Baby Budgeting is all about saving and making money when you have a young child
My daughter loves to create things, pictures, paintings, models, perfume, etc. She is confident and imaginative and being creative is a huge part of who she is.She absolutely adored the Craft All Day Jar we were sent to review from the Great Little Trading Company. I wanted to see what she would create all by [...]
I think a child’s creativity and homemade craft boxes go hand in hand. I am a great believer in developing a child’s imagination rather than spoon feeding them entertainment. Most parents I know feel exactly the same but it is so easy to see little craft kits to make a peg doll or a pom [...]
Look at these beautiful Easter/Spring gifts we have been sent to review. They made us smile. Vertbaudet sell these lovely butterfly and dragonfly room decorations, aren’t they gorgeous. The set includes 7 butterflies and 7 dragonflies for hanging on a wall using the double-side adhesive supplied. Organdie and fabric wings. Metal bodies and antennae. Height [...]
I got sent a lovely parcel from www.poundworld.net full to the brim of all sorts of Easter goodies that cost only £1 each. There were chicks and bonnets, card making kits and eggs, a hunt the egg gane and a hat decorating set too. Tangled eggs, Moshi Monster eggs and delicious easter bunnies ( [...]
Over at Tesco magazine there is a little video showing you how to make a simple, thrifty gift box for mothers day. It’s a lovely craft activity to do with a child. We had a go and are excited to show you what we made! We started off with some fairy wrapping paper, tissue paper, [...]
Stories of Motherhood Selected and edited by Diana Secker Tesdell Published: 8 March 2012 Priced: £10.99 Stories of Motherhood, is a wonderful collection of short stories celebrating all aspects of motherhood, it has you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity , smiling in shared knowing. Published in time for Mother’s Day on 18 March, this [...]
I have spent little bits of money on flimsy toy train track and trians and I have to say what a waste. Like many things you get what you pay for and if you buy tat you generally get tat. Some kids toys last a few months or weeks if you are very unlucky , [...]
Bear Grylls has teamed up with Persil to release his ‘Top Ten Things To Do Before You’re Ten’ guide, the aim is to inspire families to shake off the constraints of modern life and get outdoors. Research conducted by Persil found that: Over half of UK adults played outside everyday when they were young, compared [...]
Lego Ninjago has been an amazing recent hit toy range for Lego. I get lost in the complicated stories but my kids seem to keep up just fine. Apparently this is a new range all about the snakes coming..sounds ominous right! We were sent Cole’s tread assault to review Tread Assault vehicle (9444 RRP £29.99) [...]
Today is world book day. An absolute reason to celebrate the very joy of reading. Reading is the favoured hobby of many a person on a budget becuase of wonderful libraries, friends who share, second hand shops that sell books for pennies and car boot sales and jumble sales that do too. Hours of pleasure for little [...]
12 years on from the launch of Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, the film is out in 3D from February 2012. (How cool!) To celebrate , LEGO® Star Wars™ brings you a whole host of playsets, vehicles and characters to go with this. We were sent the 9491 Geonosian™ Cannon (RRP: £19.99) to review. [...]
