Planning the best Halloween party
Is it really October already? For weeks now I’ve been daydreaming (should that be nightmaring?!) about organising a Halloween party for our new neighbours. Bobbing for apples, pumpkin carving, maybe...
View ArticleHassle-free cake decorating? Where do I sign up?
By October, I am organising my third kids birthday in as many months. My cake decorating skills are seriously challenged. But I don’t want to make less effort for any of my sproglets. And the...
View ArticleAdvent Calendars that are as easy as 1,2,3
Counting down to Christmas is as much fun as the big day, don’t you think? It’s surely the closest we come to packaging joy and anticipation in a box. If you’re like me, and not the greatest at...
View ArticleCreative Ways to Give Cash
Giving money as a gift isn’t the most imaginative of presents, I know. But it can show you care. Perhaps someone you know is saving for a new gadget or planning the greatest adventure of a lifetime...
View ArticleFun at your children’s fingertips without sticky moments
Finding crafty things for your children to do when you’re a guest in someone’s home is tricky, isn’t it? But if you have children like mine who love to doodle, dab and generally get messy,...
View ArticleReview: Saved from boredom by sand art
Getting my boys to sit still is like trying to get a straight answer out of a politician. Near impossible. So when the lovely folk at Kids Bee Happy sent us some sand art packs, I knew my sons would...
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Crafts
Few four letter words get our hearts pulsating so quickly. But when we hear R * A* I *N we scrurry towards our glitter stockpiles more quickly than you can say double-sided sticky tape. AndÂ...
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Five cheap but cheerful end of term gifts for teachers
While an apple just doesn’t do the job any more, a thank you present for your child’s favourite teacher still doesn’t have to be costly. When it comes to end of term gift-giving, competition...
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