“Abney and Teal how does it feel,
To live in the lake on an island?
It’s just right for us – it’s adventurous!
And its home, home on our island.”
Monica Costa caught up with the creator, Joel Stewart, and executive producer, Anne Wood, of The Adventures of Abney & Teal at the Toy Fair 2013. This adorable and fun programme started in September 2011 and has been…
Do you remember our special storytelling event this summer at Vauxhall City Farm with Tamzin Outhwaite?
Well, well, we now have a winner for the literary competition. A newly-wed trainee teacher from Borehamwood has won this year’s national Munch Time children’s story writing competition. Shayna Evans scoops the £1000 cash prize for her story ‘Here Comes the Airplane!’ (you can download…
The world through a child’s eyes is a place of wonder and endless possibilities. Children have an innate creativity and sense of wonder, filling in the blanks of the unknown with their imagination. Unfortunately, modern technology and toys often take up the time and space that kids would otherwise fill dreaming up new worlds, new answers and new ideas.
As we use creativity in solving problems…
Want to keep your kids occupied this summer in ways that won’t blow your budget? Kids usually have lots of creativity so there’s no need to spend money or give them an electronic device to keep them entertained (at least not always). Here are some excellent boredom busting tips on how to have fun on a budget this summer.
Here selected boredom busting videos presented by children’s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
There is something so completely addictive about trims and buttons, ribbons, beads and threads that I really do think Kirsty Allsop said it best; ‘haberdashery is like a drug’. With her passion for vintage textiles and home decoration, she has reawakened an interest in embellishment of home decor and clothing that could be said to have spearheaded the revival in handcrafts –…