Every year, I invite some of my kids’ friends for an Easter Hunt in our place. I absolutely love having my friends around and using some creativity to make it fun and memorable for the kids. So here are some of the Easter Egg Hunt ideas and some Creative Easter Activities that I have used in the past years and some that I’m going to do this year. I’d like to point out that we are not religious, so these are ideas for pagan celebrations. Click here to see the full list all suggestions below Easter Egg Hunt ideas I’ll start with the thing we all love the most, the Easter Egg Hunts. Our rules for our Easter Egg Hunts I have some rules for our Easter Egg Hunts. Smaller kids alternative game When my eldest was 2, I did an egg hunt that was a little bit different from the usual. We had a good collection of colourful plastic toys (thing MEGA Blocks, wooden blocks, plastic toys, etc) so I had more of an Easter Activity than an Egg Hunt per say. I got a pack of Easter Eggs that contained little puzzles inside, I put everything inside a […]

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My 5-year-old has been super interested in board games and I have been trying to get him some that are easy for him to play and fun for me to want to play too. Here are some of the best board games and card games for 2-5 year olds that we’ve been playing lately. I like having a variety of games that can practise different skills: learning to lose, being fast, paying attention to details, maths skills (as simple as counting or as hard as spatial awareness), identifying different objects, memory development, colour learning, and of course, being fun for everyone. I try to focus on showing items that we already own and have tested but sometimes make a little exception on items I want to get but haven’t yet had the chance. All links to Amazon are affiliate links (the price doesn’t change for you, but I get a really small fee from Amazon for doing some “advertising” for their products). Happy Chickens (2+) – Get it here This was one of the first board games that we got, and it’s still a big favourite. What I love about this game is that you can start playing with them […]

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As you can tell from my The art of long drives with kids: my top tips post, I’ve been travelling long distances by car with the kids fairly often since my eldest was 3 months old. 24-hour drives from London to Lisbon mean a lot of hours in a car going slightly mad at times. So having the right entertainment for my kids helps me feel a little less stressed pre-trip. I also like to make sure they have entertainment that will keep them interested and focused for as much time as possible, following their current interests, and that don’t get lost in the car every 3 seconds. well, until there’s a need for (endless) toilet stops. Or they need to run in the “wild” for 5 minutes. Or we are desperate for coffee and sweets (that we obviously hide from them or only eat when they’re asleep). I tried to group kids together by several ages in the same group, but to be honest, they’re such different little creatures, with major different capacities and needs that I can’t. So I’ve made a top 5 list per age from 0-5 year olds. And because we’ve traveled with the kids through […]

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