Adventuring through childhood... with love and dysfunction in tow
We decided we were going to make our own natural totem pole in the forest… We took with us a pack of air dry clay (£3.50 in Hobby craft) to make a totem pole with all our family on it. We also took a pop up tent, flask of soup and some crusty bread, we used latex gloves from Poundland… View Post
We set out to the forest to unearth our time capsules that were buried 4 years ago. We took a pop up tent, flask of soup and some crusty bread. It took us nearly two hours to locate our capsule…oops 🙂 We also walked over logs, made dens and climbed trees. Here’s how we got on… We headed to the… View Post
I decided that I wanted to do a Wizard of Oz themed birthday picnic in a crooked wood for Mila. I used as much as I could from around the house with the only expense being her cake which I had planned to be a simple white iced Christmas cake with a yellow brick road. Fortunately M&S had a beautiful… View Post
Have you seen those light up umbrellas and thought they’re cool but just too expensive to justify the cost when kids break and lose umbrellas so easily? We too wanted to have one so we found a really easy and very cheap way of making one.
We love building dens. We love them in the house, in the garden, at the beach or in the woods. We simply adore letting our imagination take us to new places. Under table dens are some of the simplest ideas to get you started. We wanted a watery theme without the wetness so chose an under the table ocean.
We headed out to watch the sun rise on a frosty morning, it wasn’t particularly cold but the grass had a reasonable frost in parts of the shade, no more than a normal frost, it wasn’t frosty enough to create icy puddles. We took some small bottles of bubbles that are used as party favours (a 6 pack in Poundland… View Post
Sometimes children learn without even realising it, relying on the fact that the brain is like a sponge I wanted to try & input some knowledge into them & in a fun & not overly obvious way…. My resolution for this year is to teach my children a new fact every single day. I am achieving this with the introduction… View Post