How to Carve a Turnip Lantern
Just a week to go until Hallowe'en! We have been busy visiting pumpkin patches, picking pumpkins and carving pumpkin lanterns. But as I mentioned in my post from a wee while back, about the Celtic origins of Hallowe'en, it's actually
Review: Who Did It? Card Game [AD]
I have some exciting news. Well, we're excited about it. We have been invited to join the Asmodee UK Blogger Board Game Club for the next three months, which means we will receive a new game for each month to test
{Scotland} Halloween Cruise to Narrowboat Farm
We're slowly working our way around various pumpkin patches in Scotland. Two years ago, we visited Craigie's Farm in South Queensferry, last year we checked out Killduff Farm in East Lothian, and this year we headed over to West Lothian
What Mummy is Currently Reading!
It's time for another quick round of "What Mummy is Currently Reading", sharing the books from my own reading pile (though I have to confess, there has been a bit of a delay between recording and publishing this, so I'm
Halloween Crafts: Vampire Bat
The October holidays are in full swing here in Edinburgh, so I have two kids to entertain all week, and so far we have thrown ourselves in to crafting and baking. We made some really cute vampire bats out of
{Sweden} Hands-on Science at Gothenburg’s Universeum
Happy Museum Monday everyone! Today I wanted to share another museum visit from our trip to Gothenburg a couple of years ago, which to date ranks among my top family holiday of all time. Technically, the Universeum is actually a science
Hallowe’en Rosettes
We love Hallowe'en at our house, and usually have some kind of Hallowe'en party or gathering. A few years ago, we went all out and had a costume competition and a pumpkin carving contest, and I created some prize rosettes
Review: Dough Nab – The Game [AD]
Hands up if you love doughnuts! Well, then we have the perfect family game for you today in our latest review. Dough Nab - The Game is a fast paced game jam packed (pun intended) with fun. Real doughnuts to
{Scotland} The Carnegie Library & Galleries
Happy Museum Monday! A couple of weeks ago I shared our visit to the fantastic Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline, here in Scotland. Well, it's not the only museum Dunfermline has to offer, as we also popped in to
DIY Felt Campfire
Apparently, the second best thing to going camping is role playing that you are going camping. At least according to my boys. So a while ago, I made them a little felt campfire to make their pretend camping feel a
September Snapshots 2019
September in Snapshots, according to my iPhone… For more daily snapshots, you can follow me on Instagram at @bearandfoxblog!
Apricot & Blueberry Semolina Cake (GF)
A couple days ago a ran a poll over on my Facebook page, asking which cake recipe you would like me to share this week, and my apricot, blueberry and semolina cake won. So here it is! It's refined sugar