Family Things

6 Easy Plants Kids Can Grow From Seed

17th April 2019 by Kate Williams 7 Comments

Recently we’ve been busy both in our garden and inside the house getting everything ready for summer. Outside it’s been mainly neatening up our work from last year but indoors we’ve been starting up some easy plants to grow with the kids. We’ve used plug plants before but after my son had started growing seeds at school he really wanted to try this at home too and over the years we’ve tried a few different things. If your kids are the same and you want to get some results (because there’s no one as results driven as kids) then these are the easy plants that kids can grow from seed that we’re either already giving a go or hoping to try this year. I hope it inspires you too!

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3 Easy Ways To Encourage Your Kids To Save Money

3rd January 2019 by Kate Williams Leave a Comment

Advert. This year we’re going on holiday to Disneyland Paris which I’m really excited about – what I’m not excited about though is the thought of my kids asking me if they can have money for 101 things while we’re over there. Not that I blame them (I’m after some Minnie Mouse ears myself) but I don’t want to be spending tons of money every time we pass a shop so I’ve been trying my hardest to get my kids to save some money for their holiday. Saving money isn’t really as much fun as spending it (for adults as well as kids) so Rooster Money have shared some of their best tried and tested tips to encourage your kids to save money as well as one that we’ve been doing at our house.

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Planning a Spring Garden

7th December 2018 by Kate Williams Leave a Comment

Advert. The weather outside is awful which means I’m sat inside today doing one of my favourite things, planning what I’m going to do when the weather improves! Over the last couple of years we’ve been slowly improving our garden, we’ve re-turfed areas, knocked down walls and repainted sheds and now it’s finally ready to get onto the final stages and get some furniture sorted. Having spent so long getting the area ready I really want to finish it all properly and so today I’m sharing some ideas from The Garden Furniture and Interiors Company about some furniture that would be perfect.

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Celebrating A Handmade Christmas With Amazon Handmade

3rd December 2018 by Kate Williams 2 Comments

Advert. It will be no big shock to anyone that we love all things handmade here, my kids do a lot of creating and when I get the chance I like to do a bit of embroidery or sewing. Amazon Handmade asked me if I’d like to check out a few of their gorgeous items from Amazon Handmade that are perfect for a personalised Christmas and I was really excited about seeing what their creators would come up with especially as independent sellers on a big platform which is what I’ve done in the past!

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Ghoulish Ghosts engineering activity with the Holiday Makers

22nd October 2018 by Kate Williams 2 Comments

Ad. We loved trying out The Holiday Makers fun engineering activities during the summer so I’m really pleased to be able to work with them again to share this fun Ghoulish Ghost experiment for Halloween and details of some of the fantastic activities and events that are taking place during half term which are perfect for keeping the kids busy and inspiring them at the same time!

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