Three to Read

I'm a bit slow at joining up with Jennifer's Little World for Three to Read this week.

I think the idea on this blog are brilliant, and I really want a copy of his book. Made by Joel - Earth Day Kids Crafts and Toys with RepurposedMaterials I've not been linking up with the Earth Day blogs because I just haven't had time, but I am really enjoying reading all of the posts.

Seeing this post from Make Do and Friend – Loose Parts for Heuristic Play made me tidy up Kit's craft area and re-organise it so that he has access to better things for his creativity (and less access to the felt-tip pens he keeps colouring himself and the furniture in with).

Ginny has a beautiful blog Small Things - Grace I love looking at the photos of her family and the surroundings they grow up in, and I love the way they live their lives.

Pop over to Jennifer's blog to check out the other suggestions.

National Army Museum

When Kit was beginning to toddle I'd heard about how great the kids play area was at the National Army Museum. We went a few times as it was an easy place to meet up with friends and have a coffee and then let Kit run and play. We hadn't been back since they'd re-done the soft play area until we went with one of Kit's friends after the Sloane Square egg hunt on Easter weekend. From now on I may visit regularly. Having a toddler, or I guess pre-schooler now, who takes his independence a bit too seriously (I mean basically if I let my eyes off him in an area he could escape from - which is pretty much anywhere - I might never see him again), and who is incredibly accident-prone, I dread big soft play areas. The play area here is as good as all the soft-play areas I have been too, although on a smaller scale, which meant I could let him roam free and actually sit down and rest for an hour if I wanted without fear of not being able to locate him. There was no way he could really hurt himself, he was trapped in one room. and being the expert climber he already is he could do it all himself. I was redundant for an hour, and it only cost me £2.50.

We also joined in with the 'Captain Clean' activity they had on, although this was aimed at a bit older kids, the boy we were with is older so we tagged along and Kit really enjoyed it. It was a brilliant way for the kids to interact with the museum and learn a bit about museum conservation in a fun way by running around following the clues to save the museum. And he got a certificate at the end.

Giveaway - Little Sticker - NOW CLOSED

DISCLAIMER - currently Little Sticker have ignored all my email and twitter correspondence regarding their promised prize to the winner of this competition.

I was approached by the lovely people at Little Sticker to play with their brand new service which they say 'turns your children's doodles into beautiful custom sticker packs'.

Simply put, you can log onto their website, use your computer or iPad to draw a picture. They'll then turn your picture into a sticker and post it out to you to colour-in and stick somewhere (and remove again if you want because they are removable stickers).

I've had a play on their site and I really love the idea. Without an iPad I think it is a bit too complex for Kit at the moment, but I know that he would love it if something that he drew on the computer arrived in the mail in sticker form. I think the process is what appeals to me most, it's about the experience as much as the product.

 Little Sticker has kindly let me offer you guys the opportunity to win a free sample pack of their stickers.

It would be very nice of you all to ...

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If you want to follow me I'm @BekKitandCake on twitter, WeAreWildThingsBlog on Facebook, and well, this is my blog. If you just want to try to win some stickers that's fine too.

The winner picked by a random number generator was comment 4.