Do you love the festive season? Are you already preparing for what fun things you and your family might get up to? What about a festive family movie night? Join the adorably ambitious “littlest reindeer”, Elliot, this Christmas as he sets his sights on becoming the newest – and tiniest – member of Santa’s reindeer […]
Travelling with children can be stressful at the best of times, but over Christmas if you have to travel that can go up a notch. Some new research from the Accident Advice Helpline has cited lots of tips from parents for travelling with children over the festive period. Leaving in plenty of time, filling the car with […]
What’s your view on Christmas jumpers? I don’t know whether Christmas jumpers have, like Halloween, just become more of a thing in the last few years, or whether I was just totally oblivious to it all in the past. It certainly seems to be a ‘thing’ now with Christmas jumpers in most clothing stores. We’ve […]
We’ve hit November and the shops are full of Christmas goodies, it’s time to begin the preparations. The build up to Christmas for children can almost be as exciting as the day itself. We all have our own family traditions and the things we do to prepare and build up that excitement. Although it is […]
At least once a week I will ask the children “would you like to do some craft?” – the same question, fairly frequently, and the level of excitement in response is also consistent every time. They love it. They always have fun. Whilst they respond fairly well to structured craft sessions, the ones they enjoy […]
I don’t know about your children but when Blaze and the Monster Machines burst onto our screens about eighteen months ago our children were instantly hooked. Someone asked me recently to describe the programme as they had never heard of it – my description went a bit like this “it’s like Dora but with monster […]
Like it or not Christmas is coming. We’ve had a few Christmassy things on the blog already and last week I saw the dreaded Christmas takeover in the supermarket when I dived in with the little ones to grab two things I’d missed off my online shopping order. Once the children spotted all the Christmas […]
It’s out there already isn’t it…the Christmas word! People are already talking about what to buy and I shared details the other day about the Magic Santa Letter, along with a 30% discount code, to help you make some savings. Sometimes people have really clear ideas what to buy for children. Perhaps they have a […]