How to give your home a budget makeover

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f walking around your home makes you yearn to start some DIY, make sure you know about the most cost- and impact-effective options. It can be easy to spend your whole budget on just one new accessory, but if you know how to shop savvily and can turn your hand to some simple tasks, your whole home could feel brand new.

Avoid a dining room disaster

Tired dining furniture ages a space instantly, but simply swapping out one element, such as the dining room chairs, will make an enormous difference. You don’t even need to choose the most expensive or perfectly matched set that you find. If you like more than one range, why not select a pair from each, creating a personal and unique dining room chairs display? Eclectic design never goes out of style.

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Top Tips for Choosing a School for Your Child

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Choosing a school for your child is a massive milestone for any parent, whether it’s their first school or they are moving onto secondary education. It involves a lot of thought and thorough research but eventually you will make a decision that is right for your family as a whole, not just the child in question. Here are some tips for choosing the right school for your child from a prep school in the South West.

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How to Be More Involved in Your Child’s Education?

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All parents want their children to thrive, especially when it comes to their academic performance and overall development. However, not all children are naturally gifted; in fact, most kids will need support from their parents to help them succeed, which comes in many shapes and sizes. With other commitments, you might not always be around to help with homework, but there are lots of other ways to show your child that you are devoted to their education. We have teamed up with a private girls’ school to explore further below.

Provide them with an Uplifting Atmosphere

Try and provide your child with a positive home environment, where they are comfortable taking risks and failing from time to time. This means instilling them with confidence by praising them when they succeed and not being too hard on them when they don’t. Remind your child that they are only human and sometimes they will make mistakes, they just need to learn from those mistakes and move forward in a positive direction.

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Gingerbread People Recipe

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Cooking together with kids is a great way to spend time together, and help them develop some vital life skills while having fun. Today we have a gingerbread people recipe, from the book Kids Can Cook by Esther Coombs. Gingerbread people are such a simple treat to make, and kids love the results especially as you can get creative while decorating them. You can make gingerbread men, gingerbread women, or whatever style you prefer.

Gingerbread People recipe

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How to Help Your Child with Cerebral Palsy

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Cerebral palsy affects a person’s movements and coordination, and often symptoms of the condition begin to show in childhood. If you are caring for a child with cerebral palsy this can be difficult at times, and you might be concerned over whether you’re doing everything you can to help them. Below are some tips and advice on how you can help your child with cerebral palsy and make sure they’re living a happy and healthy life.

What kind of support is available?

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How to Safely DIY Upgrade Your Home When You Have Small Kids

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There are many DIY projects that you can do at home without that much experience. You don’t even need to pay that arm and leg to buy all the equipment, because you can rent it out instead! With these two facts in mind, there are so many great projects you can take on to spruce up your home and make it into a custom, beautiful space for your whole family. So long as it doesn’t deal with anything structural, electrical, or to do with the plumbing, you are generally set to try it out for yourself. 

The only thing you do need to think about, really, is the safety of yourself and your family. This is easy when it’s just you or your partner, but it can be hard to keep them safe if you have little kids. They wander in, they touch things they shouldn’t, and in general, there are a lot of dangerous items around the home that pose a risk. A risk, that is, unless you use this guide to keep them safe: 

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Road Trip Printables for Kids

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If you’ve ever been in the car for more than two hours, you’ve probably heard the question, “Are we there yet?!”. Usually, the question is accompanied by an angry kick on the back of the seat from an impatient passenger. However, road trips can be great bonding experiences, after all, you’re stuck in the same car with no escape. So, have some fun and know that someone’s eventually going to get bored on the road. And when that happens, it’s essential to come prepared with plenty of entertainment!
Test the steadiness of your drawing hand with this Bumpy Car Doodle Contest printable. It’s basically Pictionary! but with the added obstacle of road bumps. Make it really competitive by letting the winner control the music for the rest of the trip!

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Cinema is Still Alive – Here’s what’s to come for the rest of this year

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It may have come to your attention through various media outlets that cinema is done and dusted. However, we all know that not to be the truth. Just because a chain shuts down operations, or a film shifts to 2021, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a fine selection of films for all ages out now and coming up that people can go and enjoy and safely.

If you have been wondering – are there still any movies coming out at the cinema, then here is a chronological list of many of the films still set for theatrical release, with a nice mixture of family movies, independent cinema and more.

So if you are missing your trips to the cinema then take a look, and you can check Launching Films for more info on releases.

There is no denying that this industry, along with countless others, is in trouble but we are determined to help support it where we can. Without the cinema, it won’t just be the 5500 jobs associated with the Cineworld situation, it will be graphic designers, editors, journalists, PRs and the list goes on – so let’s show the industry our support.

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Distributor: Munro Films
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5 Tips for Soon-to-Be Mothers

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If you’re expecting, you’re probably wondering how you can best prepare for your baby. This might not be your first rodeo, but every pregnancy and child is unique and special. You might feel like you’re in the trenches alone, even if your partner is caring and doting. If you’re seriously feeling the impulse to nest, the go with it, Mama Bird. You know what you need best, and the rest, you can fill in the blank with your mother’s intuition. If you need a little guidance on what to focus on next, here are a few hints for soon-to-be mothers.

Pamper yourself when you can.

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Different ways that you can ethically repurpose your baby girl clothes.

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Babies grow so quickly, sometimes it feels like all you do is buy clothes. If you have a daughter you know there are many irresistible cute and affordable clothes out there. It’s your right to spoil her with them, she’s only a baby once after all. But, what to do with those bags of baby girl clothes when they no longer fit? Do you feel the weighty guilt of throwing away items? Then I have you covered with the top five ideas for repurposing baby clothes.

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