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I looked up how to make moon dough and it recommended that you use 1/2 cup of baby oil and 2 cups of flour but me being me, I wanted to make loads so ended up using 2 big bags of flour and 3 bottles of baby oil. It’s best to use trial and error to [...]
How To Make Nutty Alien Cakes you say? Anyone who knows me knows I love to bake. These nutty alien cakes are quick and simple to make so they won’t break the bank. Prep time: 10-15 mins Baking time: 10-15 mins Ingredients: 225g self raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 110g softened butter [...]
Its not a great day for going far so we decided to make some simple fairy cakes, but as we all know things never go to plan, especially in this mad house. In the end we came up with a new creation – fairy cake cupcakes. Fairy cake cupcakes are rather unique you know. You simply bake [...]
I wanted a unique and funky way to display my daughters hand and footprints so when I saw plain white canvases for sale in my local Home Bargains an idea popped swiftly into my head. How To Make Hand And Footprint Canvases Give the canvas a base coat (I chose white and then splattered red/purple paint [...]
Mum Ellie and her little boy Oliver 2 have been making hand painted dinosaur pictures this morning. I had to ask if we could share their fun activity morning on the blog. How To Make Hand Painted Dinosaurs Place your hand into a plate of green plate and press your hand onto a clean white piece of [...]
The sun comes out and that’s it we all get excited. Thursday was a gorgeous day and I couldn’t wait to get the kids home from school and get out there and catch some rays. My sun tan from the very beautiful and hot Bondi beach holiday has faded and despite knowing I would not [...]
Budding young writers get their pens at the ready as this year’s National Young Writers’ Award is set to return – bigger than ever before. The competition, which is now in its fifth year, will be judged by best-selling author, Cressida Cowell, writer of the world famous How To Train Your Dragon series, which inspired [...]
We are debating whether to go away on a cheap short breaks holiday this summer as six weeks is an incredible long time to keep the kids entertained and to be honest we have not had a family holiday for a few years now. When I remember back to my own childhood, the one memory that [...]
Taste for Life is giving Halloween a twist this Autumn using buttnernut squash! In case you’re not familiar with the programme, Taste for Life offers FREE educational resources for parents and nurseries encouraging little ones to explore and enjoy good food from a young age and develop healthy eating habits for life. I have included [...]
The kids may well be back at school, but there’s still quality family time to be had during the weekends. Britain has a vast amount of history, and fun activities, and exploring the country for these is part of the fun. However, you don’t want to get stuck with going to adventure parks all [...]
There are only a few more days of the summer holiday to go before my kids are back in school. It’s a day I’ve been looking forward to, as I’ve struggled to get them out of the house so far, as they were only interested in playing computer games and spending time in their bedrooms. [...]
I sing at least three songs to my three-year-old every day before nap, and every night before bed. I tell you this to preface another different, yet connected story: My son can be, well, three at times. Most of the time. All of the time. He speaks his mind, regardless of whether it is or [...]
Chocolate Themed Summer Holidays for your Children Chocolate Fun in the Sun The summer holidays are right around the corner. Children are eagerly counting down their final days of school in anticipation of a long and well-deserved break; many parents, however, are feeling a bit nervous about planning a summer’s worth of enjoyable, appropriate and [...]
Every child loves finger puppets. This cheerful and colourful bee tutorial, provided by the foam for cushions experts cutfoam.co.uk is easy to make. Your child will enjoy helping you although some of the gluing is a bit tricky. With a few extra materials that you can get from any craft shop, you will have this [...]
[Photo by Kelly Roselle] When I was young, activities such as stamp-collecting, gravestone-rubbing and playing with train sets were still considered to be respectable children’s hobbies. Today, these childish pursuits seem to be a little out-dated but many other hobbies seem eternally popular throughout the ages. You’ll find a few of them listed [...]
Summer is fast approaching and with the better weather comes the excitement of exploring the outside world. One of the most popular summer activities is building a tree house. To ensure health and safety without spoiling the fun, it’s a good idea for you and your kids to build this tree house together. [...]
Having a child at home all day can be quite boring for them but with the government pulling in their reigns with our money it is difficult to take our children out every day due to cost’s, so we asked our mums for some ideas of activities that are cheap but fun that can [...]
Most likely your children have their typical daily chores like make their bed or put away their clothes. Why not let them help you cook dinner or a weekend breakfast, cooking doesn’t have to be a chore. Getting your kids in the kitchen and cooking will do them a lot of good, here are a [...]
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