Search is on for best family friendly travel products

Holiday company Tots to Travel is launching the Just Go! Awards, the UK’s first awards focused exclusively on family friendly travel products. The company is inviting entries for products that genuinely make the life of parents easier when travelling with young children aged four and under.

If you are buying the kids a treat this Easter, why now swap an overpackaged egg for a toy with lasting value? We’ve been playing with WOW toys since D was small, and over 8 or so years have built up quite a range of vehicles. Do you know any other range of toys that offer a combine harvester and recycling lorry alongside the regular racing cars and ambulance?

We’ve been testing out the Trunki travel toy box which K, 2, has been enjoying. It is another multifunctional item from the company that created the kids ride on suitcase. K likes it very much: he can store things in it, ride on it and rock it.

If your children are hamming it up over the holidays or you have a fledgling drama queen in need of a bigger audience, why not try a drama class?
Drama and dance website dramaclasses.biz has experienced a surge in interest in its holiday drama schools this year, a phenomenon owner Lynn Beaumont puts down to different motives in children and parents:
“Parents and savvy teachers realised that dance and drama may be fun, but they also deliver tangible benefits to the children. Most parents said they believed the classes would improve their …

We love to bake and D has taken to creating cupcakes with enthusiasm. Cake baking is a great thing to teach the kids – or learn yourself, and cupcakes aren’t hard. Read on to find out how we got on when we tried a Betty Crocker cake mix, and get my easy cupcake recipe.

Do your kids love baby animals? Chessington World of Adventures Resort have three baby Binturong or Bearcats for you to visit this Easter.
The friendly animals are well known for having a natural smell almost identical to that of movie popcorn. Resident binturong Jalita and Awan have successfully bred at Chessington in the past but this is the first time for a litter of three.

Search is on for best family friendly travel products

Holiday company Tots to Travel is launching the Just Go! Awards, the UK’s first awards focused exclusively on family friendly travel products. The company is inviting entries for products that genuinely make the life of parents easier when travelling with young children aged four and under.

We’ve just had a few days at Marwell Hotel and Zoo on their Zoofari package. It is a great break for families looking for a few days away, and was made even better for us by brilliant sunshine throughout. Marwell Wildlife is one of the best wildlife parks I have been to: from a small person’s point of view we got great views of all the animals all day. The park is set on the side of a hill so it is a bit of an upwards trek: I’d probably …

If you’re looking for a fun day out, try Willows Farm Village near St Albans, Hertfordshire this Easter. The Easter Eggstravaganza event  takes place 9th – 25th April 2011.

You might wonder why I’m writing this article about the Easter holidays for parents of toddlers: well, although it can be hard to fill time with school-age kids, I always found it extra hard when I only had pre-schoolers and all their activities stopped over the school break. Toddlers don’t tend to need down time in the same way that their hard working older siblings do: when D and J are happy to stay in pyjamas all morning, K is up and raring to go, wondering just why there is …