Hygge Holidays – winter happiness in just 5 easy steps! Everyone is talking about it!! The Danes are one of the happiest peoples on the planet – despite the chilly, dark, winter days! In Denmark Hygge (”Hue-gah”) is the well-kept secret to surviving – or thriving – through the winter months. You’ve probably got the […]
Cooking with Kids
Hi there – we write about kids activities, families and parenting. We had a lot of fun with our blog about dinosaur parties so we thought we’d take a look around for some great blogs on cooking with kids. After a scrumptious tour, we picked out 3 that grabbed us. Sure you’ll enjoy them […]
Location: 5 Popular Fossil Sites
Location, location, location: Where do I go to find fossils? We’ve put together this handy guide to help you choose a location. We can’t promise you’ll find a dragon the size of a London bus of course! But we do have a whole collection of blogs to tell you what to take etc […]
Family Fitness Fun Made Easy!
Family Fitness Fun: Join the craze, here’s some fun, easy ideas to get you started! You’ll live longer, be happier and love and laugh more. Lets get started: 1. Team Effort A team needs a common aim. Decide what’s gonna get your family on the move: bribery, get ready for holidays, looking great, sibling rivalry, […]
Fossil Collecting: What to do back home.
Have you ever brought home a few stones or shells from a fun day fossil collecting at the beach or countryside only to find they get in the way until you throw them in the bin? Fossil Collecting: In The Garden for li’l ones, put your found treasures in the sand pit to find over and […]
Easter Egg Hunt: And Other Egg-Tastic Fun!
Hi, we’re all about fun for free or next to nothing. Here are our top tips for an Easter Egg Hunt and other cheap and easy fun and games: Easter Egg Hunt: Top Tips The best sized eggs for hunting are about 7 cm long and foil wrapped – that way you can make them […]
Fossil hunting: 8 things you need
So you’ve decided to take the kids fossil hunting this weekend? It’s free and fun – you’re gonna have a great time. This post is about some of the things you’ll need to take with you for a safe and fun time. We have a guide to all our posts about finding fossils and activities […]
5 Easy activities babies and toddlers
Ever tried to enjoy a whole a coffee whilst keeping youngsters happy? First, 3 quick rules of thumb: The trick is a little planning. Make sure they’re safe and you’re happy for them to explore by putting the toys in their mouth etc Believe that this works and give it a good go. Keep a […]
How to be Happy at Work and Crystal Clear!
Here’s our 8 point plan for how to be happy at work – we hope it’s of interest and maybe you have your own tips of how to be happy at work, you can add via ‘comments’ below – we’d love to hear from you! How to be happy at work? Its January and its […]
Family Christmas Traditions 15 Free Ideas
We are unashamedly old fashioned when it comes to family Christmas traditions. We spend our lives with fossils after all! And we are old enough to remember when Family Christmas traditions were about snow, stockings and songs – and tablets were what you took for a hangover. Sounds idyllic? The trick is a […]