My crafting skills leave a lot to be desired but as the mother of an eight year old boy who loves to get his hands dirty and his ten year old system who loves to make pretty things I've had to find crafting activities that even I can manage ;-)Seeing as it's the school holidays for a lot of us, I thought I'd share tenof my favourite easy crafts and activities with you.... Make a Family treeRecycle your crayonsMake your own mini bookMake a bookmark our of sweet wrappersMake a photo collageMake some story cardsMake your own board gameMake a pop up monster … [Read more...]
#CookItBlogIt – Chocolate Sponge Pudding with Chocolate Sauce….
<div align="center"><a href="https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/" title="The Diary of a Frugal Family"><img src="https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cookitblogit11.jpg" alt="The Diary of a Frugal Family" style="border:none;" /></a></div> It's great to see so many of you joining in with #CookItBlogIt every week.If you don't already know, #CookItBlogIt is the weekly recipe linky that Emma from Crazy with Twins take it in turns to host each week. You can share any recipe you like - old or new and we're gradually adding all entries to our … [Read more...]
No room at the inn….
Warning - Ranty post including over use of exclamation marks....What's the last thing you want after a four hour journey on your own with two children who are cold, tired and grumpy?To arrive at the hotel you've booked to be told that the hotel has been massively overbooked and there are no rooms available for you!This is what happened to me earlier in the week when we arrived at our hotel in London. And not just us, there were at least six other families scattered about the reception area in varying stages of annoyance/desperation when we got there - more by the time we got … [Read more...]
Listography – Five things that are better than One Direction….
As you might know, I love a good list but when I saw that the lovely Kate from Kate takes 5 wants us name five things that are better than One Direction for this weeks Listography I wasn't sure that I could seeing as I'm such a huge fan ;-)After a lot of thought, I did manage to come up with five things though but before I share them with you, here's Miss Frugal's top five things that are better than One Direction....Olly Murs Animals Make up Parties My iPod touchAnd here's Master Frugal's top five things....WWE 13 Xbox 360 game Playing with my friends Cuddling … [Read more...]
If Carlsberg did weeks….
This last week has been amazing - one of the most fun weeks we've had in a long time.We started last Thursday night with a last minute trip to the Circus thanks to a much reduced opening night price. There's no way we would have gone usually as it would have cost £40 on a normal night even with the half price vouchers they were giving out in town! None of us have ever been to a circus before and it was completely different to what we were expecting. The juggler dropped his balls (oops)almost as much as he caught them, the tightrope walker looked completely terrified and the Miss Frugal … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the busy Easter Holidays edition….
The last month or so has been slightly chaotic (as I may have said ;-)) so my meal plans have been very 'flexible' meaning, virtually non existent which has led to more money being spent on our food budget. Things have calmed now now thank goodness so I'm back on it.Sunday - Slow cooker minced beef and onions with Yorkshire puddings.Monday - Chicken curry - not sure yet whether to be adventurous and go for Thai green or just normal.Tuesday - We'll be out tonight so no tea to cook for tonight.Wednesday - Tuna pasta bake.Thursday - Slow cooker chilli.Friday - … [Read more...]
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