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In the past I have written about strengthening our winter defences naturally and why I think that it is important that we keep on top of looking after our bodies in the most natural way we can. As someone who has been through a health scare I try and keep our immune systems healthy as possible as […]
Mud, glorious mud. It is the curse of any mums out there, especially in the winter. Maxi plays junior football every Sunday and comes home covered in mud every week. Now that he is ten, we have made the decision that he has to help clean up. Want to see how that turns out…..
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Christmas, we love it. But as much as I love Christmas and the build up to it, it is important to me to focus on my family and not just on the commercial aspect of just Christmas Day. Part of the way we do this is by having advent activities that we do. It helps
Our energy bills are the second only to our mortgage, so it pays for me to work at ways to reduce them or at least keep them in check. But I don’t want to be the only one doing it, I also want to encourage the kids to work at reducing the bills and educate them
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In 2018 we visited the poppy installation at the Tower of London, which really got the boys interested in Poppies and their significance. Also Maxi has been studying the First World War as his history lessons this term, so poppy crafts for remembrance have been at the forefront of our minds. Poppies make great remembrance day
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With Halloween getting bigger and bigger each year, bonfire night just creeps up on me. This year I am prepared and have a round up of some super fireworks crafts and treats to get you in the mood. There is something wonderful about coloured art on black paper and beautiful colours against the night sky
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What can I say, my boys are nine and ten now and they are both gaming obsessed. They love their Xbox and also saved up this year for a Wii U. So I have to make it my business to keep up to date on what is going on in their gaming worlds! GAME are
We love Bonfire night and fireworks and I need little excuse to get the paint out! So we have had a go at pipe cleaner printing and making fireworks on black paper as they look so effective. These Pipe cleaner firework prints are easy to do and look great too.
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These poppies are made from plastic bottles – Yes right. A fab way of using plastic bottles. We love making flowers here in The Mad House and at this time of the year, our minds turn to the poppy and remembrance. I love to use the time that we craft as a family to talk
