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last minute Christmas gifts for the shamefully disorganised

Last minute Christmas gift ideas for the shamefully disorganised

Gift guides /

This is a collaborative post and may contain affiliate links: One minute it’s autumn, and you’re ineffectually scraping out the insides of a disappointing Sainsbury’s pumpkin with a spoon. The next, it’s freezing cold, everything is covered in glitter and strangers in the Post Office queue ask you ‘Are you all sorted for Christmas’? No, Margaret. I’m NOT sorted for

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Don't be Electricked this Christmas Spotting fake electrical products online

Don’t be Electricked this Christmas: Spotting fake electrical products online

Home & Garden /

This post was written in collaboration with Electrical Safety First and their #DontBeElectricked campaign, raising awareness of the dangers of buying fake electrical products online. Please sign their petition here. Fire safety is such an important topic, and particularly at this time of year. Not only do we have more open fires and candles in the home, but there’s a

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toddler girls bedroom ideas

Toddler girls bedroom ideas that are safe, practical and lovely

Home & Garden /

This is a collaborative post and may contain affiliate links. Learn more here. Are you looking at the nursery sadly, thinking your baby has grown out of it? It might be time to take the sides off the cot and let your toddler have more freedom in their bedroom. Scary stuff! Don’t worry though; there are loads of practical, safe

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yours clothing discount code review of size 14 clothes

Yours Clothing: Size 14 Christmas party dresses & discount code

Clothes, shoes & jewellery /

Disclaimer: I was sent these Yours Clothing size 14 Christmas party dresses to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here. Get 10% off everything at Yours Clothing (excludes sale items and charity t-shirts) using the Yours Clothing discount code MEGA10 – HERE (Wrong season? Looking for something else? See

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SuperThings Rescue Truck Review

SuperThings Rivals of Kaboom Rescue Truck with lights and sounds review

Toys & games /

Disclaimer: We were sent this SuperThings Rivals of Kaboom Rescue Truck to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here.  SuperThings (formerly known as Superzings) are cute little 1 inch rubber colourful pocket-money friendly collectible characters. For every SuperThings superhero, there is an opposite super villain, and you can collect

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Benefits of imaginative play (10)

Eight benefits of imaginative play and how to encourage it in your children

Collaborative posts (#AD), Parenting, Toys & games /

This post on the benefits of imaginative play was written in collaboration with Very.co.uk, who supplied all the imaginative and role play toys featured in this post. Words and pictures are my own. What is imaginative play? Imaginative or pretend play is when a child uses their imagination to role-play scenarios in an open-ended, unstructured way, with no rules or

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plastic free christmas gift ideas

Eight plastic free gift ideas for kids aged 6-8

Collaborative posts (#AD), Gift guides, Toys & games /

This post on plastic free gift ideas was written in collaboration with Wicked Uncle. You can find their top toys for six year old boys here. When asked what the biggest gripe about Christmas toys was, there was a chorus of parents saying ‘the sheer amount of plastic tat’. I decided that in this post I would focus on gifts

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tastecard app on phone

Eating out after lockdown: Saving money on meals out with with tastecard

Collaborative posts (#AD), Restaurant reviews /

This post is in conjunction with tastecard but all thoughts are my own. Having the pubs and restaurants shut, then opened, then shut again during lockdown was the part of lockdown I really struggled with. With everything available online I discovered I can live without physical shops, and even homeschooling wasn’t so bad now which I’m happy to say now

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Yotoween halloween yoto cards

Yotoween: Spooktacular Halloween audiobooks for the Yoto Player

Kids' stuff /

Disclaimer: We were sent these Yoto Cards free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here.  Despite it definitely not being a holiday, which I have explained more times than I can count, Halloween is my children’s favourite holiday. I don’t know if it’s the dressing up, the excessive sugar, the decorations,

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Gigabots review (57)

Gigabots Energy Cores Hazbot transforming robot review

Toys & games /

Disclaimer: We were sent this Gigabots Energy Core Hazbot toy to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here.  Christmas toys are always a hot topic, so we’ve been taking a look at some of this year’s contenders to see whether they’ll be hits or misses come the big day.

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