Dear London Mums
After handing over the children over to the teachers, it feels we have started breathing again after the long Summer holidays. But actually with less than a month away to Halloween and less than three to Christmas, more holidays are creeping up again.
Halloween Half Term week is not that scary though. Look at our list of things to do in London and you will be spoilt for choice…
Celebrate Bonfire Night with this spacial and easy recipe: Bonfire Butterscotch Apples.
Ingredients
100g butter
350g soft brown sugar
568ml double cream
6 apples, peeled, cored and cut into 12 wedges
6 pears, peeled, cored and cut into 12 wedges
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
2 packs Sweet Dutch Pancakes (we used Abra-ca-Debora Sweet Dutch Pancakes for this recipe)…
Here is a yummy and good looking Halloween recipe: Spooky Spider CupCakes. Kids will love it as it is rich and it looks really spooky.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 18 minutes
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
For the cupcakes
125g light sunflower spread
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
100g self-raising
25g cocoa powder
1 tablespoon semi-skimmed milk
For the topping
120g chocolate spread (we have…
Here is a very simple and quick Halloween recipe using ready made pancakes: Halloween Choco Cobwebs. They are fun to make and yummy to eat.
Ingredients
2 bars of good quality chocolate
A packet of chocolate buttons
Method
1. Melt the chocolate in a pan with a little water
2. Either put in a piping bag or dribble free hand on to a cold Sweet Dutch Pancake (we used Abra-ca-Debora Sweet…
Fab easy Halloween recipe for Sticky Toffee Pudding using pancakes. We love them!!!
Ingredients
100g light muscovado sugar
100g unsalted butter
142ml carton double cream
4 Sweet Dutch Pancakes (we used Abra-ca-Debora Sweet Dutch Pancakes for this recipe)
1 tub good vanilla ice cream
Method
Put the sugar, butter and cream in a pan over a
low heat. Simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Cook…
As Halloween becomes more and more popular around the UK, some parents are entering unchartered territory. From choosing costumes to discussions about stranger danger, there are things parents can do to limit their own stress and maximise the experience for everyone.
1. Costumes
Take your child’s, age, size and physical abilities into account when choosing a costume. For younger children, keep…
The London Mums’ and Bratzillaz™ fabulous Halloween costume competition has now closed, but check out this star photo of Alessia from all the entries we received. I’m sure the Bratzillaz™ girls would be proud of this cute costume!
Thanks to all of you who sent in amazing images. We only have 10 dolls to give away although you all deserve a prize for getting creative with your kids.
Do you go all out for Halloween? Have you transformed your house into a haunted mansion? Do your pumpkin carvings belong in the Tate? Have you been planning your family’s incredible matching outfits since last Christmas? CNN want to see the evidence.
As part of a new report on the spirit of celebration around the world CNN Celebrates want your photos and videos of Halloween. The best…
If you think Bratz™ are outrageous, just wait until you meet Bratzillaz™ – the witchy glam cousins of the Bratz™ girls! Mischievous, ultra glamorous and beguiling, each with individual and unique special magical powers. …so be careful what you wish for! If you love the Bratzillaz™ as much as we do then don’t miss the chance to enter this competition. Don’t forget to…
1,000 Ghosts appear to have taken over the Capital in the run up to Halloween with hundreds spotted on Westminster Bridge, haunting St Paul’s, taking over the London Eye and even some cheeky spooks in residence on the Buckingham Palace Balcony.
The ghostly scene in question appeared last night at the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort’s famous miniland as a team of model makers transformed the…