• Baking a Christmas gingerbread house kit
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    Baking a Christmas gingerbread house kit

    December 20, 2020 - By 

    I’ve nearly worked my way through the gingerbread house kits I bought for my Gingerbread Gift Guide. I loved putting it together but was also looking forward to trying out all the different kits I bought. The Waitrose gingerbread kits I bought have been a success. I loved making the Waitrose Gingerbread Box Kit and the gingerbread from the Waitrose Gingerbread & Shortbread Decorating Kit are adorning our Christmas tree. Finally it was time to try the Gingerbread House Kit from Waitrose. It cost just £4.40 from Waitrose. Christmas gingerbread house kit We love baking a gingerbread house at Christmas. Over the years…

  • Win a hamper of festive Haribo treats
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    Win a hamper of festive Haribo treats

    December 15, 2019 - By 

    Disclosure – Haribo gifted us some of the products used in this post Decorating a gingerbread house is one of our family traditions. Over the years we’ve baked them from scratch and tried kits from every whee we can find them! There’s something lovely about filling the house with the smell of freshly baked gingerbread and the children just adore having free rein to decorate our creations however them like. So I was delighted when Haribo got in touch and gifted us a selection of products to decorate a gingerbread house and share the festive fun. How to decorate a…

  • Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page from the gingerbread house
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    Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page

    December 15, 2019 - By 

    I love sharing the resources and activities that I do with my own children. We spend much more time at home over winter so I love to have a few new activities to keep them busy. They both enjoy sitting down and colouring, especially after a day at school, and my Christmas gingerbread house colouring page is one of their favourites. Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page Colouring pages are really useful to keep children busy, especially if the weather keeps you indoors. We just love a gingerbread house and  I thought I would share my free printable gingerbread house…

  • 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…

  • Lego Creator Expert Gingerbread House
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    Monday Happy List {Week 258}

    September 23, 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 258} Family My 7 year old was awarded a Certificate of Merit “for always doing the right thing and working independently” – not bad for the third week of term! Making I made sure to finish the Over the Rainbow subscription box from MakeBox+Co. It’s been…

  • re-writing the gingerbread man
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    Encouraging our digital natives with Plusnet’s Once Upon A Time Online

    September 18, 2019 - By 

    Disclosure – post in collaboration with Plusnet. I hope that anyone stumbling across my blog would realise how much I love reading. I’ve always been a bit of a bookworm and love that I have two of my own little bookworms! My children just love to read and bedtime is a favourite part of the day for all of us, a time where we can sit and share our latest books together. The importance of sharing a bedtime story My children are now 7 and 9 and sometimes our story time does have to slip. Now the children are a…

  • Paper gingerbread house activity {from Mrs Mactivity}
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    Paper gingerbread house activity {from Mrs Mactivity}

    December 20, 2018 - By 

    With just one day left at school and work we have been keeping our after school activities to a minimum. Our usual clubs have continued until today, which have made for two very tired and grumpy children. Thankfully I find that a craft or two keeps them calm after school so we have been having lots of fun with festive crafts, including a fun paper gingerbread house activity from Mrs Mactivity. Paper gingerbread house activity from Mrs Mactivity You all know how much I love a gingerbread house so I couldn’t resist printing some of the these gingerbread house activity…

  • Gingerbread house painted rocks tutorial
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    Gingerbread house painted rocks

    November 17, 2018 - By 

    We love making and hiding painted rocks around the town where we live. It’s something we’ve done for a while and really enjoy. We didn’t find any painted rocks on our most recent rock hunting trip so we knew it was time to decorate some for others to find. With Christmas coming up we thought we would try decorating some seasonal gingerbread house painted rocks. Equipment to decorate your own painted rocks Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks (we like these – Amazon affiliate link) 8 pack of Uni Posca paint pens with Ultra fine 1mm nib (we like these…

  • Mini gingerbread house mug hangers
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    Mini gingerbread house mug hangers

    January 20, 2018 - By 

    I’m not sure how many years ago I first Pinned a very cute little gingerbread house that sat on the edge of a cup. I fell in love with the idea but it remained an idea, it looked far too complicated to make at home! Fast forward a few years and just before Christmas I spotted a Make Your Own Gingerbread Cottage kit in Lakeland. I hardly every go to Lakeland. I find their products pretty expensive but I couldn’t resist this – finally a chance to make my own little gingerbread houses! Mini gingerbread house mug hangers This was…