30/07 EDITED TO ADD - THIS POST WAS CHOSEN AS THE WINNER OF THE SUN £9.50 CHALLENGE ;-) YEAY :-)When I was contacted by The Sun to take part in their latest challenge I said yes straight away - All I had to do was to find something to spend £9.50 on that was more exciting than a holiday. How easy is that you might say.... But after a week of deliberating, I can now confirm that it is in fact not very easy at all. A holiday is the most exciting thing for us as a family, we love spending time together as a family without any distractions like mobiles and laptops. So when I tried … [Read more...]
Play Doh Fun….
FACT - Children love play doh. So can you imagine my children's delight when we received a parcel in the post from play doh?I don't think I need any more words to tell you about our play doh fun - I'll let their faces tell you how much fun they had: You can't beat Play Doh for keeping the kids quiet can you? After my previous experiences of Play Doh, I put a black plastic sack under the kids chairs to catch all those little bits that my two manage to get everywhere and then trample through the house which meant that they could play happily without me howvering over them, … [Read more...]
You are cordially invited….
Dear ReaderWe would like to cordially invite you to the grand opening of the Frugal Family art gallery.Upon your arrival to our gallery, you will be presented with a welcome cocktail (well fizzy pop in a sugar coated glass with a grape kebab), before being escorted through to the main hall (AKA my living room) where a fantastic display of artwork awaits you. I've consulted the artist and she's happy for anyone to purchase her artwork but apparently it will set you back 68,000 pence! Doesn't look like I'll be making much in commissions from this, does it?Just one word of … [Read more...]
An alternative use for a wooden spoon….
We were going to make sock puppets today but we had a bit of a disaster when we tried to stick the bits on to the sock. Never one to give up at the first hurdle, we decided to make wooden spoon puppets instead.We didn't use anything special, just some pipecleaners and sparkly bits from our craft box. Predictably, Miss Frugal made a princess and Master Frugal made a scary dragon.Then we made the simplest theatre you've ever seen - Miss Frugal made a sign and stuck it to the front of a box we picked up when we went shopping.It definitely wasn't an oscar winning performance - the … [Read more...]
The Malteser Challenge….
Nickie over at Typecast has set a us a challenge - how long can YOU balance a malteser in mid air using only the power of your breath?By YOU, I'm sure she meant our children ;-) … [Read more...]
Teddy Bears Picnic….
What a gorgeous day it is today, we've just had a teddy bears picnic in the garden to make the most of the sunshine, because lets face it, it doesn't usually last too long does it? We made a quick and yummy fruit salad out of nectarines, pears, apples and a banana to share with the assorted teddys and dolls assembled on our picnic blanket but they obviously weren't hungry as they never touched it! We put Miss Frugals Ipod on and had a lovely little chat on the blanket about allsorts. For example, I now know that Miss Frugal has dumped her boyfriend as she thought he had two other … [Read more...]
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