Last year we reviewed the Thistle Castle Playset from the Ben and Holly toy range by Character and shortly afterwards we were sent the connecting Magical Swing and Slide Playsets which click onto the Castle and the children think are brilliant. It’s a show they absolutely adore and when they play with the toys, making up their own stories, they are so sweet! I love small world play! A year on and we still play with those toys and have […]
Back last September Florence reviewed the Beados Quick Dry Design Studio and she thought it was absolutely fantastic. She’s very crafty so choosing the right coloured beads to place on a clear board with a design template underneath it is just up her street. It’s a little bit fiddly and you need patience but she’s really good at that and within a few hours had created some brilliant pieces including some which she had free handed. She’s continued to use it […]
As a 17 year old with money in my pocket for my birthday I DID embark upon some ill fated driving lessons but… I didn’t learn to drive… My first few were with a man I like to call the poisoned tangerine dwarf. He was smaller than me (and I’m 5ft 2″) and so badly fake tanned that he was practically glowing! He was miserable too and I was very miffed that he wouldn’t let me use the radio in our […]
Every year at Christmas time we look forward to seeing The Scamp Theatre Company produce Stick Man Live In The West End. It’s probably the best thing we’ve ever been to see at the theatre for children. I mean that’s quite a hard statement to make because we’ve seen a LOT of good stuff but there’s something different about Stick Man? Something extra special. It helps that it’s Christmassy of course but it’s definitely more than that; I just can’t put my […]
I simply can’t believe that this time last year I was writing about Florence finishing nursery about to embark upon her big school journey and suddenly here we are at the end of her reception year. Where does the time go? My little girl has done a whole year of big school and come out the other side just as wonderful as she always was but with bundles more knowledge. Her school have worked wonders with her and from those […]
There’s a vast amount of school uniform to choose from on the high street at the moment and although it’s fabulous to have so many items at affordable prices, having so much of it also makes the decision of knowing what to buy and from where that much harder. Do you go for the more expensive brands that perhaps have the best reputation? They do say buy cheap buy twice after all? Or do you go for the cheapest available because […]
Last week I was invited to an exclusive event at the Sanderson Hotel in Central London to celebrate the re-launch of a brand of dolls we are already rather fond of! The Bratz! They’re back and they’re better than ever! The newly transformed Bratz collection has been re-designed to fit the fashions and styles of every girl. Let’s face it, fashion dolls seem to have traditionally been blonde and of a certain type but everyone is different so how can everyone […]
Survey Reveals UK Parents Experience a Daily ‘Pang’ Of Guilt Little Tikes and Olympian Greg Rutherford Call on Families to Enjoy the Great Outdoors this Summer Today an independent survey of 2,000 UK families, commissioned by toy company Little Tikes, reveals that parents are fed up with the lack of quality time spent together, with the average mum and dad experiencing seven pangs of guilt a week! Being too busy or tired to give kids their full attention and working […]
We often go to Willows Farm and we love it. It’s the perfect mix of being a traditional farm with a twist of fun on the side! Rides, play equipment, soft play, theatre shows and more but all done in a really old-fashioned way. There are fair ground rides but none of them are garishly playing loud music with flashing lights, they are traditional and nestled in amongst them are hand push swing boats, trampolines and bouncy castles. It’s a […]
THERE’S A BRAND NEW SHOW FROM FIERY LIGHT! IT’S THE FOURTH PEPPA PIG TOURING PRODUCTION AND WE ARE SUPER THRILLED TO BE OFFERING ONE LUCK READER THE CHANCE TO WIN A FAMILY TICKET TO SEE THE SHOW! A new Peppa Pig live stage show, PEPPA PIG’S SURPRISE, will tour the UK & Ireland from autumn 2015 with dates currently being booked for 2016. Produced by leading children’s theatre team Fiery Light, in partnership with licensor Entertainment One, this brand new show […]
