This half term, we have been busy entertaining and playing with both of our monsters! Why monsters? Because they have boundless energy tearing up the house and we need endless ideas to keep them happy and entertained. I do believe that nothing beats activities that use their own imagination. Not only does it keep them entertained for longer, but often it requires minimal costs. So get their thinking caps on and maybe use items for recycling and engage their imagination to build their own hideaway at home. This involves a lot of mess though but it is a brilliant way to get them out of the way. Or maybe not!
Duck Tape Colours Review
Have you ever thought of using Duck Tape to create a bracelet, a belt or maybe a handbag? It does sound crazy but there is so much you can do with Duck Tape besides using it to temporarily fix things around the house or garden! Take a look at their website for more inspiration and fun ideas! Duck Tape is made from a durable polyethylene film combined with cotton, with a high tack natural rubber adhesive. It is tough and strong but it is also easy to tear. Each colour roll is 48 mm wide and 9.1 metres long. The initial UK Duck Tape colours range comprises 15 solid colours and designs. We have received a pink piggy bank, zig zag pink, green clover, white snowflake, red fire engine and penguin invasion. The colours are bright and very attractive. Personally, I love the penguin invasion. The design is so cute that I want to use it to tape around my door frame!
What can we create using Duck Tape? These are a few things we have created using the duck tape:
A small carry bag
TinyMe Personalised Items Review
A few weeks ago, I was invited to attend a dinner event with TinyMe. Before that, I had not heard of them before nor used their products. It was great that I was able to see their beautiful personalised products. It was really enjoyable night and it was great to meet some fellow bloggers. We were each given a voucher to spend on their website.
Moving Home with Children
Moving house can mean turmoil for every member of the family. The decision to move house is made largely by the adults, who then tend to focus on the practical aspects of it. The situation can be more stressful if there are children in the family, especially very small children. For them, it is a matter of a leaving their world behind. So, what must one do in order to make the transition as smooth and as close to natural as possible for the entire family?
Pac Man and the Teething Pumpkin
Mr K is a very creative boy and I had asked him what would he like me to carve. So I let him design his pumpkin using a permanent maker. This is his crazy teething pumpkin which I used the pumpkin seeds as his teeth. As for the ears, I used the leftover pumpkin skin with toothpick to poke it into the pumpkin itself. So I decided to carve a Pac Man to eat his crazy teething pumpkin. Planting the pumpkin seeds into the flesh of the pumpkin is not easy as it kept popping out. Hope you all like it!
My Munchkin Pink Bento Set
One more week to go before my children go back to school! Have you started thinking about what to pack for their lunch box? Do you find that you always run out of ideas? Munchkin has recently launched a Click Lock Bento Mealtime Set to make lunchtimes fun, fresh and organised. It keeps food separate and fresh so sandwiches, fruit, salad and other items can all be stored neatly and compact in one place. The unique Click Lock lid ensures a secure seal so food is kept fresh with no spills and no mess. It comes in three colours; blue, pink and green and is priced at £7.99. It is BPA-free, microwavable and freezer safe.
Five tips of creating more light into our house
Have you thought of how to make use of your existing furniture or perhaps getting a new glass door fitted to get more sunlight into your house? It is always difficult if your house is not facing the right direction of the sun! Buying the right house is not easy and there are often compromises, especially around the aspect of the property but you could swap around your furniture, get better lighting or change to a glass door to get more lighting in.
How does your garden grow?
Recently, I met Annie Spratt at the Tots100 Blog Summit and found her amazing blog. I am an amateur gardener but I am very keen to learn and keep my garden in good shape. I am linking this post up with How does your garden grow? over at Mammasaurus.
B&Q unloved rooms revamp with mumsnet
Recently, Mumsnet was looking for 20 MNers to revamp an unloved room in their home. I was one of the lucky ones to have been chosen by B&Q. I was sent a B&Q gift card to spend on a makeover for the unloved room. The unloved room used to be the nursery room for our children when they were babies. They have long since moved into their own rooms and it has gradually been a dumping ground for toys and books. I wanted to use this fantastic opportunity to turn it into a study room for my children who is in primary school.
Mr K’s Lego Duplo Creation on Mother’s Day
I would just like to share some of the Lego Duplo creations my son built. He is very creative and we love how Lego can provide an outlet for his creativity.
This is a car.
Christmas Card Competition
“This blog post is my entry for the Moneysupermarket Christmas Card Competition.”
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These Christmas cards were made by Mr K, 5 and Ms C, 3. They used their palms to make the Christmas trees and their fingertips for the baubles. Ms C used both her palms to create the Reindeer’s ears and used a brush to paint on the eyes and nose. Then I used a black marker pen to draw the outline of the reindeer.
Scallop Shell Painting
Last week, my sister flew in from Singapore to visit and stay with us. During her stay, she wanted to cook us her special Chinese homecooked meal. She went to our local supermarket and bought a lot of fresh scallops with shells. My sister is a brilliant cook. She cooked for all our meals and gave me a few days off cooking. Yipee! We had such a good time having her around. All the scallops were in their shells. Instead of throwing the shells, I washed, dried and saved all of them to let the children use it for art and craft – shell painting.
Kids Cotton Drawstring Bag by Star Bright Designs UK
I was very lucky to be sent two StarBright Designs’ Kids Cotton Drawstring Bags (In red with Spaceman Star and in pink with Allsorts Sweets Star) to review. I gave the pink drawstring bag to another close friend of mine to get a second opinion review.
It was designed and made by a lovely lady called Charlie Creen. Recently, she set up her business themed around her love of all things STARS! She adds her lovely hand drawn and hand cut designs to cards, cotton bags, aprons, t-shirts, soft furnishings etc.
Fruit Peacock & Hedgehog
Today, we made a play video to enter a competition by Make Time To Play. The rules are simple, we need to submit a play video to Make Time 2 Play to inspire other families with a good play idea. They will then put the videos out to public vote and announce the winner during Play Fest on Thursday 6th September 2012 at 9.50pm. Mr K made a Fruit Peacock and Ms C made a Fruit Hedgehog. We need these following ingredients: