Kids’ birthday party checklist

As adults, the fun and enjoyment of hosting or being a guest at a party gives us drive to make it through the working week, looking forward to the weekend event with much excitement. To some of us, having a dinner party with eight friends over is a breeze. For others, we would rather run […]

Play. Wear. Read. Share. A simple guide to buying kids’ presents

Have you heard of ‘the four-gift rule’? It is a simple idea that helps make shopping for kids’ presents a little less overwhelming. Basically if you follow the four-gift rule you buy four presents for your child at Christmas or on their birthday. These four gifts fall under the following four categories: something you want, […]

How to organise a kid’s birthday party – by age

Children’s birthday parties can strike fear into the hearts of mortal parents. They can be fraught with tears and tantrums—and that’s just the parents!  But they are also memorable and a joyful way to celebrate your beautiful child with family and friends. So how do you avoid last-minute panic and create an event that enjoyable […]

Pass the Parcel – is it OK to disappoint?

I’m in the midst of birthday parties at the moment. Every weekend is a haze of cake, bouncy castles, presents and party games as many of the children I know, including one of mine, become a year older. This was my first year of ‘proper’ parties. Previous child birthday parties have mostly been about the […]

Ideas for Easter-themed birthday parties

Do you have a little boy or little girl celebrating their birthday around Easter? Kids birthdays are a very special time indeed. To give you some inspiration for theming your child’s Easter birthday party, I have compiled some ideas for you. Firstly, Easter colours are typically a pastel palette. So, think about producing some special […]

I hate ‘girl’ toys

When I started writing this I was going to write a post about how all ‘girly’ toys were boring and dangerously stereotypical. How, when I was shopping for a small present for my almost one-year-old girl all I found were tiny vacuum cleaners, microwaves and baby dolls. I was going to ask the question: “what […]

Awesome but easy birthday cakes for children

If a little time-traveling fairy visited me 10 years ago to tell me that in the future I would have three children and would willingly spend a whole day baking and decorating a birthday cake for them, I would have laughedat the fairy. Then I would have asked it to give me the lotto numbers. Except I wouldn’t because I