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Create your own lava lamp effect
Here is a short and simple video showing you how to create your own lava [...]
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Apr
Apr
Make Your Own Bird Seed
This is a wonderful recipe for bird seed, but please NOTE- do not do this [...]
02
Apr
Apr
Make a Bird Feeder with Kids
This is an easy to make 3 step homemade bird feeder. You don’t have to [...]
02
Apr
Apr
Fish Tank Craft
With so many different ideas to make a fish tank, here’s one of the ideas [...]
01
Apr
Apr
Origami Fish
In the first of our series of Origami activities here’s an easy one to start [...]
01
Apr
Apr
Easy to Make Aeroplanes
This is such an easy craft that it’s perfect for little fingers. If you have [...]
01
Apr
Apr
Liven Up Lockdown with April Fool’s Pranks
April Fool’s is like Marmite- you love it, or hate it. Some people go completely [...]
01
Apr
Apr
World Book Day-Fun Facts
World Book Day is a special day created by UNESCO to encourage a love of [...]
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Mar
Mar
Kick out the Monday Blues With Funny News
Today is officially the day when the rest of the World goes back to work [...]
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Jan
Jan
The Top 5 Santa’s Grottos
Where would Christmas be without the visit to Santa’s Grotto? It’s probably the only queue [...]
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Dec
Dec
What Does Family Mean To You?
What does Family mean to you? The official definition is: the basic unit in society [...]
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Nov
Nov
5 Things We Should Teach Our Kids
When you hold that tiny newborn you aren’t prepared for the bolt of love lightening [...]
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Oct
Oct
The Worst Jobs in History
There are many jobs that can be considered laborious, back breaking and even pretty stinky! [...]
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Oct
Oct
Ditch the Plastic Bottle
It doesn’t seem to be that long ago that we were urging everyone to buy [...]
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Oct
Oct
How We Choose our Baby Names
Baby name books are one of the most popular gifts for parents-to-be, but how much [...]
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Oct
Oct
Memory Card Game
Christopher Louis Pelman, a British psychologist of early 20th century, devised a game called the [...]
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Sep
Sep
Snap- and Why It’s Still Everyone’s Favourite Card Game
Card games have been around since the last century and it doesn’t look like they’ll [...]
26
Sep
Sep
What is Coding and Why is it Taught at Preschool?
Has your toddler come home from Preschool talking about coding? Just what is coding and [...]
17
Sep
Sep
That Stiff Upper British Lip at it’s best…
Around the world British humour is well known. That stiff upper lip that encompasses most [...]
10
Sep
Sep
How Much Screen Time is Too Much Screen Time?
There’s a debate that’s been brewing for a while now over traditional games v technology [...]
08
Sep
Sep
Back to School
As the Summer Holidays fade away it’s the start of a new school year, and [...]
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Aug
Aug
5 of the World’s Best Children’s Libraries
We love a library and with the UK faced with multiple closures it’s important we [...]
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Aug
Aug
The World’s Craziest Races
Is it that some people have way too much time on their hands, or that [...]
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Jul
Jul
Keep Cool In a Heatwave
Who would’ve thought we would be writing about heatwaves in July in the UK. It [...]
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Jul
Jul
How to Encourage a Child to Read
Recent studies have show that reading for pleasure is more important to a child’s educational [...]
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Jun
Jun
The Reason For Rhyme
What is the reason for rhyme? it’s quite simple, it’s fun to read and fun [...]
10
Jun
Jun
Dad’s Memory Book (just in case!)
Mum decided that for Dad’s 80th she wanted to do a memory book for him, [...]
06
Jun
Jun
Turning Teenager Birthday Party.
Had been fretting about this party for weeks. Okay maybe not as ‘fretty’ as I [...]
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Jun
Jun
Top 10 Things Kids Want from Parents.
As a new parent it’s so hard to know what kids want. It’s hard to [...]
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May
May
Moles and how NOT to get rid of them.
Last years freshly laid lawn, didn’t last long, due to the effects of our Summer [...]
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Mar
Mar
100 years of Ladybird books
In 2015 we marked the 100 year anniversary of Ladybird Books. I learned to read [...]
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Feb
Feb
Who Said Swimming is Fun?
There are many activities that I adore to do with my children and now grandchild [...]
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Feb
Feb
Lunch Box Ideas, That Aren’t Sandwiches!
I know, every morning it’s the same thing. The bleary eyed lean on the open [...]
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Jan
Jan
Avocado salads- nutritious and delicious
There’s a bit of a debate about avocados- are they healthy or are they not? [...]
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Apr
Apr
10 Most Common Superstitions
As someone who was brought up in a house ruled by superstitions it was inevitable [...]
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Sep
Sep
Some of our favourite jokes
Q: What do you call a fake noodle? A: An Impasta Q- What do you [...]
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Sep