Raising brilliant girls!
There seem to be a lot of pumpkins in the shops right now which means it must be time to start decorating for Halloween, right? What says Halloween more than a bright orange pumpkin? Here’s a quick and easy pumpkin Halloween decoration idea that looks great and can be saved for next year. Sun Catcher … 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
Simple Ways to Make Your House Stand Out This Halloween
Now the girls are getting older, the usual Halloween activities just don’t seem to cut it. So they were all really excited to be invited to the review the Zombie Takeover at Rush Trampoline Park in Birmingham. This is such a fun event, perfect for older children who want lots of fun and to be … 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
A couple of years ago I made a pumpkin cookie stack after watching the Great British Bake Off. I dug the recipe out today as Molly needed something to bake at her cooking club and the photos came out so cute I thought I would repost it. We used the original recipe with just a … Read more
We have been making Halloween crafts and cooking activities for kids for many years. These crafts and delicious treats are rounded up here. Halloween crafts to do with kids Pumpkin Tea Pot Halloween Story Writing Halloween Sensory Bin Halloween Spider Pumpkin Halloween Snow Globe Pumpkin Sun Catchers Halloween treats to make with Kids Pumpkin Chickpea … Read more
The girls have always loved to make costumes for their toys. This year we might not be able to go trick or treating or have a Halloween party at our house but at least our dolls can have fun. We made these simple costumes using coloured felt. The good thing is they would fit different-sized … Read more
There was only one possible choice for our Halloween pumpkin this year. The girls’ favourite character from any film was the loveable Olaf from Disney’s Frozen and he lends himself perfectly to a pumpkin creation. I’m pretty sure there are other Olaf pumpkins around, but I haven’t seen any yet and I haven’t wanted to … Read more
