A tour of the Milton Keynes Play Association scrapstore

A tour of the Milton Keynes Play Association scrapstore

I’ve never been anywhere quite like the scrapstore at the Milton Keynes Play Assocation. It’s an Aladdin’s cave of the most incredible variety of recyclable materials that you can use for craft projects. From wooden discs to cargo nets, from lengths...
10 FREE DAYS OUT for kids this Easter half term

10 FREE DAYS OUT for kids this Easter half term

This is the Milton Keynes Kids guide to our top ten FREE DAYS OUT in Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire that you can take your kids on during Easter half term 2016. It’s an updated version of my previous blog in...
The new (ish) play equipment at Willen Lake

The new (ish) play equipment at Willen Lake

We’ve visited Willen Lake a lot over the years, although not quite as much since I started doing this blog, as we’re always looking for new places to try. And yet on a day when we didn’t want to travel very far we went back to try out the new play...
Stockwood Discovery Centre – a FREE day out

Stockwood Discovery Centre – a FREE day out

There aren’t that many places where entrance is free, parking is free, and you could potentially spend all day there. Well if you don’t mind driving to Luton, then Stockwood Discovery Centre offers just that. It’s essentially a really good museum...
Thomas the Tank Engine is back for Easter

Thomas the Tank Engine is back for Easter

My toddler loves trains – especially those he can ride on. Last year we enjoyed ‘A day out with Thomas’ so much at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre in the March, we went again in June. We got to ride on Thomas and Percy, meet the fat controller and go...
Lambing! A cheap fun day out for the kids

Lambing! A cheap fun day out for the kids

You and the children can’t fail to love seeing newborn lambs… and we’re so lucky to live close enough to a number of farms which allow you to do just that. We recently visited Manor Farm in Wilstead for their lambing day. My children had never seen...