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Ideas for multigenerational days out

July 31, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post The school holidays are in full swing, have you got any days out planned? I’m very late with the summer activity planning this year.  I usually have lots of things planned before the schools break up, but we went camping as soon as term ended, so all my focus was on that trip.  Now we’re home I need to get myself organised! Whether you’re juggling childcare, heading off on holiday, or planning a staycation, ...

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: Children, Cinema, Days out, Family, Family Fun, history, Nature, School holidays, Zoo

5 fun, low-cost family days out

July 20, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

family days out exploring nature

Collaborative post The school holidays are almost upon us - are you ready?! I really look forward to having some much-needed downtime as a family at this time of year; everyone is usually pretty frazzled by the time we get to the end of term!  But that doesn’t mean we’re going to sit around getting bored this summer; we’ve got a camping trip planned, and we’ll definitely be heading off on a few family days out. You probably know ...

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: Children, Days out, Family, Family Fun, Fruit, Geocaching, Museum, Nature, School holidays, Sport

Craft inspiration with The Works

April 7, 2017 by Catherine 3 Comments

The Works A4 Embossed Brights Paperstack

Are you crafting with the kids during the school holidays? I love the fact that the school holidays give us more time to get creative; the kids love crafting, but term time is just so busy and we don’t always manage to fit it in.  This week we’ve been working on a school homework project which involves making your own musical instrument, namely a shaker using a kitchen roll tube and dried rice; we’ve had one major spillage but it’s coming along ...

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School holidays: ideas for keeping the kids busy

March 29, 2017 by Catherine 5 Comments

School holidays are always around the corner, as my children keep reminding me, and I’m afraid if I don’t find us something fun and active to do things will rapidly descend into chaos! I’ve been thinking of some ideas that will help all of us relax, learn and have fun during the school holidays this year.  Have you got any of these on your list? Create a game  If you have to work or don’t have lots of budget to do anything outside the ...

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Filed Under: Days Out Tagged With: Activity, Children, Days out, Family, games, Outdoors, School holidays, Top Tips

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