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Lavender Yankee Candle (Medium) Jar Review

October 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Yankee Candle with flame

Yankee candles are renowned for being one of the best scented candles on the market. They just seem to change the entire atmosphere a room. I buy them all of the time because they make me feel relaxed and I love the smell. Here is my Lavender Yankee Candle review. As the clocks go back […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Reviews Tagged With: candles, decor, Home Decor, relaxing, Yankee candle

Top half price Christmas Toys 2015

October 26, 2015 | 5 Comments

Half Price Christmas Toys

Did you know the average Briton last Christmas spent around £350 on festive gifts? I know for sure I definitely spent well over this amount, probably half the time without realising it. Simply by adding an extra gift in my shopping trolley each week, ordering a few here and there on-line, my budget was blown! I am […]

Filed Under: Baby-Toddlers, Games for kids, Gifts and Gadgets, Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: Asda, bargains, christmas, crafts, deals, Disney, frozen, gifts, Kids, LEGO, Minecraft, Nintendo, offers, sale, shopping, Star Wars, Toy sale, toys

How to make a Paper Minecraft Halloween Pumpkin for kids

October 24, 2015 | 36 Comments

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My children have seriously loved Minecraft since it was released back in 2009. So, this year I thought I would create a Halloween Minecraft Paper Pumpkin which is easy to recreate with the kids and will simply look amazing at Halloween when you’re trick or treaters arrive at the door. This no flame Halloween Creeper […]

Filed Under: Games for kids, Lifestyle Parenting, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: children, craft, gameband, gaming, girls, how to, minecraft halloween pumpkin, minecraft papercraft, papercraft

Celebrate & share family mealtimes with Center Parcs

October 22, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Centre Parcs competition 2015

Did you know that studies suggest that eating meals as a family help children perform better at school? Can you believe that Something as simple as making time to sit together at the table to share a meal can make our children excel in subjects at School! Center Parcs are in support of eating meals […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting, parenting, Previous Competitions Tagged With: children, competition, family, Family meals, home, household, Kids, Picnic, school, Win

6 Tips for Choosing the right Sofa after a living room revamp

October 20, 2015 | 2 Comments

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If you are totally clueless when it comes to choosing the right sofa, then take a look at what we had to cope with this year and try some of these 6 tips for choosing the right sofa after a massive living room revamp. Over the last couple of months, I have been busy redecorating 3 […]

Filed Under: Interior, Life-style Tagged With: choosing the right sofa, decor, design, home, Home Decor, Interiors, shopping, vintage

11 Amazing Halloween Face Painting Ideas for Kids

October 19, 2015 | 4 Comments

11 Amazing Halloween Face Painting Ideas for Kids

If you are looking for a little inspiration this Halloween here is 11 Halloween Face Painting ideas for kids that will help your trick-or-treaters scare the pants off your neighbours on the 31st of October. Whether you are having a spooktacular halloween party or your children are looking for Halloween face painting ideas just to […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: children, family, Halloween, Halloween Face Paint Ideas for kids, halloween ideas, Halloween Party Ideas, Kids

Win 1 of 2 copies of ROBO-DOG on DVD

October 19, 2015 | 3 Comments

ROBODOG DVD

      Win a copy of ROBO-DOG on DVD To celebrate the release of ROBO-DOG which comes to DVD on 19th October, we have a fantastic prize of a copy of the DVD to offer two of our lucky readers. ROBO-DOG (Certificate: U) is a heart-warming ‘tail’ for all the family When Tyler’s dog tragically dies, his brilliant inventor […]

Filed Under: Previous Competitions Tagged With: dvd, family, Kids, movie, ROBO-DOG, Win

Help Primula Cheese #spreadasmile for Make A Wish UK® 

October 16, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Make A Wish UK #Spreadasmile

When I was asked what makes me smile, the answer was extremely easy. My two boys make me smile and feel happy inside. I love the way they make me feel so proud to be their mum and how much fun it is to watch them at all different stages of their lives even though […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting, parenting Tagged With: baby, boys, charity, children, family, Fun, Kids, love, Make A Wish, Primula

10 timeless Cheap Steam Games for Kids

October 13, 2015 | 1 Comment

10 Awesome Cheap Steam Games for Kids

If you are stuck for ideas for the most fun video games for your kids then look no further! These 10 Cheap Steam Games for kids will keep your little ones entertained without breaking the bank using your home PC. Have you ever heard of Steam? It’s a great online platform that allows you the user […]

Filed Under: Games for kids, Lifestyle Parenting Tagged With: cheap steam games for kids, family, gameplay, games, Games for kids, Kids, LEGO, Lego Movie, Lego World, Minecraft, steam

4 Benefit Products that will rock your world

October 10, 2015 | 12 Comments

Benefit 4 products review

We all love to try out new cosmetics from time to time and recently I decided to try out the make up brand, Benefit, for the first time. I’d heard so much hype about it from everyone around me and needed to find out what I was missing out on. When you go out shopping, […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Lifestyle Parenting Tagged With: Coralista Lipgloss, cosmetics, High Beam, moisturisers, shopping, skin, That Gal, Total Moisture

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