Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Free Family Friendly Events
Hot on the heels of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024 programme launch, comes the launch of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 programme. With over 3,000 shows to choose from it can get a bit overwhelming - and the costs
Edinburgh Book Festival 2024 Children’s Programme
Last night, I attended the launch of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024 programme. This year, the Book Festival will take place at its new permanent home in the Edinburgh Futures Institute. I was if course particularly interested in the
Say Hello! Bookbug Week 2024
We have a fabulous early years programme here in Scotland called Bookbug, run by the Scottish Book Trust, which supports families to read, sing, and play with their little ones - with book bags gifted to children between birth and
{Edinburgh} Free Half Term Activities – February 2024
The February half-term school holidays are about to start here in Edinburgh, and as always we are on the look out for things to do with the kids that won't break the bank. I've pulled together a bunch of free
Christmas Holiday Activities in Edinburgh 2023/24
Edinburgh schools break up for the Christmas holidays on Friday. After the first few days of activities, we’ll have almost two weeks before it’s back to school on 9th January and I can guarantee that cabin fever will start to
Free or Low-cost October Holiday Events in Edinburgh
It seems like only yesterday that the kids went back to school, but lo and behold the October holidays are only a week away. I'm taking the week off work, and have been on the search for things to do
Edinburgh Playgrounds Update
It's been 18 months, since my 8 year embarked on his quest to visit as many different playgrounds in Edinburgh as he can. The project is still going strong, and to date we have visited, photographed and reviewed 30 playgrounds
{Edinburgh} Summer of Fun – Free Events for Families in July & August 2023
With seven weeks of summer holidays stretching ahead of us, and everyone feeling the pinch of the cost of living crisis, I sat down at the beginning of summer to research all the best FREE family events Edinburgh has to
Digital Easter Egg Hunt with Learning Resources [AD]
This post is in collaboration with Learning Resources UK. With just one week to go until the start of the Easter weekend, excitement is running high in our house, and we’ve got just the thing to get you in to the
Bear & Fox Free Virtual Summer Camp
Hello everyone! I have something exciting to share with you. With a lot of people’s summer plans interrupted, I thought I’d put together a little FREE virtual summer camp on the blog. The summer holidays started in Edinburgh today, and
Introducing Awsm Street
I've got something very exciting to share with you all today. A couple of weeks ago, we launched a new business! When my colour loving boys couldn't find any clothes they like in the High Street shops, we were inspired
Top 5 Posts of 2019
It's always fun to see content my readers enjoy the most. Obviously, posts from earlier in the year always have a higher hit rate, since they are around for more of the year, but it still gives a good indication