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5 family-friendly activities to enjoy if you’re worried about money

With the UK economy falling into a recession and the cost of living crisis still affecting families across the country, many people may be looking for cost-effective activities to help keep their children entertained this spring.

The experts at Millets have compiled their top 5 kid-friendly ideas that the whole family can get involved in.

5 family-friendly activities: 1. Fort/...
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Creative hacks to try this Easter

Busy Mum of four & hacks queen Casey Major-Bunce @majormumhacks has over 400k followers on Instagram who love her fun & creative ideas.

Casey believes some of her natural resourcefulness and ability to think outside of the box result from her dyslexia, which she now considers her superpower.

She shared some of her top tips for Easter with us:
  • Fill an egg box
  • ...
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5 free family-friendly activities you can do at home

With the new year here and the February half-term quickly approaching, many people may be looking for new and interesting ways to keep their children entertained and away from a screen. The experts at Millets have compiled their top 5 kid-friendly ideas that the whole family can get involved in.

5 free family-friendly activities: 1. Fort/ den building and camping

Building your own...

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Educational weekend activity ideas for families

As any parent would attest, keeping the kids entertained on the weekends is no mean feat – and it becomes harder still when you attempt to incorporate some educational components into your itinerary. However, with a little imagination and a (perhaps larger) dose of patience, it is possible to combine the two. Best of all, when the kids are having fun doing an activity, they won’t even realise...

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School Holiday Activity: HARIBO saves the day with fuss-free, low cost recipe to keep the kids occupied

With school holidays kicking off this weekend, and reports noting that kids will reach peak summer holiday boredom by 12th August, HARIBO is here to the rescue with a brand-new fun, fuss-free recipe to keep the kids occupied . What’s better than eating your favourite HARIBOs right out the packet in front of the TV? Cooking with them!

The recipe is no-bake and kid-friendly , so you...

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Pink and blue themed sweet cones 

We’ve been busy making lots of sweet cones in preparation for an upcoming school fete and some birthday parties we are going to. I always find that sweet cones make great gifts and children really love the variety inside.

These sweet cones got a great reaction from my children when they first saw them, which was great, as these were a bit fiddly to make.

For these sweet...
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Family-friendly summer workouts

Getting active: Family-friendly summer workouts

Exercise isn’t just something adults should do at the gym: the whole family needs to get plenty of movement in their everyday lives, both for their physical and mental health. The good news is that during the summer holidays, you have a great opportunity to exercise as a family, as you not only have the time but also (hopefully) the weather....

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Learning about lower case letters

If your little ones are learning about letters, we have the perfect activity for you!

For this activity, I got some pieces of A5 paper and in the centre, I wrote the letter I wanted my children to find, for example ‘a’ . I made sure I made the central letter quite large, so it stood out. Then around the rest of the paper I wrote the letter again several times, plus a few other letters....

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Match the number to the Word activity

My children are loving maths activities at the moment, so we have been making some simple maths tuff trays. For this one, all I did was write the numbers 1-10 in both numerical and word form. Then I asked my children to draw a line to match up the words and numbers. This taught my children so many skills, like number and word recognition, plus they had lots of fun doing it.

If you...

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Fish adding and taking away tuff tray

My daughter is really loving maths at the moment and asked me if I could write her some sums for when she came home from school.

I decided to make this a bit more fun by using fish instead of numbers. By using an object instead of a number it also meant she needed to practice her counting skills.

My drawing skills aren’t fantastic so fish seemed to be an easy to thing to...

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