Belfast Christmas Market
If you happen to be in Belfast during the run up to Christmas the Belfast Christmas Market is not to be missed. It’s located in the grounds of Belfast City Hall (don’t forget to pop into the City Hall itself…
Live Manger
Each year in Dublin outside the Mansion House in the City Centre there is a live manger. Farm animals are brought in each day from a nearby farm and you can pop along and visit them and see them up…
Advent Countdowns
Advent is such an exciting time as we count down to Christmas and the birth of Jesus. L and A really enjoy having a fun countdown each year. We usually buy a chocolate advent calendar each for them. We use…
Christmas Morning Pancakes
It has become tradition in our house to have pancakes on Christmas morning for breakfast. We try to make them fun by decorating them as reindeer or Santa Claus. For the reindeer we used bacon, blueberries, cream, strawberries and chocolate…
Gingerbread
We love to bake gingerbread at Christmas and each year we build and decorate a gingerbread house. There’s nothing like the smell of fresh gingerbread to put you in a festive mood! I bought my gingerbread house kit from Lakeland…
Sensory Snow Play!
When we lived in the UAE I missed snow in the winter time! So I set about making some pretend snow for L to play with that was also safe if he put it in his mouth. This snow won’t…
Santa at Christmas Island
Christmas Island is an award winning Santa experience located in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow. It is quite a costly experience but it is very well done and we had a great evening! We went in the evening as the place is…
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
This trend has been growing in recent years and it is a fun family activity to do in the run up to Christmas. We are lucky to live near a number of Christmas tree farms that allow you to come…
Melting Snowman Cupcakes
Another of our bakes for a Christmas fair are these cute melting snowman cupcakes. You will need: Cupcakes White icing Black icing Orange icing Chocolate chips Marshmallows ‘Matchsticks’ chocolate Bake cupcakes using your favourite recipe. While they are cooling…
Santa Hat Brownies
How cute are these? We made these for a Christmas fair one year. You will need: Brownies Strawberries Cream Make a tray of brownies using your favourite brownie recipe. Whip some cream and cut off the stalk end of…
