Days Out & Holidays

If you and the kids are looking forward to the latest Toy Story movie coming out, then don’t miss the fun Toy Story 4 Party event this Saturday at your local Smyths toy store. This free party event sounds like it will be great fun for the family with activities including face painting, DJs and giveaways like FREE Toy Story 4 minis, stickers and posters.

I know I can’t wait for the next instalment of Toy Story – I’m looking forward to it just as much as the kids! It will be great to find out more about the new characters and of course catch up with old favourites Buzz Lightyear and Woody! I’ve spotted some new Toy Story 4 toys being released too so Smyths is the perfect place to check these out and have a browse. There are even some Smyths exclusive Toy Story interactive figures out too.

With the bank holiday weekend, and the half term holidays following right on afterwards, it’s great to have free events like this to keep the kids busy and having fun on a budget!

You can go along to Smyths stores this Saturday 25th, from 9am on wards, to join in with all of the fun.

Find out more here on the Smyths site: https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/in-store-events

The summer holidays are just around the corner and with the kids breaking up from school, it’s time to start thinking about all of the days out you could have. Whilst often you may feel as though days out are the most exciting part of summer, before you know it they can become incredibly stressful. Whether it’s not having the weather or your side or forgetting to pack the essentials, days out never turn out as great as they’re supposed to. With that in mind, here are some tips and tricks to ensure you have a great day out with the kids:

• Plan What You’re Going To Do Well In Advance

The first thing you need to ensure when you’re planning a day out with the kids is that you’re planning everything out well in advance. Whilst you may not be able to make solid plans until you know exactly what the weather is going to be like, putting together a couple of potential options is much better than having no plan at all. Think about weather appropriate days out, as well as ones that will let you enjoy the glorious sunshine should it make an appearance. For a guide to planning a family day out, you can visit this site here.

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We all know that traveling is certainly not the cheapest thing in this day and age, but that doesn’t mean that it has to majorly break the bank either, and there are definitely plenty of great ways to travel the way you want to without spending a fortune and actually saving a lot of money, so in this post we’re going to share with you some of the main areas that typically cost a lot of money when it comes to travel and how you can save money in this areas.

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Flights:

Flights, whilst certainly a lot cheaper than we were perhaps 20 years ago can still be quite costly depending on things like what time of year you’re traveling, where you’re traveling to, and also how many people you’re getting tickets for, but when it comes to finding cheap tickets there are definitely ways to do this. The first thing you should do when looking for tickets is to use a tool like Skyscanner or Google Flights that will search all of the airlines to get the best prices, you can also look across a broad range of days and dates to see when tickets are cheapest. Other ways to save money when flying is also by using only hand luggage instead of checking luggage since this is always usually extra on most flights nowadays. You could even get yourself some cute leather luggage tags to jazz up your hand luggage a bit.

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Yoshi is one of our favourite Nintendo characters; He’s definitely the cutest! So we were excited to go along to Kidzania and take part in Yoshi’s Crafted World Easter Egg Hunt which is running all through the school Easter holidays. The kids also had chance to try out the new Yoshi’s Crafted World game on Nintendo Switch, and to spend time doing lots of the other activities around Kidzania, which is always a lot of fun.

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How To Keep Young Kids Entertained On A Camping Trip

A family camping trip can be a great way of having a family trip on a budget. You can all get away for a fraction of the cost of going to a traditional hotel based trip. But we all know that if poorly planned a camping trip can quickly go from holiday heaven to trip from hell. So let’s look at some ways we can keep young kids entertained when on a camping trip.

Pick An Exciting Camping Destination

If you choose an exciting destination then that’s half the battle as if you choose a good camp-site then there are often games rooms and a centre with many even having evening entertainment and, if you’re lucky, a kids club to provide organised trips, games and entertainment for them.

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Bonding with your family members is always time well spent. However, it can become hard to dedicate the time to this, especially with responsibilities such as work, school, and so on. How can you spend hours together as a family, when you barely have enough time for self-care habits?

The answer is to plan more holidays as a family, as this will both relax you and help strengthen your bonds. Everyone must align on what the best week to travel is, and from there choose a destination to book flights for.

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