Activities

Summer fun: Brainiac Live! Science Abuse

Science is now become really popular and kids are introduced to scientific topics in a very fun way. There are a lot of boffins around among our kids who are all a bit geeky these days. You can even organise science parties and make slime and make explosions etc. But only the Brainiacs can do the riskier type of experiments that we could not try at home but we would love to watch. The popular TV…
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Landscapes at dusk | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t…
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Best art & craft books for the Summer 2013

Here is London Mums’ selection of art & craft books for this summer. Enjoy! Myleene Klass’s manual ‘Things to Make and Do With Your Children’ Packed full of stories, rhymes, activities and advice, Myleene Klass’ THINGS TO MAKE AND DO WITH YOUR CHILDREN will be one of the best ever art & craft books for 2- to 5-year-olds. Published as a big bumper book, this fabulous…
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Story time with actress Tamzin Outhwaite & talented storytelling mums

Recently we met former Eastenders actress Tamzin Outhwaite at Vauxhall Farm for an exclusive interview which will be published in our next London Mums magazine. She met a group of London Mums and told the story written by a mum who won the Munch Time competition previously. Check our this amazing and special story time only for us in this sweet video: What’s more interesting is that mums…
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The Colour Blue | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t…
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THE LEGACY OF HAND-MADE

Hands up who has memories of their mum, grandmother, aunt making things at home for the family? I would try to guess when we went to visit, if my grandmother was baking or making chutney – one I was more keen on than the other – but having access to this world of culinary creativity has been revived within me now that I have children of my own. My mother would squirrel away remnants…
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From a high angle | Weekly Photography Challenge

This weekly photo challenge is deigned to complement our free online photography basics classes. Each week we will set a different theme and your homework is to go out and photograph a collection of images related to that theme. You can start this challenge whenever you like and do the different themes in any order you see fit. Think of these challenges as a photography workout. Don’t…
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Trendy Toys

What makes toys trendy and cool? Do we have enough cash to buy increasingly expensive toys? It’s taken me some time to get my head round the jungle of new toys that are launching almost on a daily basis. But here you go a few thoughts and ideas on what London Mums believe are the trendy toys at the moment. According to the Toyfair 2013 the UK toy industry is strong despite the economy is…
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PARENTS TO SHELL OUT £460 ENTERTAINING KIDS THIS SUMMER HOLIDAY - Top tips for saving this summer holiday

As kids’ excitement builds in the lead up to the summer holidays, many parents (56 per cent) are worrying about the cost of not only keeping their own kids amused but also other people’s children too, expecting to shell out an average £460 entertaining their own and other people’s children, according to Post Office’s annual Parents’ Summer Spending Report. Over four in 10 (42 per cent)…
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