Easy Easter egg decorating ideas
I’m not that creative, but here’s some really easy Sharpie based easter egg decorating ideas.
Seasonal
How to make cheat’s easy fortune cookies for Chinese New Year
As part of our Chinese New Year themed Weekend Box we reviewed, we made easy fortune cookies. I always thought they’d be really complicated, and had no idea how they’re made, so I was pleased to see how we could…
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Exploring Chinese New Year with Weekend Box
I’m a bit of a slack crafter. I love doing crafts (cards, jewellery, crochet) but actually getting something out and thinking of it from scratch isn’t my forte. As for children’s crafts? Well, let’s just say that Weekend Boxes come…
Snow and Tell at the Story Museum Oxford
Going to see Snow and Tell storytime at the Story Museum in Oxford for Christmas, plus a few others treats while visiting
The alternative 12 days of Christmas
I didn’t know how I wanted to cover our Christmas on the blog. I kept making notes, and think they’d be separate blog posts, but then I realised that I’m never going to get round to writing 6 Christmas posts….
Christmas traditions – dos and donts of Christmas gift wrapping
I love Christmas although we do tend to wait to put up decorations, mostly because the OH would rather it went up on Christmas Eve. But I do as much of my Christmas shopping as early as possible. I tend…
Visiting Santa’s Enchanted Christmas Kingdom at Hatton Adventure world
Christmas events – review of Santa’s enchanted Kingdom at Hatton Adventure World.
Meeting Thomas the Tank Engine and Father Christmas at Didcot Railway Centre
Christmas at Didcot Railway Centre includes riding with Thomas the Tank Engine to see Father Christmas
Christmas jumpers and party clothes
I’ve not joined in with any of the children’s fashion linkies for a while, but have a couple of outfits I wanted to share. Recently N’s mostly been wearing either nursery uniform jumpers or t shirts, or we’ve not really…
A first nursery nativity play
Note to self, in future always arrive at school events 10 minutes beforehand rather than 2 minutes before. For N’s first nativity play at day nursery, I arrived to find I was the last parent by miles to arrive, and…
How to make beaded Christmas tree cones
I don’t do much crafting nowadays (I’ve not yet picked up again my half-finished crochet blanket that I put down back in March), but do love it when I get the chance. Of course I love pinterest, so I probably…