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ALDI Halloween night ideas
Whether you’re trick or treating, or hosting a Halloween party this year, Aldi has a ghoulishly good range of Halloween costumes and accessories in store on 1st October, while stocks last.
Aldi has something for everybody including Children’s Dressing Up Sets (£3.99) from witches and ‘baterella’ costumes to vampire and skeleton outfits. The range includes a Halloween Tutu Set (£1.99) and freakishly cool Children’s Halloween Tights (£1.29) in black and red stripes.
Trick or Treat Tins (£1.79) come in a choice of four fun designs, making candy collecting even more exciting this year.
If you’d prefer a family fright night indoors, get into the spirit with Children’s Halloween Pyjamas (£3.99), available in a choice of two designs. There’s these Children’s Halloween Boppers (£1.79) including ghoulish headbands and spectacles so the little ones can have …
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What on earth is Qwiddle? It’s an online piggybank.
Qwiddle launched in 2014 with a clear objective – to teach children about good money habits. As an online piggybank, Qwiddle is powered by PayPal and lets children manage their pocket money in a safe environment.
Qwiddle is free and empowers children by giving them a degree of independence with their money helping them to learn about spending or saving, under their parent’s supervision. It is designed to help children aged between 8-15 years learn good money skills in the increasingly cashless society we live in.
Each child has their own Qwiddle PayPal account – which is owned and controlled by parents – where they can:
- Make online payments using PayPal’s robust infrastructure – all payments must be supervised by the parent
- Set goals for the things they want – a kickback against impulse spending
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Bargain back to school ideas
I know they only broke up a couple of weeks ago, but it’s time to get ready for September. That means uniform, stationary, bags and more. I’ve been looking around and found some cool products that you and your child will hopefully like. If you are looking for uniform tips, check out this post.
Personalised school kit bags
These space themed bags from Born Gifted are an absolute bargain at half price, from £11.99 to £5.99.
3M Back to School Stationery Essentials pack
I have to say that I am a 3M fan because of the quality, so the 3M Back to School Stationery Essentials Pack is something I would buy for my children. It includes those all-important pencil case items your child will need: a 90 sheet pad of Post-it Super Sticky …
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5 ways to teach your kids about money
Have you ever asked yourself if your children are money smart? Do they know how to handle money sensibly and responsibly? Teaching children how to manage finances is a hugely important skill and a concept that needs to be introduced at an early stage, helping the next generation to develop good money practices before they reach adulthood.
The most important thing when teaching your children about money is to start early; research indicates that children begin to develop their money habits around the age of seven. Kids are incredibly receptive and when talking about developing healthy attitudes, in the same way you might start encouraging them to eat vegetables, you should start to talk to them about money and spending.
So I did a bit of research and found Qwiddle, an new online piggybank for …
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Are you financially prepared for a baby?
One of the most exciting times in a couple’s life is the experience their first child brings them. Although, there is a seemingly endless list of everything that needs to be prepared in await of their arrival. The experience could easily become an overwhelming one which is why research and thorough planning should be done well ahead.
With the average cost of raising a child from birth to the age of 21 stands at an estimated £229,251 (ouch!), it’s clear that money saving should be part of the agenda when a new baby comes along.
Planning ahead is crucial in order to create a financially realistic budget in which you can stick too. With use of the baby cost calculator realistic planning is exactly what you are able to do. This interactive app allows you …
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Stamptastic – another way to label kids things
As you may know I can’t be doing with sewing name labels in and am always on the lookout for ways to label kit. If I could have a homing device for every single belonging I would!
I have tried many products and in terms of durablity, I would say Stikins are very good, but even they disappear in the wash after a year or so…..they end up leaving a black “empty” label where the white name label used to be.
Now today I am going to introduce you to Stamptastic. Basically, it’s a new way of labelling your clothes…no peeling, no ironing, no sewing….just stamp!!!!
I have got a couple of stamps, which are stuck onto good quality plastic blocks, which is fab as you can see which way up you’re stamping. I …
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Swap an old doll for FREE new My Little Equestria Girl Doll
Tomorrow [Saturday 6th June] children throughout the UK have a unique opportunity to swop one of their old dolls for a brand new My Little Equestria Girl Doll and it’s totally free!
With 101 stores throughout the UK, just pop into your local Entertainer toy shop to take advantage of this never to be repeated offer and put smiles on little faces everywhere.
Straight from the halls of Canterlot High, the My Little Pony Equestria Girls dolls are 6 best friends with a flair for fashion and fun! With interchangeable outfits they will provide hours of fun and are perfect for children with a love of fashion and style.
Find an Entertainer store near you so that you don’t miss out.…
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Reduce costs of kids’ parties with Argos Birthday Club
Argos has launched a one-stop party shop – The Birthday Club helps reduce the costs and take the stress out of children’s party planning
A dedicated online hub offers ideas, useful hints and tips and 20% (at the mo) off all party supplies and children’s gifts in a one-stop party shop.
I’ve had a look around and they allow you to search by party theme and age. Themes include films and colours. Then you get inspiration with party bag must haves, games and decoration packs. The online club also offers helpful hints and tricks such as suggestions on food for a first birthday day party, to a survival guide for hosting a party for five-year-olds.
They even have an under £10 party essentials section, with this 20 piece party kit at £6.49 – comes in …
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School shirts for £5 per pack
Wouldn’t it be nice if kids only needed one pack of shirts per year? But no we have to have long sleeved and short sleeved and then they grow!
Anyway, I needed some short sleeved boys white school shirts, sized 13-14 or 13. They are not cheap! I looked at M&S – £6 – £12 for two, John Lewis – £8 – £14 for two, then Asda had no stock, neither did BHS, so I turned to Tesco. As I need six, I don’t really want to spend over £30 for school shirts. Now I have bought uniform from Tesco before and not been back in a few years. Quality didn’t cut it. I tended to buy uniform from Sainsburys, but they don’t sell it online.
But this time Tesco saved me and I …
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Free entry to major attractions with Blue Peter badge
Master Bargain Hunter finally got his Blue Peter badge and as well as being extremely proud of him, I was well chuffed to see how much money we will be saving when visiting places like Warwick Castle, the Tower of London and Alton Towers as kids with Blue Peter badges get in for nothing.
Of course, your little un needs to put in some effort to get the badge and prove that they are worthy. In Master Bargain Hunter’s case, he got a green badge. His badge was awarded for sending in a letter (he had to write it by himself) and pictures (we used photos) of him doing activity that helps the environment. He was a beaver scout so did lots of things that qualified him for the badge, from building bug huts, going …
