Foraging Notes

I’m feeling inspired after a recent foraging course to use wild foods more. I used to see nettles as a pesky weed, now they’re my friend! I’m feeling much more connected with the earth and planet now that I have more knowledge of the things around us. These are my personal notes from the foraging …

Easter Books 🐣

My littlest loves story time before bed and these are a few of our favourite Easter books that we have been reading on rotation over the last few weeks. These books focus on counting and colours which my youngest is interested in at the moment, so they are really good books for preschoolers and young …

‘Grand national’ mini hobby horse craft

Today we made some horses for the kids to play with while we watch the grand national on t.v. They are really quick & easy to make. Things you will need: Card, pencil, scissors, colouring pencils / crayons, hole punch, wool, string, lolly sticks, glue / tape. 1. Draw a horse on a piece of …

Valentine’s ‘Kite Paper’ Window Hearts

We made window hearts today for Valentine’s Day. My 9 year old daughter made this tutorial on how they’re made 💗 Paper hearts video tutorial Once you have folded your paper, if any bits are sticking up, you can stick them down with a bit of glue. We used pink and red kite paper, we …

Favourite Christmas Books 2021

Here are some of our favourite Christmas books which we’ve been reading throughout December. A few of these are board-books which I read with my toddler and a couple are ones I read with the older children too. Pick a pine tree (link is to the hard back copy, but it’s also available in paperback) …