Research has shown that one in three working mums rely on their mums or mother-in-law’s for childcare when they return to work or further education.
At face value this is a wonderful arrangement that works for both parties – you have piece of mind that the person responsible for your child has a vested interest and granny has lots of precious time with her grandchild. Plus of course…
If you thought for a moment that teddy bears are boring, well think twice after checking this post about London Mums experiencing a Build-a-Bear workshop. I must admit I often passed by the shops across London and never dared entering as I found the idea of making a teddy bear not quite exciting …. I was SO wrong.
Check our videos here and see for yourself what the experience is all…
From Saturday 11th February 2012, the Science Museum is to display the Chilean rescue capsule – Fénix 2. So exciting, thinking at the incredible story we all watched on TV only a couple of years ago.
The capsule was specially built to rescue 33 miners who were trapped underground at the San José mine, Chile in October 2010. The 3.9m capsule is made of steel and measures 54cm wide. All of…
London Mums has teamed up with Serif, the award-winning creative software publisher, to give away two copies of CraftArtist Platinum (worth £39.99 each) – perfect for mums wanting to create personalised photobooks, stationery, cards, scrapbooks and more at home.
For your chance to win these tickets, answer the simple question below in our dedicated competition page…
Trend Micro launches new competition for Safer Internet Day. Have you ever had a bad experience on the internet, or know someone who has? Or perhaps you have some tips for staying safe online that you would like to share?
Launching on Safer Internet Day, 7th February 2012, the ‘What’s your Story?’ competition, organised by internet security expert Trend Micro in partnership with Get Safe…
The Science Museum opens a new display from 20th January to 9th April 2012 to celebrate Professor Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, his life and achievements.
Stephen Hawking: A 70th birthday celebration features objects and papers primarily sourced from Professor Hawking’s own archives including handwritten notes on work with Roger Penrose, his drawing of the Hawking Radiation mechanism, the…
This one is a great activity for the boys. How to grow a frog in your back garden.
First, here is my little girl and her friend who is on the Olympics games advert singing to the frog floating on his little apple boat song:
Next video is how to grow tadpoles into frogs. Total fluke of course the frog liked our garden and laid some eggs in the old swimming pool, we brought them in and looked…
I have fond memories of making gorgeous little peg dolls with my Nan when I was a little girl. Do you remember them? Here is my little St David’s day doll based on the Welsh Flower the Daffodil flower.
Here is a video on how to draw a face on a peg doll with felt tips. I was selling the peg doll kits in Borders before they shut down. I still have the unpaid cheque they gave me, ha ha. This…