Raising brilliant girls!
There’s a lot of stress over giving presents to teachers and most of that is generated by competitive parents wanting to outdo each other. Having been on the other side of the fence, teachers enjoy receiving presents (who doesn’t!) but don’t sit there counting who has sent what or how much it cost. I received … Read more
Button Biscuits We started the day baking button biscuits. We used a gingerbread recipe and some circle and b shaped cookie cutters. The buttons are easy to make with a straw to cut the holes We also made some b biscuits. Once they were finished we decorated them with button sweets. Bird and Butterfly … Read more
Halloween this year was certainly different. The girls were a bit disappointed when I said we wouldn’t be able to go and trick or treat this year. So we decided to think of lots of fun ways to celebrate at home instead. We were contacted by Freeze Debt to take part in their DIY Mandalorian … Read more
Here’s a fun one with left over lolly sticks. We love making decorations to put up at Christmas time. We’ve done 3D cardboard Christmas tree decorations, Christmas tree Sun Catchers, Fuzzy felt Christmas tree, and many other Christmas window decorations Spend some happy time with your kids making things. The girls made a Christmas tree … Read more
Carving pumpkins is one of those activities which seems fun at first but which ends up being much harder work than you expected. Instead of the hard carving, why not try some no carve ideas instead. Here are a range of different ways to decorate your pumpkin, all without carving it first. You can spray … Read more
I have a big fondness for any pumpkin decorating idea which doesn’t require you to do any pumpkin carving. It’s one of those things which starts out fun and ends up with you elbows in gunk and the kids are nowhere in sight. I’m always looking for new ways to decorate pumpkins using paint to … Read more
