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in Beach· Outdoor Fun

40+ Fun Beach Games and Activities for Kids

9 Feb

There’s so much more to do at the beach besides building castles… Here’s a ton of beach fun ideas for all ages, from boat building to beach art…whatever the weather.

in As They Grow

Toddler ‘Things That Move’ Hunt / Mini Adventuring

4 Feb

As part of my mini adventuring with toddler Noah, we’ve been doing some treasure hunting! Yesterday & today we hunted for ‘Things that move’ & found some great things on our venture… Here’s how we got on..

in Local Exploring

The Natural Beauty of Wales

6 Aug

So here is our tried & tested view of South/West & Mid Wales & a photographical log of just  some of the naturally beautiful places we have visited, from coastline to mountains and ruins to heritage we endeavoured to take in as much of our part of the world as possible with just petrol in the car, often welly boots… View Post

in Outdoor Fun

Lilo Surfing & Extreme Buggying

28 May

So for another day the heavens have opened and it’s rained non stop, so we decided to head out and take advantage of the weather with a lilo & an old buggy in tow… Lilo surfing & extreme buggying were on the agenda!! The kids were prepared to get wet and muddy, we found a steep grassy bank with an… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun· Outdoor Fun

100+ Half Term Boredom Busting Ideas

24 May

Digging in the archives I’ve selected over 100 different boredom busting ideas for the kids to try out during the school holidays… Indoors & out, sunshine or rain, here’s my choice to keep the kids entertained… 1.Make your own fairy doors.. 2..Make a box dolls house using samples collected from B&Q… Be your own interior designer! 3..Make your own pine… View Post

in Outdoor Fun

Tree Folk

23 Apr

We headed to the woods to make our own tree folk. We simply drew and coloured in facial features and then turned the trees into tree folk… It was lots of fun… Here’s what we did.. If you would like to follow more of our daily frugal, fun & magical memory making activities & adventures during a childhood that’s fleeting… View Post

in Beach· Embrace Imagination

Fossil Hunting & Dinosaur Egg Adventure

22 Apr

We decided to embark on a fossil excavating day at the beach. I made this magical by making a giant egg with plaster of Paris & a balloon for the kids to stumble upon. We gathered together some excavating tools, a bucket containing a sieve, a paintbrush, some hammers and chisels and various tools for scraping, small paintbrushes, sticks and… View Post

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