Monthly Archives: March 2020

Utilise your time: Make your car & tyres ready

March 27, 2020 in Featured and Guest by Jen Walshaw

Utilise your time: Make your car & tyres ready is a paid collaborative post with Ossett Tyre House. Now a lot of us are at home during the lockdown, we can use this time to do things that we don’t normally have the time to do as once the lockdown is over, things will resume their normal state. The best way to manage your time is to do things you normally can’t do because of the daily hustle and bustle. One thing that this pandemic has taught us is: to never compromise on safety.

Bored Jar Ultimate Activity List for All Ages 3

March 27, 2020 in activities for children / Bored Jar Activities by Jen Walshaw

Do you have a Bored Jar? If not now is the perfect time to introduce them into your family. With millions of children being at home and many parents trying to work from home a bored jar is a fabulous resource for busy parents. So we have gathered together all our activity lists and printables for bored Jars.

Homeschool Backyard PE – Keeping Kids Active in the Garden

March 25, 2020 in activities for children / Gardning / Outdoor by Jen Walshaw

We are currently living in unprecedented times and with the UK in virtual lockdown having a garden or a backyard is an amazing resource and we are going to find it playing outside a vital part of our day to day lives. So here are some fabulous way to get the kids exercising in the garden backyard and fun ways to keep kids active in the garden.

Over 50 Activities for teens, Perfect for while school is on break 1

March 19, 2020 in activities for children / Cooking / crafts / Gardning / Outdoor / Screen Free / Sewing / Tweens/Teens by Jen Walshaw

How do you encourage teenagers not to spend all of their spare time on their phones or video game? Well, we have collected some activities for teens perfect for while school is on break

Fun Ways to Get Kids Washing their Hands 2

March 18, 2020 in activities for children / Science / Screen Free by Jen Walshaw

With lots of germs being about at the moment, including Coronavirus aka Covid-19 around handwashing has never been more important. So we want to share some fun way to get kids washing their hands and to explain to them the reason for all this handwashing.

How to talk to kids about Coronavirus without scaring them

March 16, 2020 in parenting / parents / Tweens/Teens by Jen Walshaw

There is so much information surrounding Coronavirus that even as an adult it scares me, which is why it is so important to talk to kids about coronavirus but in a way that will not scare the s^%$ out of them. As a parent, I always think it is better that they here age-appropriate information form us rather than hearsay and fear from the playground or fear-mongering from the media.

Homemade Mothers Day Cards for kids to make 25

March 10, 2020 in crafts / Free Printables / Mother's Day Crafts tagged cards / crafts / mothersday / mothersday cards by Jen Walshaw

There is nothing nicer than a homemade Mothers Day card, especially ones made by your kids. I am a huge fan of homemade mother’s day cards made by my boys and I have pictures of all the ones they have made during the years.

5 Reasons Why you Should Print your Favourite Family Photos 2

March 9, 2020 in parenting / Technology and kids / Tweens/Teens by Jen Walshaw

As a family, we take more photos than ever before. It is estimated that in 2020 over 1.4 trillion digital photographs will be taken. Many are shared on social media but many more will be forgotten. With so many photos taken it can be hard to decide which ones to print or to even bother to print any at all.

Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe 2

March 3, 2020 in activities for children / baking / cookies / cooking / Cooking / cooking with children / Packed Lunches / receipe by Jen Walshaw

ometimes you just need a tried and tested biscuit recipe, you know the one that will turn out time after time and is simple and delicious. That is where this basic chocolate chip cookie recipe comes into its own. It is my Mum’s recipe and one I have been using for years and years and never fails.