Trash Wheels Junkyard Playset & Litter Bugs #Review

Trash Wheels Junkyard Playset

My boys loved the Trash Packs from Flair that I brought home from the Toy Fair in London. So they were really excited to hear that we were going to be reviewing the Wheels Junkyard and a pack of (2) Litter Bugs. My 6 year old knew all about the fact that the Gross Gang … Read more

Jungle Speed Safari #Review & #Giveaway

Jungle Speed Safari Review & Giveaway

Jungle Speed Safari is a compact game that can easily be taken on your travels, with all the pieces fitting into a small bag provided. Jungle Speed Safari consists of 42 cards, 5 differently coloured totems (each with a different picture of food on them), a rule book and the bag to keep them all … Read more

Discworld Ankh Morpork Board Game #Review

Discworld Ankh Morpork

 I was pleased to hear that Esdevium Games have two board games for sale from his favourite author Terry Pratchett: Witches and Discworld Ankh Morpork. It may be down to the fact that I’m not one, but I find it particularly difficult to buy for men. There’s only so many times you can buy them chocolate, smellies, socks and a new dressing … Read more

Day 24: Christmas Eve Craft and Sam’s Snowflake

Christmas tree toilet roll holder craft

So we come to the last day of our Christmas TRH Book Advent. Of course the obvious choice for Christmas Eve craft was always going to be the Christmas tree! I think ideally it could hold something like a Mars Bar but not sure if this would make it topple over. We added chocolate buttons … Read more

Day 22: Wreath Craft & The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud

wreath and polar bear

Children are not children for long. I mean it does not seem like five minutes ago my oldest was about to start school, now he’s over 6ft, working and about to start driving lessons, how did that happen?! For this reason I really like to make things that will hold a special treasured memory. Hands … Read more

Day 21: Shepherd and Twelve Days of Christmas

shepherd trh craft

For day twenty-one we decided to revisit the nativity, as I think a few gentle reminders about why people celebrate Christmas are important.  We started to make this shepherd as Joseph but there was just something about him that did not look right. I think it was the quality of the material I used being too rich. … Read more

Day 20: Candle & Gone (Book for older teens)

candle

With all the excitement at school – the parties, the plays,seeing Father Christmas, the decorations  and the dark nights, my boys are really getting tired now. So a nice simple craft was in order. This candle could not have been easier. We simply painted the toilet roll holder white, attached a short piece of silver … Read more

Day: 19 Decoration Craft & Spooks Apprentice – Book for age 9+

decoration trh craft

We still have not got our Christmas decorations up, mainly due to our youngest’s special needs. You can read more about Christmas with Special Needs over on my other blog The Sensory Seeker). So I thought a  Decoration would make a  really nice toilet roll holder craft – which would signify the day in which … Read more

Day 18 Carol Singer and Mr Men A White Christmas

carol singer christmas trh craft

You may be aware that it was Christmas Jumper Day and money was raised for Save the Children. Please do donate even £1 (for which 99p will go to STC) and can buy: one day’s high-nutrient food to help treat a severely malnourished child nine sachets of oral rehydration treatment for children suffering from life-threatening … Read more