’til Christmas Advent Activity book, Your Letter to Santa personalised book, and Personalised Christmas Story Book. I loved the look of the 24 Sleeps ’til Christmas Advent Activity Book so told them how I waned to personalise it and then waited for it to arrive. My pictures don’t really do…
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Last year we experimented with a Book Advent where you basically read a book every day during Advent. This was additional to our bedtime reading and we concentrated on Christmas books, with a little help from our local Oxfam shop! It was a great way to spend some quiet time together every day as December can be slightly crazy. It was so successful that we’re doing it again this year. We’ll be re-reading many of the books from last year although we’re looking for a couple of new books to add to the ‘tree’. Fortunately we were sent Little Robin’s…
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Inside an old clock shop is a wall full of clocks. And right in the middle is one very special clock. This is the Tickety Toc Clock! My two pre-schoolers adore the adventures of twins Tommy and Tallulah. Did you know there will be a special Christmas episode of Tickety Toc which will premiere this Saturday (November 30th) at 12:30pm on Nick Junior. There will also be an after show twitter party between 13:00-14:00 so don’t forget to follow @TicketyTocUK to find out more. My daughter has been really poorly lately but the one thing that has cheered her up…
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When I had my first child I was overwhelmed with the number of books suitable for him. We’ve always loved books so it was pretty natural for me to read with him too. Every week we would go to the library (we still do now!) and we read books every day. I’ve discovered authors in lots of different ways – through friends’ recommendations, through blog events, through the Bookstart scheme and through trial and error. What if there was a book for adults which would do all the hard work for them? Well, there is! Tell Me A Story –…
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A lovely new craft book has landed! Make Your Own Woodland Creatures features 35 simple 3D cardboard projects. Using simple slotting techniques, you can make a whole menagerie using just cardboard, found paper and scissors or a craft knife. From the crafty fox to the elegant stags, from the cute koala and her baby to the mischievous squirrels, every animal is specially designed by Clare Youngs to require a minimum of effort to put together. The projects are inexpensive, too, as cardboard is so readily available and easy to find, so anyone can have a go at creating a cute…
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I must admit to being a good way through my Christmas preparations already. I’ve bought many presents (and run out of places to hide them), planned the meals and am hoping to have lots of time to make our decorations and a couple of handmade presents. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be sharing some pre-school friendly ideas for Christmas. As you know we are a book-loving family so today I have two lovely books to share, Dick Bruna’s Christmas and Bubble Time, a Tickety Toc storybook. Miffy’s creator, Dick Bruna published his ‘Christmas’ book in 1953 and it…