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With a week off school and not much money, families need to find more thrifty ways of amusing their children. We spent a few hours just walking to the supermarket and back looking at what Mother Nature had to offer during the Autumn season. There were cobwebs And a bee and flowers and blue mushrooms … Read more
When I saw this Gift Bag Tutorial at Hello Sandwich I just knew I had to make one with the children as Treat Bags. I think it is quiet straight forward and even my 5 year old made one (under guidance). Fold your piece of paper in half horizontally – note this is the size your gift bag … Read more
We are currently on half term and what better way to pass the time than doing a bit of Halloween craft by making Pumpkin Plates. This simple activity involves just paper plates, crayon and orange plate (green feathers/or green paint optional) Simply draw your pumpkin face or pattern onto the paper plate with a black … Read more
Craft with Children doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated.With Halloween coming up I thought I’d show you how we cheaply and easily made a ghost from a few materials we had around the house. He looks so simple doesn’t it – well that’s because he is. All you need is a milk carton, a … Read more
Well the clocks go back on Sunday 28th October 2012 I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who seems to have children who have just started sleeping in. Well now it’s all going to shift about and I will not GAIN an hour – oh no I am going to lose it!! Because say … Read more
Our youngest son most likely has Autism. I say most likely as we haven’t actually seen anyone that can officially give him the “label” diagnosis. I would like to go and see the pediatrician, and for them to tell me that, no actually he is fine – that I just have very poor parenting skills and … Read more
No I have not won anything – wouldn’t that be so very fabulous! But my dear friend over at Littlelilypad has secured a spot in the Top 100 Business Mums Award Now for her to win she needs YOUR help please. It can be as quick as a tweet – or a blog post. For more … Read more
It’s almost the end of International Babywearing Week 8th-14th October 2012 and so I thought I would share my favourite carrier with you. I have tried many different types of slings but my all time favourite, and one I would recommend is the Connecta. The only problem with the Connecta is that your children will … Read more
You may have seen that our holiday to Duinrell was so amazing that I’m having to blog about it in small doses. I think my then 4, now 5, year old loved the FAIR the most. It was all free and you could go on again and again. There were hardly any queues because of … Read more
You may remember that I previously was approached by Magix to review Xara Photo & Graphic Designer (a Powerful image editing, with astounding illustration re capabilities, professional design templates & extensive desktop publishing (DTP), all in a single intuitive program) to review their products for both photo (Photo & Graphic Designer 7 £69.99) and Movie (Movie Edit Pro Plus £79.99); with the added bonus … Read more