We’ve been doing quite a few Christmas crafts this month – mainly stolen from Pinterest I will admit – but this one I just thought up when I bought some eggs in a green box. Egg box Christmas trees! (Obviously with a plain egg box they would need painting too). It does involve a little adult help for cutting the cones from the egg box and possibly putting the glue on them, but the sticking allows children to be creative with their trees and makes a very simple enjoyable activity. This is suitable for pre-schoolers and toddlers, as even Noah …
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A magical Christmas with the Portable North Pole
Since I discovered the Portable North Pole a few years ago, Jacob has had a message from Santa every year without fail. Last year though was the first year that he really understood about Father Christmas and he was absolutely mesmerised while watching his personalised video. Both boys loved their videos this year, even Noah was excited at watching his, and J wanted to watch his again & again! It is such a lovely idea on the countdown to Christmas, especially if children don’t manage to visit him in person. This year the PNP is back – bigger & better …
Christmas candy cane & cranberry brownies | Recipe
I don’t know about you, but I love a brownie. The way I like them – fresh out of the oven warm and gooey. I haven’t baked brownies for ages but with the Christmas season upon us, I thought I would get experimenting. With these two festive favourite flavours – candy canes and cranberries – I decided that they would be delicious in a brownie. I was right; these are amazingly gooey, minty and the cranberries give a sharp tang.
24 Advent Activity Ideas For Toddlers & Pre-Schoolers
The 1st of December is upon us, which means the Christmas countdown has officially begun! The boys have chocolate advent calendars from relatives, and you may remember we received this wooden advent calendar from Hobbycraft to review last year. I was a bit last minute with it then, but this time I have compiled a list of activities which I have put inside so we will have some Christmas fun-filled days in the lead up to the big day – some of them may even involve Buddy the Elf again 😉 I’ve been scouring the web for activities and here are the ones I …
Review – Hotel Chocolat ‘The Everything Collection’ from the Christmas Collection
If there is one gift I always receive for Christmas, without fail, it is chocolate. Last year hubby bought me an awesomely huge peanut flavoured chocolate hamper; but due to starting with my new weight loss goals in January, I actually still have some left! That has definitely not been the case since discovering Hotel Chocolat though – why have I never had the pleasure of trying chocolate from here before? I can tell you though, it is my new favourite luxury chocolate brand. I was so excited to see an email land in my inbox asking if I wanted to …