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The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant: all you need to know to be in the right place

Lots of people have asked me recently if I know where the Pageant is starting from, where it goes etc etc. Then I researched and I found this amazing iPad app that will help getting people to the right places at the right time during the Pageant journey. The great thing is that this is the only official Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant iPad App with the approval from the Queen. So it is official…
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Bear Grylls Top Ten Things To Do Before You’re Ten

OVER HALF OF UK ADULTS PLAYED OUTSIDE EVERYDAY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, COMPARED TO JUST 24% OF KIDS TODAY. The nation’s favourite adventurer, Bear Grylls, gives London Mums some tips to get kids back outside and learn forgotten childhood skills.   Today’s children are spending significantly less time than their parents did having adventures outside and, as a result, have missed out on…
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Top decorating tips for a Diamond Jubilee themed party

A really fun and simple way to decorate your home or party venue with a Jubilee red, white and blue colour scheme is to make some pretty ribbon pompoms. Each pompom is made up of four large bows tied together, so you need to start by making your bows. Make some pretty pompoms To create the bows, hold the ribbon between your finger and thumb – a few inches from the end and make your first…
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British Olympic dolls' mask and top for Bratz & Monster High Draculaura

I finally finished the top for the British Olympics as well as the Italian flag top and Olympic dolls’ masks. The dolls look like me and you, Monica, te he.  As you can see from the photo below I resemble Draculaura when I was in my teens. The first living and breathing Monster High doll. I made the dress using an old Singer sewing machine. Here I look like Cindy Lauper v Lagoon Blue from…
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Top 10 FREE things to do in London with the kids this bank holiday

The May bank holiday is almost upon us and, whilst we love spending time off with the kids, it does help to have a plan in place so that the children are suitably occupied during the (hopefully) sunny long weekend – and to ensure there’s a plan b for when the weather isn’t up to scratch. Balloon modeling Michal Kahn, the most extravagant balloon modeller in the UK, has single-handedly…
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GETTING KIDS ACTIVE: IT’S JUST CHILD’S PLAY

Play sessions get kids more active than at any other time of the school day according to new report. New research has revealed that playing is the best route to physical activity for primary school children. The study, undertaken by the British Toy & Hobby Association (BTHA) and the Institute of Youth Sport at Loughborough University, suggests that children are more active when given time to…
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Monster High Dolls Mansion made out of Cardboard boxes

After spending a good couple of solid days creating a Monster High dolls house lounge / front room for my little girl and feeling so proud, I just want to cry. Why you ask? Well I just checked You Tube out when I uploaded my video to find the most amazing Monster High Dolls House ever made from just plain old cardboard boxes. Isn’t Auntie Ginger amazing. What a lucky niece to have such a…
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Olympic masks for Bratz & Monster High dolls

I spent the weekend making a little doll’s top with the colours of her Italian flag as well as an Italian flag mask for Monica from London Mums’ Magazine Bratz doll. Hope you like it, honey! The funny thing is the colours of the Italian flag are the same as the Welsh Flag. Some things are meant to be! Here are some other Olympic Dolls’ masks. Wouldn’t it be great if all Mums around the…
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Revising with Colour

This article about the importance of working with colours is written by Guest Blogger, Caroline Ridges from STABILO. We all know how tough it is to be a teenager. You’re not a child but not quite an adult and you have to deal with a lot of changes in a short space of time, not to mention the extra pressure from school when the exam period hits. It’s no wonder kids can find it difficult to…
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Dollshouse craft: Monster High dolls' house out of an old box & junk

Yesterday my little girl went over to her friend’s house so I thought I would surprise her by transforming the old cardboard box she was playing with into a proper Monster High Dolls house. Little Snowflake had already designed the windows a few days before and I had made two sofas. She also had the idea of the fish tank table. Last night she came home and said “Mummy, I love it, did someone…
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