Hygge Holidays – 5 easy steps, many ideas!

Hygge alabaster table lamp

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 […]

Pocket Money Rock Stall – Fun Ideas

Pocket Money School Fayre Ideas

Pocket Money Rock Stall – fun ideas for the school fayre!!  …. It’s that time again and you’re looking for easy original ideas to boost school funds – look no further! We have 5 great school fete ideas here, all costed at around £2 a go.  5 easy ways to give a fresh twist to […]

Location: 5 Popular Fossil Sites

Location: Main Photo Credit: Geeksyndicate.co.uk

  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 […]

Jurassic Walks and other Fossil Adventures

Photo credit: www.getoutwiththekids.co.uk

A family joke in our friend’s house is, ‘see, I told you I wouldn’t like that walk’!!  Sounds familiar?  We have some hot prompts for you on turning walks into adventures that leave them clamouring for more.  Get your boots on, let’s go…  (Unless you want to stay indoors and go shopping that is…) Jurassic […]

Fossil hunting: 8 things you need

fossil hunting with the kids

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 […]

Family Christmas Traditions 15 Free Ideas

Family Christmas traditions Father Christmas

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 […]

Fossil Party Bags & more Dinosaur Dilemmas

Fossil Party Bags

Fossil Party Bags , party food, ideas for fun – read on if you need a head start on all things Jurassic ! It’s quite tricky when our kids decide to like things that we don’t know much about – its like being stuck with homework all over again!  The other thing about dinosaur crazes that […]