Who doesn't love the sweet and wonderful Clangers program.  It's one that I'm always happy to let the children watch on television as I know that it's going to show them a good example of characters being kind to each other and setting a good example for children.  So of course when we were asked to be a part of the Clangers for Kindness campaign we were happy to take part.



Ivy loves watching the Clangers and she loves playing with Clangers toys as well, what a wonderful way to start to bring the example of kindness into the home with some small world play with these adorable little toys.  We are also giving away these toys to one lucky winner, please enter below.



The main lesson that I teach my children each day is to treat others as they wish to be treated, but we do like to go above and beyond to be kind to people as well.  One of our favourite things to do together is baking.  This is the perfect way to have some fun family time together making something really special, that we can also share with others.  We definitely don't need to keep all of our baked goods for ourselves so we often bring over to our friends' houses for playdates to share with them.  Once in a while we make an especially big batch of cookies or muffins and package them up and deliver them to our neighbours.  The kids absolutely love making these surprise packages and drop them off on our neighbours doorsteps.



What sorts of kind things do you like to do together or encouraging your children to do? Please enter below for your chance to win some Clangers toys.



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It's space week and we're celebrating by giving away a fantastic rocket wall sticker and stars from Stickerscape!



Enter below for your chance to win.  You can also get 20% off any space wall stickers with the code SPACE16

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If your kids love Paw Patrol like mine do, then you will be very excited to hear that there is a new DVD coming out on 14th March called Paw Patrol: Pups and the Pirate Treasure, just in time for Easter.  We've seen it already and Ethan and Ivy are both loving it!




It has six episodes of Paw Patrol as well as extra features.  Both kids are completely enthralled by Paw Patrol and it keeps them happy watching it as I'm trying to prepare meals and tidy the house!  Ethan's favourite is Chase and Ivy loves Rocky.  Ethan is also going through a bit pirate phase, so the pirate episodes were a big hit! They both love pretending to be the pups and saving the day, and they basically love everything to do with them, so they'll be very excited to see these colouring pages too!  (Download PDF of all three colouring pages here)





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It's November and that means it's time to start thinking about Christmas!  There's always so much going on in December that I find it really helpful to start thinking about gifts that we're making quite early, especially as we have family all around the world so we've got to post our gifts by the beginning of December.  It has become our tradition to make Christmas hand and foot print pictures to give to family.  We make it quite special by using a little canvas for our prints and adding little details to them to make them look Christmassy.



When Ethan was 1 we made foot print Christmas trees by painting his foot green and printing it onto the canvas.  When that had dried I painted a small brown rectangle at the base of the tree and helped Ethan to use a star shaped stamp for the top of the tree.  Then we put a bit of red paint on Ethan's finger and he made some fingerprint Christmas baubles for the tree.  I finish it off by writing his name and the year on the bottom and wrapping it up in brown paper to send off to family members around the world.



When Ethan was 2 we made hand print reindeer by painting his hand with brown paint and printing it onto the canvas.  Then we painted his finger red to do a finger print nose, and black for finger print eyes.



When Ethan was 3 and Ivy was just 10 months old we made footprint polar bears and penguins.  For Ethan's polar bears we painted his foot with light grey paint and printed it onto the canvas.  Then we used the same paint to make finger print ears and to paint on some arms and fingers.  We painted on a blue scarf together and drew on a little face with black paint.  For Ivy's penguin we painted her foot with black paint and printed it onto the canvas.  Then painted on flippers with black paint, painted the penguins middle with white, made a finger print beak with orange paint and black paint for its eyes.



















































This year Ethan is 4 and Ivy is 1 1/2 and I've yet to decide what we're going to do, but I may take inspiration from Meaningful Mama with her Santa hand print, Fun Hand Print Art Blog have this cute sleigh foot print picture, Crafty Morning has a very cute Jesus in a manger hand print craft, Simple Fun for Kids hand print snowmen are absolutely adorable and Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails have these sweet and simple hand print mittens.  That's definitely a good place to start, but we'll have to wait until after Christmas to tell you what we decided on!

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It's October and we're already getting excited for Halloween, so of course we were excited when we were offered a copy of the new DVD My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Spooktactular Pony Tales to review and to offer in a competition.  It comes out on DVD and digital download today!



The DVD includes six different episodes of My Little Pony, all with a bit of a spooky theme to them.  The kids loved sitting down to watch the DVD, a great way to keep busy on a rainy afternoon.  Then they ran around pretending to be ponies for the rest of the day, and talk of Halloween, costumes and trick or treating has started in our house!

You can enter to win your own copy of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Spooktacular Pony Tales by entering via the Rafflecopter entry below:

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Ethan has been having lots of fun playing with his A-Zebra Toddler Trampoline from Worlds Apart.  It's a small indoor trampoline with a handle to hold on to while he jumps up and down.  But what makes it unique is the zebra on the front of it, and the fun sounds that it makes whenever you jump on it!  You can buy it for around £40 from Amazon, which makes it really good value for money.


Ethan loves to bounce up and down on it, and the sounds that it makes always make him giggle.  It's a great way for him to get some exercise in the house on those cold and rainy days as well.


The recommended age for the trampoline is 12 months and up, but as Ivy is already standing quite steadily and loves to bounce, she's been having a go on the A - Zebra Trampoline as well!  She has the biggest smile on her face and she bounces up and down just by bending her knees the littlest bit.

The A-Zebra Trampoline would make a great Christmas gift, and lucky you might just be able to win one!  Enter below and tell me what you're planning on buying your little ones for Christmas?  

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Last week I wrote about Ethan's Octonauts Third Birthday Party and made a quick mention of the decorations that I had embossed.  Well, that fun embossing of decorations was made possible by the Cricut Cuttlebug.  I received one to review shortly before his party, so I quickly tried it out to make a few Octonauts decorations.




The Cuttlebug is an embossing and cutting machine.  It is really simple to use, basically just putting the paper that you want to cut or emboss in between the cutting pads, turning the handle of the machine to push it through and taking it out the other side.  The Cuttlebug comes with one embossing folder, and I was given a couple of extras to try it.  Unfortunately it didn't come with any cutting dies, and I wasn't able to find any to buy in time, so I couldn't try out the cutting.  My only complaint about the Cuttlebug is that you have to buy all of the embossing folders and cutting dies separately, I think that it would be nice to come with some basic designs and shapes, but I think that is true of all machines of this type.

For the party I made some bunting, I actually bought the precut card, but then I embossed it with the zigzag embossing folder and the dotty embossing folder.  It was so easy to do and I think that it gave the bunting a little something extra special.  I also embossed the bandage symbol for the party boxes.  This was perfect as I needed the bandages to have dots like a real plaster, and they came out even better than I had hoped!  I can't wait to get some cutting dies and more embossing folders to make some more projects with my Cuttlebug!



Would you like to win a Cricut Cuttlebug?  What would you make first with it if you won?

Giveaway open to residents of the UK only.

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Last month we reviewed the Tigger daysack from Littlelife, and now we're giving one away! You can win a little backpack just like Ethan's (he loves his!)




Enter via the rafflecopter box below. Open to residents of the UK only.  Winner will be chosen at random at the end of the giveaway, and will be contacted by Littlelife directly to receive their prize.

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Which other Disney character could Littlelife make into a Toddler Daysack?