• Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express
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    Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express {giveaway}

    October 12, 2023 - By 

    Now that the weather has turned we are all looking forward to Halloween later this month. We went to the pumpkin patch at the weekend and our house is feeling very spooky and autumnal. I love to embrace this season and find Halloween themed food, sweet treats, decorations and even books! Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express All aboard the Transylvanian Express! YOU and your yeti boss Klaus are headed to Castle Ursprung, home of the infamous vampire Count Fledermaus. But before you get there, you have a mystery to solve: Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the train.…

  • {Giveaway} Secrets of the Vampire
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    {Giveaway} Secrets of the Vampire

    August 15, 2023 - By 

    We were recently sent a copy of Secrets of the Vampire: A supernatural sourcebook of our legend and lore by Julie Légère & Elsa Whyte, illustrated by Laura Pérez. The perfect gift for all vampire-obsessed teens, Secrets of the Vampire is the must-have read for this Halloween. Read on for your chance to win a copy. Secrets of the Vampire Step into the shadows and uncover the centuries-old myths and legends that lie beneath the figure of the vampire, with this magical compendium of facts and fiction. Whether rising from a coffin in the dead of night or stalking its prey,…

  • Win a Halloween H-Box from Hotel Chocolat
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    Win a Halloween H-Box from Hotel Chocolat

    October 3, 2020 - By 

    I love October but the constant rain today has been miserable. The children were really looking forward to a trip to the pumpkin patch but unfortunately this was cancelled due to the weather. In need of a little cheering up, we broke open the Halloween chocolates and sweets! We enjoy Autumn and love nothing more than enjoying some sweet treats whilst watching a family film. We couldn’t resist the Halloween H-Box from Hotel Chocolat. The classic chocolate box is filled to the brim with 14 frighteningly flavoursome chocolates including a mixture of classics and Halloween specialities. Dare to take a…

  • Melted Pony Bead Pumpkin suncatcher
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    Melted Pony Bead Pumpkin suncatcher

    September 22, 2020 - By 

    Today is the first day of Autumn so it seems like a great time to start sharing Halloween content with you. I like Halloween and my children love getting dressed up to go Trick or Treating. I think it’s safe to say it’s going to be very different this year but we can still enjoy celebrating it at home. As Halloween crafts go, this melted pony bead pumpkin suncatcher is fun and easy to make and a great STEM activity for kids. Melted Pony Bead Pumpkins suncatcher equipment Orange, white and green plastic pony beads Metal pumpkin shaped cookie cutters…

  • Spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids
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    Spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids

    September 29, 2019 - By 

    We love Halloween and with October in sight we are excited to make a start on some new Halloween crafts to share with you. We have a huge bank of Halloween crafts for kids but there’s always room for more. We recently saw a local bat walk advertised and this inspired our spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids to make. You will need: Black, pink, white and red card Blu Stik (and Blu Tack to hang up) free bat craft template googly eyes scissors How to make our spooky accordion fold bat craft Print and cut out the templates…

  • 3D Spooky House papercut Halloween decoration
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    3D Spooky House papercut Halloween decoration

    October 26, 2018 - By 

    You all know I love papercutting but don’t get nearly enough time to do it. Obviously the kids are on half term this week but I am too! Since I now work in a school I have been looking forward to some ‘me’ time (laughable I know!) this half term. Today I finally got it. We had a ridiculously early start to drop my car at the garage at 8, followed by a trip to the dentist at 9. This meant we were back at home and ready to relax mid-morning. We still had a list of jobs to do…

  • Trick or Treat: Fur-ociously Feisty Pets
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    Trick or Treat: Fur-ociously Feisty Pets

    October 21, 2018 - By 

    Are you celebrating Halloween in your house? Despite not celebrating it when I was growing up, it’s a festival that my children just adore. As soon as they started back at school last month they were asking when we could start decorating for Halloween! We love to decorate the house with our Halloween crafts, carve pumpkins, watch scary films and fill our cauldron with sweets for our Trick or Treat visitors. Trick or Treat: Fur-ociously Feisty Pets This year we were sent some toys to review which are just perfect for the time of year – Feisty Pets! Have you…

  • Win a bundle of spine tingling family films for Halloween
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    Win a bundle of spine-tingling family films

    October 19, 2018 - By 

    Yay! We’re on half term. And relax. I don’t know about you, but I have been looking forward to half term pretty much since the children went back to school in September. We haven’t planned much because we’re all pretty knackered. We’ve been busy at work and school and need a break from routine. One thing we will be doing is settling down with a family-sized bucket of popcorn to rediscover the classic Halloween titles which have stood the test of time. There are some spine-tingling films which are firm family favourites year after year. Spine-tingling family films for Halloween Skip the…

  • Win a copy of Dirty Bertie: Frights and Bites
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    Win a copy of Dirty Bertie: Frights and Bites

    September 21, 2018 - By 

    I really enjoy Autumn. We’ve been looking for conkers and kicking leaves on the school run and fully embracing the changing weather. Our thoughts have been turning to Halloween and I’m hoping to find some pumpkins this weekend so we can start planning our Autumn decorations. With Halloween on the horizon I’m happy to have a spooky Halloween giveaway to share with you. Created by David Roberts, one of the UK’s foremost children’s illustrators, Bertie is the star of two picture books – Dirty Bertie and Pooh! Is That You, Bertie? – as well as this fabulously funny young fiction…