I happened to be online when Mammasaurus' post about Travelsupermarket's Kids Capture the Colour competition went live and was delighted to be sent a free camera for LBG to take her very own pictures to enter in the competition. As a child of a blogger she is very used to not eating until I have instagrammed her food, or posing with a product for a review photograph, or just turning around to find her Mamma with a camera in her face, recording … [Read more...]
Paper Lantern Bats and Ghosts for Halloween
Now that the nights are drawing in, my thoughts are turning to the Autumn and Winter events on the calendar, the first one being Halloween, which is a big event in our house. Not for the spookiness, but for the annual Pumpkin Party that is usually scheduled around that time. So when Red Ted Art threw down the crafting gauntlet for Halloween crafts, you would have thought that we would dive into the Pumpkin crafting with delight. Not so. … [Read more...]
Cereal Box Craft: Mini Doctor’s Kit
I was recently challenged to get crafty with a cereal box. It can be quite tricky when you are given a product with which to craft. You have to look at it for a while and mull it over. Anthea at Zing Zing Tree is a great advocate for this approach to craft and comes up with some amazing things. I tend to have a reactive approach to crafting. My girls have an obsession with bags. They love carrying things around in anything, whether it is a … [Read more...]
Hawaiian Leis, swimsuits and Teen Beach Movie
A few weeks ago I was invited to review the music for Teen Beach Movie, which premiered on the Disney Channel last night. It's everything you'd expect from a Disney Movie. If you are fan of Eminem or Radio 6 then it's unlikely to be your thing. But we are fans of High School Musical, Now That's What I Call Music and One Direction so this was right up our street. The music is perky, it's upbeat, it's catchy. It's redolent of the Cliff Richard … [Read more...]
Washing Up Liquid or Dish Soap Activities with Ecover
Ecover asked me if I wanted to test out some of their products after seeing my New Home Wreath and I was happy to say yes: what home doesn't need cleaning products? DH was skeptical when I handed him the household wipes the other day- asking if he would need half-a-packet to clean up a small mess. He made reference to when we last used Ecover about ten years ago. He ate his words- though not the wipe- since the wipes were more than able to clean … [Read more...]
Royal Baby Card Craft: fingerprint babies
To celebrate the impending arrival of the world's most famous baby- check out the #royalbabywatch online- The Girls and I have been dipping our fingers in paint and making a Royal Baby Card craft. They have always been mad about Will and Catherine and still play with my cork Royal Couple regularly, so the news that there would be a Royal Baby means they have been playing Royal Babies for the past few weeks. It was a natural progression, given … [Read more...]
{Craft} Helicopter Seed Thank you Cards for Teachers
We are only a week away from the end of term which means a host of school activities to attend but also the need for a lot of thank you cards. Last week whilst waiting for the school gates to open the Girls spotted a lot of helicopter seeds on the floor so we gathered them all up in my special school-run basket to take home. And we used them to make Helicopter Seed Thank you cards for all the teachers. I know from The Boy and Me that teachers … [Read more...]
