Crafting with kids
Vietnam
I’ve never been to Vietnam and, being a history teacher, much of what I know is seeped in tragedy or horror. But friends who have been there insisted to me that this is not the Vietnam that they have seen and I had a natural desire to explore the real place, beyond the images I’ve … Read more
Spain (Spanish Edition)
We were lucky enough to get to Spain for a holiday this year, but while on holiday the government imposed a quarantine which has certainly stopped many others from taking their holidays here, or indeed taking a holiday at all. As you know – we love pretending to travel the world and so here is … Read more
Crafting the World
In the course of our adventures pretending to travel the world we have come up with some really special craft ideas, from making an edible pot of gold in pretend Ireland, to crafting African drums and painting Russian dolls. Craft items make great non-toy gift ideas, providing hours of fun. Here is a run down … Read more
Peru
We had so enjoyed our pretend trips to Brazil and Argentina that we were keen to explore more of the continent of South America. Peru was an obvious choice – especially since the kids have been really into watching Paddington Bear lately and he is from Peru. Making Pionono Having successfully created Dulce de Leche … Read more
Exploring… North America
Our very first pretend visit was the USA and the photo below is the very first photo I took! I was bored of cooking and had decided to theme each day of the one week holiday to a different country and then cook the food of that country, or find a restaurant. We started with … Read more
A Very Kiwi Christmas
The big day had arrived and the best bit about a midsummer Christmas was feeling no pressure at all. There were no expectations and no rules. What there was, was a full and exciting pair of summer stockings waiting for the kids and a really big treaty breakfast with croissants and smoked salmon. Mummy-Santa! To … Read more
Midsummer Christmas Eve
As a Kiwi living in the UK, my husband has always talked about having hot and sunny Christmas’ and I know he wished that we could experience them too. We also wanted the kids to have a big treat as they had been so good in lockdown for the last 12 weeks and Penny was … Read more
Exploring…. The Mediterranean
In both our real world and our pretend travels we have always been in love with the Mediterranean Sea. Gentle, rolling and blue; it was the first sign of Europe that Mark saw from the plane window when he was 8 years old and the location of Homer’s ancient epic – the Odyssey, which is … Read more