July 2010 entires
Tuesday 27 July 2010 Six weeks holiday can seem like an eternity when you’re faced with entertaining small children. We hope you’ll find our top tips useful for keeping little ones busy and prevent the inevitable cry of ‘I’m bored’ from them and ‘help’ from you!
1. Plan a beach treasure hunt. If you’re on the beach and fancy five minutes to yourself create a treasure hunt for your kids. Write a list of items that can be found on a beach e.g. shells, seaweed, bird feathers, driftwood... and send your kids searching. If you’re in need of some real quiet time, add a few items that will be hard to find! Keep an eye on them whilst they comb the beach for goodies and reward them when they return with their bounty.
2. Raining outside? Close the curtains. Turn off the lights. Turn up the music. Dance! It’ll make you and your kids feel great and with the curtains closed your neighbours won’t be any the wiser!
3. Camp out in the back garden. Pack up a picnic and pitch up your tent in the back garden. You don’t need to go far to have fun!
4. Bake! Everyone loves cake. Adult t-shirts make great ‘cover all’ aprons on small kids. Cover them up and get out the baking ingredients. Cupcakes are easy to make, quick to cook and you can spend ages decorating them with icing, raisins, chocolate buttons and even edible glitter.
5. Pili Pala's personal favorite! Snail races. Cut out a large circle of cardboard and either paint or mark concentric circles on it. Send the kids searching around the garden for snails and once everyone has a snail each place them in the centre of the cardboard and watch to see which snail makes it to the outside of the circle. Make sure you play this outside or you’ll be searching high and low for the snails!
6. Get together with other mums and hire the village hall. Play party games such as musical chairs, sleeping lions, stick in the mud... A cheap way of having a party with no need for presents. Your kids will have a great time and you’ll have a chance to catch up with other mums!
7. Have a weekly theme! You can devise your own little projects to occupy little minds. Go for bugs one week and go bug hunting; read the Hungry Caterpillar; hire ‘Bug’s Life’ and create model bugs using egg cartons and pipe cleaners! Other themes could include monsters, fairies, countries, super heroes or magic – try thinking of themes which have books or films associated so that you have some quiet time whilst they read or watch a film!
8. Build a castle! Visit a castle for some inspiration or ‘Google’ some images of castles. Make a plan and then raid the supermarket for cardboard. Construct a castle using the cardboard and some masking tape, painting it and cutting out windows. The bigger the better!
9. Make spoon people. Buy wooden spoons from supermarkets’ value range and dress them up using felt, left over fabric and wool. Paint or draw faces on and host your own spoon ‘puppet show’!
10. Be a local tourist. Visit your local Tourist Information Centre and rediscover what’s great about your area. Take your camera, write a postcard to the grandparents and treat your day out as if you’re visiting the area for the first time – even better if you can find the time and money for an ice cream!
Enjoy! Let us know how you get on and send in some photos – we love hearing from you.
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Tuesday 20 July 2010 The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show is a pretty big thing in Wales. Imagine a village fete with ‘best in show’ competitions including everything from ducks to jam and prize bulls to giant onions. Now multiply what you have by about a hundred and you may be somewhere in the region of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show. Held in July every year in Builth Wells, Powys it draws people from all over the UK and further afield. Whatever the weather, thousands flock to the showground for the highlight of the agricultural calendar. We’re hoping to pop along this week to see all the animals, savour some fantastic food and meet old friends. It’s a fantastic trip for all the family and is bound to be a big hit with our little kids. If you’re heading that way and you’re wondering what to wear we don’t think you’ll go far wrong with our stripy organic leggings tucked into your wellie boots. Funky and fashionable, they’re quick drying if you manage to jump in one too many puddles but cool enough if the sun manages to make an appearance!
See you there!
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Friday 09 July 2010With summer now in full swing, here at Pili Pala, we thought it was about time we treated our lovely customers to a bit of summer saving! You can now save 30% on selected items from our sunny yellow organic bamboo range and the loveable 100% organic yellow and brown stripe range! Happy days!
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