Embracing winter nights in

Given a choice, most people out there would probably wish it was summer all the time – or at least, warmer weather.

But now the clocks have gone back there’s nothing else for it, we have to really embrace those winter nights in en-famille; so why not make the most of them?

Winter is a great time to get cosy, eat some great warming foods and to look forward to Christmas. Making plans for Christmas as a family can be great fun, particularly if you can involve the children in the planning of the whole thing and the making of the food.

A family movie night tucked up under a blanket on the sofa and sharing a bucket of popcorn and some hot chocolate (or maybe  glass of wine for Mum and Dad) can also be a great way of spending a cold dark winter’s evening.

Game on for kids in sport

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Children spend far too much time in front of computer screens and games consoles. It’s been in all the papers, so it must be true.

But what is a lesser-documented fact, is that there are also millions of kids who are happy to kick technology into touch and get active – while the former group is being encouraged constantly to try their hand at one sport variant or another.

Football Photo Frames - A World Cup Craft

With the World Cup well under way the Mini Mes were keen to find out a little bit more about it and get involved with some themed crafts too. While discussing how the group stages worked (and avoiding the offside rule, thankfully) we created a simple football photo frame that they can both pop their favourite pictures into.

You will need:

Coloured card/foam