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in Beach· Christmas· Magical Adventures

An Outdoor Elf Adventure

6 Dec

A few days ago our Christmas elf arrived from the North Pole bringing with him the promise of a sprinkling of magic and make believe throughout the house, but who’d of thought that our elf would have such a huge desire to explore the outdoors during his stay!

in Beach· Outdoor Fun· Simple Play Ideas

Sand Mud Pie Creation Station

1 Mar

You can’t beat imaginary and sensory play mixed together. And who doesn’t love a mud pie! The children will spend hours in the garden mixing mud potions and cooking up a foliage feast for pretend play. It’s so much fun.

in Beach· Embrace Imagination· Outdoor Fun

Bringing Kids Drawings To Life

29 Dec

Today we decided to head out to blow the cobwebs away after being mostly in over the Christmas period. The children wanted to go to the beach so with rain clouds looming we pulled on our waterproofs and headed for the coast. The children had spent the morning drawing pictures so we thought it would be a lovely idea to… View Post

in As They Grow· Beach· Outdoor Fun

Caterpillar Company

20 Jun

It can be the smallest of things that make us smile. And the smallest of things that actually turn out to be the biggest things…

in Beach· Outdoor Fun

Recycle Bin Outdoor Artists

24 Apr

💡👌🎨👨‍🎨👩‍🎨 Here’s a genius idea to become portable outdoor artists using a recycling bin!

in As They Grow· Beach· Magical Adventures· Outdoor Fun

Jude Meets The Ocean

26 Aug

Today, at 11 days old, Jude met the ocean properly for the first time so we marked the occasion by making some special memory ‘MILE STONES’ for him.

in Autumn· Beach· Garden· Indoor Fun· Outdoor Fun· Spring· Summer

Making Art With Nature

15 Aug

The natural resources that Mother Nature has to offer are ideal for any budding artist wanting to create an organic masterpiece. Best of all the materials are free! Whether you are in your own backyard, collecting leaves and blossom blowing in the street or beachcombing the sea shore, you are never short things to find.

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When you start your day as Miss Honey & turn into When you start your day as Miss Honey & turn into Miss Trunchable...

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Feeling a bit me’h today so I’ve cheered myself up by booking a spring date for our wedding...it’s only taken 8 children, around 30 years and a church to get around to doing it 😁

And as it’s going to be a lockdown affair we’ve chosen the spring given the abundance of flowers in the churchyard that we’ll get to enjoy our day surrounded by 🌸🌼🌸🥰
Restoration realities... 🧡 Windowsil grubs, the Restoration realities...
🧡 Windowsil grubs, they just seem to be forever filthy and gather muck more indoors than out. 
Everyday I remind myself that the dirt will wash away but the memories will remain forever 😬
🪚 🪛 🪵 🧁 🧑‍🍳 We made our own ru 🪚 🪛 🪵 🧁 🧑‍🍳 We made our own rustic cake stand! The 8 year old made a plan before using tools to cut some wood slices, drill some holes and screw together his design.
He then made some fairy cakes and decorated them  to make a centrepiece dessert 🌸🧁

It was really easy to do and highly effective, he was very proud of himself 🥰👏
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