Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Pony Agility Training is a brand new Schleich Farm World collection that will be launching in a few weeks time, just in time to introduce the little ones to these new breed ponies this half term break! This exciting training collection comes with everything you need to have fun and train your ponies, including paddock fencing, small jump obstacles, a see-saw, an articulated child figure and the horses. It is suitable for children aged 3 and above.
This year, Britains is reintroducing KEENAN and VALTRA into its range to show its full commitment to help all carpet farmers and category enthusiasts to build their farm. With nearly 100 years of experience, the collection is constantly refreshed to offer a range of 1:32 replica models including tractors, implements, vehicles and accessories. Britains appeals to children aged 3 years plus for farm role play and development, and are suitable for indoor play.
Does your children know where their milk comes from? Based on new research from Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons, it reveals one in five children between the ages of four and eight don’t know that milk comes from cows and over a fifth of five year olds (23 per cent) think that chocolate is made from eggs.
Even though it was raining cats and dogs yesterday, it didn’t stop us from enjoying ourselves at the National Forest Adventure Farm. They have plenty of indoor soft play areas that are suitable for ages. Also, the Halloween activities like the Scare School, Broomstick Training, and Witch Whispers take place in the indoor Courtyard café area.
To mark the 70th birthday of the world famous Staffordshire brand JCB, National Adventure Farm have teamed up with them for their 12th annual maize maze. This year in their 10 acre JCB Maize maze, it will feature an intricate design of a huge JCB digger and include three miles of pathways, viewing towers and bridges to navigate. You can either take part in the maze trail to collect the parts needed to build a JCB or a shorter mini maze in the shape of the JCB logo.
This coming half term, National Forest Adventure Farm is packed full of activities with Get Wild and Deadly. They have also opened the brand new JCB Big Dig Zone to celebrate the forthcoming JCB Maize Maze open between 11th July to 6th September 2015.
Get Wild and Deadly (open only from 23rd – 31st May) is a show that runs daily at 11am, 1pm and 3pm in their Barn Theatre. It is best to get in early to grab a seat to get a better view. They show a series of some of the planet’s craziest creatures from Burmese pythons to giant bird eating spiders plus lizards, stick insects and chameleons.
Having lived in the Midlands for seven years, there are still a lot of places we have yet to explore. Last week, during the Easter break, we went to Beaudesert Park Farm for an education tour hosted by Aiming High via Staffordshire Council.
Helpfully, I had my TomTom Sat Nav to give me a helping hand to find Beaudesert Park Farm. We were greeted by Mary, the owner and her helper who guided us through the whole session.
Firstly, we made crumbs for our apple crumble for dessert. Both children enjoyed making a mess while kneading the crumbs. They were so excited!
Can you believe it is going to be spring time soon? Hooray! We can’t wait to spend more time outdoors now! Yesterday, we went the National Adventure Farm which is located in Burton upon Trent, within an hours drive from Stafford, Stoke, Nottingham, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leicester etc. It is quite easy to find the place. There is plenty of free parking plus disabled parking right at their entrance.
Earlier this week, we went to the National Forest Adventure Farm which is located in Burton upon Trent, within an hours drive from Stafford, Stoke, Nottingham, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leicester etc. We are only 30 minutes away, driving up the A38. There is plenty of free parking plus disabled parking right at their entrance.
This year, National Forest Adventure Farm are aiming to break the Guinness World record for the largest display of scarecrows! The best scarecrow creations will win an annual family pass to the farm. You can either bring your ready-made scarecrows into the farm or make one in their Scarecrow Workshop for free if you bring your own clothes or for just £1, they will provide everything you need to make one!
After you make your scarecrow, remember to tweet your selfie photo with a hashtag #scarecrowworldrecord #scarecrowselfie. This is my children and I choosing clothing for the scarecrow.
The TOMY John Deere pre-school range is perfect for engaging pre-school (18 months to 3 years old) children in farm play. This collection of non-scale, tactile soft-touch plastic toys comes packed with many features such as lights, sounds or special rubber finish. The durable chunky models are ideal for small hands and the cute characters are sure to be a huge hit with toddlers.
Although both my children are too old, they are still great for farm role play or even you could ask the children a few questions about the toys.
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Tomy have a new range of Britains Farm Toys which are 1:32 scale models made from die-cast metal. These are suitable for age 3 onwards. These models are great for role-play and development, and are suitable for indoor play and are collectible.
We were sent these four Britains Farm Toy 1:32 range: John Deere 7930 Tractor, John Deere 990 Round Baler, Land Rover & Sheep Trailer set and Spearhead Orbital Reach Mower.
John Deere 7930 Tractor
This die-cast tractor is very realistic, well made and robust. It comes with rubber wheels with front steering function. At the back, it has a standard hitch compatible with 1: 32 implements. It is operated by a single click to attach or detach the implements. The exhaust pipe, mirrors and hinge are made from soft plastic. So you have to take care to not throw nor drop the tractor as it might break the soft plastic.
Tomy have a new range of Britains Big Farm. They are 1:16 scale authentic models made from durable plastic, and with the addition of lights and sounds to the farm vehicles. These are suitable for aged 3 onwards.
These chunky models are great for role-play and development and suitable for indoor play too.
Pig Trailer with pigs
