Halloween’s been and gone again, and we’re onto thinking about Christmas. But in preparation for next Halloween, I’m sharing how I used pretty much all of our pumpkin. I roasted pumpkin seeds and made pumpkin puree to use for various…
Halloween has been and gone for another year. We don’t really celebrate it. We’ve done pumpkins for the last few years – well, being a blogger and instagrammer it’s pretty essential to visit a pumpkin patch and take photos of…
Make these fun candy apples – as gifts or as a party activity Autumn arrives and everyone things about halloween and bonfire night. Along with both events comes sweet treats, and toffee apples. Personally I’m not a fan of toffee…
Sometimes children don’t want to do the activities suggested (food shopping anyone?). But other times something sparks their imagination and they’re ready and waiting at the door to leave. Picking a pumpkin is one of those times. I don’t really…
Halloween is always interesting to explain to children. Especially once there’s the peer pressure from school to go trick or treating. In the past N has had some kind of costume to go to nursery in. Although he’s not really…
While I hate saying goodbye to the lovely summer weather we had in September, I do love autumn. Not only because it’s my birthday month but also for the colour, mists, sunrise and sunsets, bonfires and more. Pumpkins were never…
Being that time of year again, we’ve just had our traditional Halloween NCT party. One of the girls often invites everyone round to their spookily decorated house for the children to play, the adults to chat, and for us all…
Every year I’m late with my pumpkin and autumn posts, but I like to take time to reflect! And hey, I’m not yet talking Christmas. Here’s my easy way to pimp your pumpkins and create pumpkin art with Sharpies. *Ad…
I’m trying to build up a stash of family games for N. Games are something we used to play a lot of as children, and although he’s an only child, he’s got plenty of cousins to enable him to get…
*Ad – gifted tickets, contains affiliate links Until last year I’d never carved a pumpkin. Apart from the faff of removing the pulp and seeds, I really enjoyed carving it, so was looking forward to trying something else this year. …
Crikey, it feels like I’ve not written about books for so long. We have been reading, well we’ve been reading picture books (I’ve not been reading myself!), and we’ve also had a clear out so we have a tiny amount…