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How to get presents to friends and family this Christmas with postal strikes in the UK? Choose a UK seller with stock in the UK. Opt for an online toy seller that will gift wrap your item and send it direct with a personalised message. Order early and before the 9th of December when strike action really starts. Find out if the online retailer offers Evri or another postal service other than Royal Mail. Send a Gift Card giving the gift of choice after the Xmas season. 

How to create a treasure hunt game to entertain kids during the summer holidays. Why not have a go at making a treasure hunt in the garden to entertain your children this summer?  If you dont have time to create your own you can buy a treasure hunt kit from Amazon to get started.  Once children can see the concept, they'll be keen to make their own.  You can challenge them to make a treasure hunt for their friends or parents to go on.

The leaves are falling from the trees and the colours of autumn are upon us, so it’s time to start thinking about Halloween! This is an exciting time for kids who love the thrill of a good ghost story.  To make more of your Halloween why not organise a Halloween Party and make your little monsters work for those ‘treats’! A great alternative to ‘trick or treating’ is to host a Halloween Ghost Hunt? All you need to do is get together with a few neighbours and ask them to hide some clues and spooky scenes their gardens, then set the...

Without doubt the Halloween ghost hunt is a must! Last year we got 5 mums to join in, each hid a treasure marker at their house and we set the ghost hunters off to the first house. When they found the next clue they also did a party game too. Eventually everyone ended up at Jill’s house for some Maggott stew (beef stew with rice between you and me) a fabulous warming end to a chilly night!

Five steps for blowing out eggs 1. Carefully pierce the egg by pushing a pin or safety pin in at either end.  2. Try to make the hole at the base large enough to fit a cocktail stick through. Push the cocktail stick in to the egg to break the yolk. 3. Hold the egg over a clean bowl with the larger hole pointing downwards and blow into the smaller hole. The air will push the egg yolk and white out of the shell into the bowl below. 4. Once the egg feels empty, pop it into the second bowl and fill with...