LEGO Pirate Party

LEGO Pirate party cakes

Holding a LEGO Pirate Party needn’t be a complicated affair, here’s how we did it with the thanks* to Gloucestershire based company Fabulous Partyware (see links to individual products). Making a LEGO Party Table The first most obvious thing to me was to make the table look just like a LEGO brick. This is very … Read more

How to do Disneyland Paris on a Small Budget

How to do Disneyland Paris on a Small Budget

Disneyland Paris – The Magic is Much Cheaper than you Think I have just visited Disneyland Paris again during our visit to France. It was a full day in the park. We arrived there a little bit later than I would have liked (ie not as soon as the park opened) but left at midnight. … Read more

Ultimate Resource of Ways to Teach your Pirate Fan Science

Ultimate Resource of Ways to Teach your Pirate Fan Science

Pirate Science If you haven’t already the wonderful Science Sparks has an app you can download from iTunes and Google Play. It was whilst I was having a look on it that I noticed that there’s a lot of lovely Pirate Science. We love Pirates and it has become a bit of a theme this … Read more

How to make a LEGO Pirate Ship

LEGO PIRATE SHIP

We made our LEGO Pirate Ship in the days leading up to our stay in a Pirate room at LEGOLAND Windsor. It was an adaptation of RedTedArt’s Pirate boat. We made it smaller than the original because we didn’t have big enough pieces of card, and I also believed it would make it a much … Read more

Junior Builders Week at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel

Junior Builders Week at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel

For this half term I decided that the best plan of action was to have something to look forward to. So for the Saturday before the boys went back to school we booked the night in the LEGOLAND Hotel. As the LEGOLAND Windsor resort is closed in February there was a Junior Builders Week. This … Read more

LEGOLAND Windsor February Half Term 2015

LEGOLAND Windsor 2015

Whilst LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Park is not open this February half-term, it is not too late to book a special rate stay in the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel, during Junior Builder Week. From just £130 for a family of 4, guests will have an overnight stay in a LEGO themed room, breakfast, the chance to … Read more

Day 17: Christmas Present ideas for Boys #Review

christmas presents for boys

Christmas Present Craft TRH I asked around for ideas of what things people associated with Christmas (for the Christmas TRH Book Advent) and have to say that presents came up a lot. Making a toilet roll holder (trh) into a present was really easy and a good, cheap, way to help teach your children the … Read more

Are you bribing your kids? #Infographic

Personalised children’s chart website, KiddyCharts found in a new survey that over 83% of parents admit to bribing their kids to help deal with bad behaviour. Are we really just giving into our children’s demands? 83.1% admitted to bribing their children with anything from extra time at the computer, to handing over sweets and chocolates. Is it … Read more

Peppa Pig World – Paultons Theme Park Review

Thinking of going to Paulton’s Park, home of Peppa Pig World? I say do it! It is more amazing than you can imagine and my four year old son has asked every day since if we are going back. so much detail, colour and so practical for young children. It really does provide a perfect … Read more

Tuesday Time Tunnel

News Protests over Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd & Jo O’ Meara being racially abusive towards Shipla Shetty. Contaminated fuel damaged thousands of cars Kryptonite was discovered The disappearance of Madeline McCann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Films Superbad Transformers Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celebrity Weddings Billie Piper and Lawerence Fox John Barrowman and Scott Gill … Read more