Fun to Learn Friends Art Magazine - Review
Just like most children his age, Noah loves kids magazines and they have become a regular weekend treat. Fun To Learn Friends Art magazine offers a range of screen-free, creative activities based around the characters kids know and love. These activities are perfect for children to enjoy either on their own or with help from Mum and Dad. Friends Art contains 36 pages of fun ideas to make, design, colour and draw, along with lots of interactive stickers, and a 4 page cut-out card activity.
Every issue features a craft kit gift with all the items you need to make a wonderful themed creation, which is explored and explained in a straightforward manner in the magazine. If your child is like Noah, who loves creative activities, favourite characters and sharing quality time with their family then Friends Art is the magazine to go for.
This week we were sent Issue 5 of the Magazine, which arrived just in time for when Noah had come home from nursery. He was so impressed with the magazine because the cover featured PJ Masks and Paw Patrol, two of his favourites cartoons! The free gift of glitter and art supplies was also very exciting for him, he couldn't wait to get his hands all glittery!
This week we were sent Issue 5 of the Magazine, which arrived just in time for when Noah had come home from nursery. He was so impressed with the magazine because the cover featured PJ Masks and Paw Patrol, two of his favourites cartoons! The free gift of glitter and art supplies was also very exciting for him, he couldn't wait to get his hands all glittery!
The magazine is absolutely cram packed full of activities which are perfect for after school, at the weekend or for keeping them busy during the summer holidays. This issue has 19 easy craft ideas and 110 stickers included.
Noah has always enjoyed stickers so I wasn't surprised when he asked to do those first. It wasn't a case of sticking any old sticker anywhere. He liked the fact that Ben & Holly had different scenarios and had to add the correct stickers to each picture. This took about 15 minutes as he took a lot of care to get his stickers in the correct place.
Noah has always enjoyed stickers so I wasn't surprised when he asked to do those first. It wasn't a case of sticking any old sticker anywhere. He liked the fact that Ben & Holly had different scenarios and had to add the correct stickers to each picture. This took about 15 minutes as he took a lot of care to get his stickers in the correct place.
Next, we made the Shark chatterbox which was very simple to do, and which took me back to my childhood years! All you need for this activity is a pair of scissors, then it's a case of following some simple instructions on where to fold. Noah helped with every step of this activity and he was amazed when he saw the final result! He now has his very own shark and has been using it as a puppet to sing 'Baby Shark' to his baby sister!
There are still so many activities that we've got to do and the next on our list is Olivia Octopus! We've got a couple of toilet roll tubes set aside so perhaps we'll create a whole Octopus family!
This magazine is recommended from 3 years of age and I can see it being enjoyed by most primary school aged children. It's released every 4 weeks, costs £3.99 and is available in all good newsagents and supermarkets. For further information please visit the website. Also, Fun to Learn Friends will be taking over UK Mums TV between the 16th-30th July and there will be lots of free downloads and competitions to take part in!
- Wrote in partnership with Evolution PR.
StickerYou - Custom Labels & More - Giveaway
StickerYou provides the perfect place for you to create custom products that make you stick! Founded in 2008 by Andrew Witkin, who was inspired during a walk on Los Angeles’ Manhattan Beach when he noticed how stickers played a huge role in the local scene and culture but realised how expensive it was for individuals to create awesome die-cut stickers themselves.
StickerYou are passionate about providing their customers with the highest quality and totally customisable labels and stickers. With Noah starting school in September, I was on the lookout for personalised name labels so I was delighted when StickerYou got in touch. Available on their website are name and packaging sticker labels, temporary tattoos, iron-ons, magnets, badges, patches, custom decals and so much more.
Their website is built with proprietary die-cut technology which helps you create and order the products you want, exactly as you need them. This means you can order any quantity (as little as one), in any size and shape that you need. I've gone through their ordering process and it's so straightforward and easy.
I've teamed up with StickerYou to give away a £40 voucher to spend on their website! To enter simply use the Gleam form below! Good luck and don't forget to enter my other blog competitions!
Terms & Conditions.
1. There will be 1 winner who will the prize mentioned above.
2. Winners details sent to StickerYou to arrange the prize.
3. Competition ends 05/08/18.
4. Incomplete entries with be disqualified.
5. UK entries only.
Living Arrows #1 - Tractor Rides, Raspberry Picking and Big Changes
I've now been blogging for six years, long before I became a parent. When I started I wrote about my favourite perfumes or the book that I was currently reading, but when I had Noah the blog evolved and became all about him. Then of course all about Ava when she was born.
There's nothing I enjoy more than writing about my children, documenting as many moments as I can. I'd give up the reviews, the days out, the partnerships, and the collaborations over the countless posts I've written about them. Those posts are the heart of this blog and I hope that when they are older they'll like to read them and won't be too embarrassed about the excessive amount of photo's that I've shared of them.
This week I've decided to take part in a linky that I've not taken part in before, it's called Living Arrows and is all about celebrating childhood. It's quite an emotional time for us at the moment, which you can probably tell by the gushy paragraphs above. Noah only has two weeks left at nursery, then it's off to school in September. It's such a huge milestone and is extremely bittersweet. With Noah feeling so emotional lately, we've been taking little moments here and there, just the two of us to have a little bit of one on one time. These moments I always make time for but I think they are extremely important at the moment. Here are a few snaps I took last week, on one of our little walks together which ended up with Noah eating half of a wild raspberry bush!
aden + anais x Natchie Art Collaboration - Giveaway
aden + anais, the baby care brand widely known for its iconic muslin swaddling, sleeping, feeding and bath time products, is delighted to announce a collaboration with the Brooklyn based artist, Nadia Ackerman of the Natchie Art Studio.
The collection comprises hand-drawn prints designed Nadia who is a singer/songwriter as well as an illustrator. She originally hails from the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia before moving to New York 19 years ago to pursue her dream of becoming a jazz singer. She has performed on Late Night with Jimmy Falon and Good Morning America and on stage with artists including Sir Elton John and Sting, before teaming up with aden + anais’ co-founder Raegan Moya-Jones who bonded with each other as Australian’s living in Brooklyn. Nadia’s unique approach to her art began when she started seeing her songs as images and felt an overwhelming desire to draw her music.
The aden + anais x natchie art collection features two different designs, whales & boats and the benita & bird. Included in the collection are 2-packs of swaddles which retails at £29.95 and the dream blanket costs £46.95 (pictured on this post) both are made from the aden + anais’ signature 100% cotton muslin which we all know and love.
The Natchie Art range has become a new favourite of mine, it's so eye-catching and artistic, what's not to love about it? How would you like to win an aden + anais dream blanket in either of these limited edition designs? To enter simply use the Gleam form below and don't forget to enter my other blog competitions!
Terms & Conditions.
1. There will be 1 winner who will the prize mentioned above.
2. Winners details sent to Fuse Communications & the prize sent directly from them.
3. Competition ends 31/07/18.
4. Incomplete entries with be disqualified.
5. UK entries only.