Adventuring through childhood... with love and dysfunction in tow
With the aid of a few duck eggs which i paid 40p each for and a handwritten sign we embarked on a dragon hunt…The bigger children (7&9) were in on the Dragon hunt set up today & did really well making believe for Mila (4), they were rewarded with a find of some ‘real’ eggs from something unknown 🙂 Our… View Post
The kids decided they wanted to have a rap battle, so we set about making our own boom box and decks, we used empty boxes to do this. We took our guitar, play station microphones & our decks (play station dj hero & our original 1970’s FISHERPRICE record player)…. We found a perfect spot for our battle… Here’s how we… View Post
Today we headed to the beach, we took with us an old empty picture frame & sharpie marker pen… The beach was ‘Bracelet bay’ in The Mumbles, South Wales. Here’s what we did… Where’s Noah? If you would like to follow more of our daily frugal memory making activities & adventures during a childhood that’s fleeting you can find us… View Post
We decided to celebrate St Patricks day by learning all about Ireland…. Here’s how we did it…. We used empty baby food jars to make our St Patricks Day treats. We simply filled with Rolos & Skittles (gold & rainbow) & topped with marshmallows (a cloud)…. You could replace the skittles with smarties & serve as a bedtime treat with… View Post
We decided to make some worry grubs in an attempt to take any worries away we may have. We used air dry clay wrapped with wool and a matchstick box. You could also use pebbles or small sticks. Here’s how we did it…
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