Last week I posted about things I had learnt from blogging over the two years I had been doing it and today I am going to share some of the amazing products and places I have discovered thanks to blogging.
As I mentioned blogging can be hard work sometimes but the experiences I have had from it have been well worth it.
There are lots of things that stand out as being great but these are some of my very favourite things from the last two years.
- So many great books. I have read too many awesome books to list them all individually but have loved having lots of brilliant books to review and it has been fantastic to discover new authors who I might not otherwise have come across. One of my favourites is Abi Elphinstone who I am a huge fan of since reviewing her Trilogy on my blog.
- Finding new games- I especially like games that the whole family can enjoy together and we have found some great ones through the blog. One of our family favourites is the Randomise Game If you haven’t come across Randomise before then you should read the review I wrote a while ago- it’s really great fun and so very funny to play. We have played it so many times since and I would recommend it to any family that enjoys playing games together.
- Things that other people enjoy. It’s awesome finding a new product that I love but I have really enjoyed finding things my sister and brother love too. My sister has especially liked Aquabeads and Pusheen, both of which is she has been lucky enough to review for the blog.
- Challenges- I would never have even known about the kids version of Tough Mudder without the blog. My friend and I were lucky enough to do the Fruit Shoot Mini Mudder last year and it was an amazing experience. I would love to do it again and it got me into running a 5K run for charity too and helping as a steward at another.
- Amazing days out. We have been lucky enough to be invited to lots of great days out, I have enjoyed them all but some of the ones that I really liked were BRICKLIVE and the ‘Summer Saturdays’ Day at Newmarket Racecourse
- New experiences. It also falls under points 4 and 5 too but was so amazing it deserves a heading of it’s own! Our favourite experience as a whole family has been our visit to Camp Wilderness– the bushcraft day was so unlike anything that any of us had ever done before, we all learnt loads and came away having had a really fantastic day. It was such a different thing to do with my Mum and Dad- I would recommend the camps to anyone!
As you can see I have been very lucky over the last two years, I have had lots of fantastic experiences, met some brilliant people and learnt a lot. I have loved having my own blog, even though at times in has been hard work and I have caught ‘writer’s block’.
I can’t believe I have managed to keep it up for two years and am holding a competition to celebrate this! One of our lucky readers will win their own copy of the brilliant Randomise Game, a copy of a fantastic children’s book -my current read- The Midnight Gang, by David Walliams, a £10 Amazon voucher to treat themselves to one of the amazing products we have reviewed and a 3 day place for a child age 6 to 15 at one of the awesome Camp Wilderness camps during the Summer Holidays- the lucky winner can choose between Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cheshire or Kent subject to availability.
This prize bundle is worth over £260! Good Luck!
I love arts and craft so always looking for ideas for what you can make and create with kids, for your home, as gifts etc.
I would love to read about the best camping spots with children and disabled access.
That’s a really good idea. We will do some research. Thanks
Congrats on your 2 year bloggiversary 🙂 I would like to see a post about using your telescope, stargazing or a metal detecting tutorial.
Thank you! Those are brilliant ideas- I would love to do those posts, thank you.
I would love to read about tips and tricks for bringing up children and what you’ve learnt along the way
childrens recipes are always good
Great idea, thank you. We will be trying a few new ones over the Summer so if they are good we will add them to the blog
Hacks for keeping kids entertained cheaply in the holidays
Good idea- we did some rainy day ideas last year, perhaps we will revisit it and add some outdoor ones too
Recipes, days out and honest reviews.
Brilliant, thank you- we have lots of days out planned over the next few weeks so will make sure we blog about them. The school holidays will be the perfect time to test some new recipes too.
I enjoy the book reviews. Will love to see some videos.
So glad you enjoy the book reviews, we will definitely give some videos a go soon.
More recipes. Things to do with the kids
Taking children out low income and christmas
Money saving tips and things to do on a shoestring ! It’s especially hard to think up.new things to do during the school hols x
Anything to do with parenting and reviews of new products
Recipes, and cooking with kids would be great 🙂
Ways to keep the kids amused for free/low cost
Ideas for encouraging reluctant writers!
Best camping spots with kids, recipes and cheap days out 🙂
I’d love to read about random last min.trips!
Love random last minute trips!
fun family days out to different places and toy reviews are very useful
Days out that are budget friendly and fun for whole family
Would love to know your ideas and tips for keeping kids amused in the Summer, or any holidays really! x Thank-you! Love your wee blog! x
Thank you! We are coming up with some ideas at the moment!
would love to read about how to do disabled sports, and places to go (reasonable cost) with disabled children, as I find a lot of places don’t cater for disabled kids
That’s a brilliant idea,it’s not something we know a lot about but we will do some research and get some recommendations- we will let you know what we find
Party ideas and reviews of places take kids.
We love planning parties and literally spend months counting down to the next one!
cheap days out for familys in the summer , everything is so expensive its hard when yo have 2 or 3 children
I love reading cooking ideas for children and how to help them eat more fruit and veg in meals