Freckled Face Friday – Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

Freckled Face Friday – Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

It's freckled face number two I am going to tell you about the Christmas tree we made. We did it on the first Monday in December, like we always do, now I think it is looking great. I really enjoyed decorating our Christmas tree in our play room! We were in our elf pyjamas it [...]

Dunham Massey Christmas Lights Display

Wow wow WOW!!! Last weekend we attended Dunham Massey Christmas Lights Display. It was AMAZING! It was done so well and there was such a big variety of lights. We toasted marshmallows over a fire, we saw Santa and one of his elves in a little show, we saw fire, we saw cool fountains and [...]

Christmas Events In and Around Cheshire

Christmas Events In and Around Cheshire

Christmas in coming up fast! Have you planned you days out and visits to Father Christmas yet? Here are some of the events happening in and around Cheshire. Weston Christmas Lights Display This is a great way to get in the festive mood! Lots of lights to enjoy, music and visit Santa in his sleigh! [...]

Quotes, Quotes and more Quotes!

We thought we would share a few of our favourite quotes with you.  We have chosen a couple of fun ones and a couple of inspiring/motivating ones. We hope you like them! Let us know (in the comments box below) which one is your favourite!  

Kedleston Hall

Yesterday we met up with some friends who we haven't seen in a couple of years. We met up at a National Trust place in Derbyshire called Kedleston Hall. It's a neo-classical mansion from the 1760's. Wow!! It was stunning! Sadly the house was closed so we didn't get to go inside, but the kids [...]

Introducing Freckled Face Friday!

Over that past few weeks we have been trying to organise this blog and our blogging time. It's been....interesting! We have decided that on Fridays the post will be from one of Freckled Faces. We bring to you 'FRECKLED FACE FRIDAYS'! Myself and Dave would like to apologise now for any craziness that may follow [...]

Visit to Wheelock Hall Farm

Visit to Wheelock Hall Farm

With the older 3 Freckled Faces all being in full time education now, me and number 4 have more time during the day to play....work, I meant work....hard.... A few weeks ago we decided to ditch the housework and all our other responsibilities and have a play date with some friends at the farm! We [...]

Fun Colour Sorting Activity for Young Kids

Fun Colour Sorting Activity for Young Kids

So Freckled Face number 4 is loving getting arty and crafty! This morning I really needed to clean the kitchen, so I set up a little activity for her, which she absolutely LOVED and cried when she had finished it! Haha I decided to write the colours on the paper because I wanted her to [...]

Play-Doh Snails

Play-Doh Snails

One of the fun things about Autumn is  all the conkers! Aside from the classic conker fights and nice autumn decor, we thought we'd try and find some different uses for them. Here's one idea we came up with.....Play-doh snails. We were watching the film 'Turbo' at the time! You will need Conkers Play-doh Glitter [...]

Cotton Buds Skeletons

These are such an easy and fun craft to do with the kids! YOU WILL NEED Black card A pot of PVA Glue Lots of cotton buds Skull shapes cut from white paper A black pen WHAT TO DO We drew a face on the skulls and then glued the skull onto the black card. [...]