Escape rooms are largely rising in popularity. Just ten years ago or so, escape rooms were pretty niche and relatively unknown in the UK. But now, the escape room has become an awesome option for days out with family and friends, parties or team building.
Construction Play with Caterpillar Toys
Do your children love construction play? Our youngest love anything involving diggers, sand, mud and construction…as well of demolition of course!
Summer Games for the Garden
With all the nice weather we’ve been having during this lockdown period, and, given that no one will be going very far this summer, I’ve been thinking about garden games.
Beauty in isolation: me time or just more time?
I think it’s fair to say that at the start of 2020 few of us anticipated being confined to ours homes for weeks on end. Few of us anticipated that schools would be closed and lots of people would either be working from home or furloughed…I mean, had we even heard that word before?
Can Video Gaming Be Fun for the Whole Family?
We are not a family who play video games. We do not have a games console in the house, which, these days, seems very rare. Many of our children’s friends play video games, and if they don’t, their parents do
Children’s lockdown birthday? No problem with Non-Stop Kids
These virtual parties use Zoom technology so that the entertainer can interact with all the children taking part and involve a mixture of magic, songs and games tailored to the age group of each individual party.
Home-schooling: Outdoor learning opportunities
Home-schooling, crisis schooling, whatever you are referring to it as, we are now into our 11th week. Are you getting into a groove with it? Has it made you want to home-school full time? Or are you tearing your hair out?
Outdoor water play: keeping cool and having fun together
When the weather is warm, the children love nothing more than a water fight. When it’s warm enough to get the water guns out, they don’t hesitate. We’ve had a range of water shooters over the years and always try to have a bit of a variety when it comes to the type of soakers we have, as some are more suited to younger children and some to older children.