Here are Sarah Hobbs (head of family, David Lloyd Leisure) top tips to keep under 5s entertained.
• The best way to get little ones active is to play with them – a three-year-old will try anything as long as the big person is doing it too
• Make it fun and appeal to their sense of imagination – running is not just running, it is racing like a lion, as fast as a train, as hoppy as a…
My son Diego, who is a big Lego fan, absolutely loves this tree! It must be the most original xmas tree ever! Visitors to St Pancras International in London are sure to stop in their tracks when they see the station’s epic Christmas Tree design for 2011. Revealed at the station today (Thursday 24 November), St Pancras International can guarantee there is no other Christmas tree like this one…
Speedy Christmas presents for daring Dads or outings for courageous children. Meet Santa in style this year, when you book on the ‘Jingle Bell Blast’ experience with London RIB Voyages, the original Thames speedboat experience. No waiting in line to see him, only to be rushed in and rushed out – whizz down the river to him instead. This is a once in a life time experience for children to…
Heddon street is the MUST-BE area for dining out with kids. This is where London Mums favourite restaurants are.
The Living Room is really an elegant restaurant with Piano bar while you eat with all comforts of your own home and flexible arrangements for families.
The Kids’ menu is very varied and of good quality: Garlic bread and the home made ciabatta bread have high quality olives (not…
To celebrate 9 years of inspiring children imaginations The award winning Creation Station is going on tour during November and offering fun art and crafts experience to groups of children within the community in exchange for a donation of £1 per child with all funds going to Children in Need.
The Creation Station is providing art and craft experiences to those groups who are involved with…
The Farm Show series embarks on a fashion show, where the farm animals on the farm take centre stage in performing a fashion show. Yet this is not just an ordinary fashion show, its a “funky” fashion show, full
of fun, and laughter.
It’s an educational play, where the children also become the centre stage, with masquerades, and costumes, the children have the chance to interact with the…
Beaufort House Chelsea is located on the Kings Road, on the corner of Beaufort Street. The public ground floor is an award-winning brasserie open throughout the day, and the fabulous ground-floor cocktail bar mixes some of the best cocktails in town in the evening – both are open to all. A perfect stopping off point after shopping on the Kings Road, and ideal for watching the world go by!
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Families and children of all ages are invited to join some of Britain’s top children’s authors for a magical half hour of Storytelling beside the Tiffany Christmas Tree during this year’s season of Skate at Somerset House, presented by Tiffany & Co., which will run from 3 December 2011 to 22 January 2012. Skate at Somerset House runs from 22 November 2011 – 22 January 2012.
With the ghostly season upon us, many parents will be accosted by ‘little monsters’ who want to impress their friends with scary Halloween outfits. For those who don’t want a ready-made outfit and want to get creative with their children’s costume, Lucy Quick, Principal at Perform, has put together some spooktacular DIY ideas to help parents turn their little angel into a Halloween fiend!
My 5 year old son and I have lots of fun making things out of junk found in the household. After making a junk doll we have now tried to make an ice-cream out of old foam sheets, a detergent cap and glue.
Not many instructions required. Just roll the foam sheet around the detergent cap and glue it together. Cellotape can do too.
Go make one and have lots of fun!!!
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