New Year’s Eve with kids: 5 fun things to do for a family-friendly celebration
New Year’s Eve is almost here, and I don’t know about you, but I, for one, am definitively staying up until midnight to make sure this absolute car-crash of a year sees itself out. However, as we are still in the middle of a pandemic (and, you know, because you are an adult with kids) […]
4 years ago
Mum’s clever balloon trick to make Christmas morning special – without stacks of presents
It’s been a tough year on all of us – for many different reasons. This can be particularly hard as we are approaching Christmas, and us parents tend to live for being able to give our children those magical Christmas morning moments, when they wake to find a stack of presents under the tree and […]
4 years ago
Nearly there! 10 easy – but fun – Elf on the Shelf ideas for the last few days
Nearly there, parents. We are knee-deep in elf season, and I bet you, like me, is slowly but surely starting to run out of both ideas and the last shreds of your sanity, fear not. We have rounded up 10 super-easy, yet really adorable ideas for these last few days, before you can send your […]
4 years ago
These parents’ brilliant response to the ‘Is Santa real?’ question is parenting goals
This really is the season of magic. It is the season of wishful letters. Of kindness. Of hope. And excitement. Of flying reindeer. And of that special magic that childhood memories are made from. To families with young children, that all-important visit from Santa on Christmas Eve is the culmination of the season – and […]
4 years ago
10 easy Elf on the Shelf ideas for when you just want to go to bed
Hang in in there, guys. Only a few more nights of having to remember to move the elf before he packs up and heads back to the North Pole again for another 11 months. Phew. I’s say most of us are looking forward to being able to go asleep without having to panic about what […]
4 years ago
Yikes! This mum’s Elf on the Shelf prank spectacularly backfired
We are just a few days into December, but to many of us, that means we have already had to come up with several nights of elf antics. However, for one mum, one of her attempts at being creative with what her little boy’s elf got up to managed to raise some eyebrows. UK-based Tanya […]
4 years ago