Today is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, the traditional feast day before the start of Lent. It’s also Findus’s birthday! And he loves to make pancakes on his birthday. Pancake Recipe 5 eggs600 ml/21 fl…
Celebrating Pancake Day with Findus
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Home learning through lockdown
As 2021 begins we find ourselves back in lockdown, and looking for inspiring activities and home learning aids. Hawthorn Press has practical books that can help with home education such as educational text books, crafts,…
A Light for Little Gnome’s Lantern by Susan Perrow
After The Little Gnome Who Had To Stay Home, a story written for young children coping with lockdown, author and Therapeutic Storyteller Susan Perrow has written another story to help young children at the end…
Present and Activity Ideas for a Quiet Christmas
For many of us, Christmas will be quieter than usual this year, with fewer friends and family members around us. But there is still plenty we can do to embrace this atmospheric time of year…
’tis the season to be crafting
As we spend more time at home again, make the most of chilly days and early evenings by taking up a new craft project. Hikaru Noguchi-darned jumper Darn it! As discussed in a recent article…
Celebrating Samhain with The Children’s Forest
As the season’s turn and the clocks fall back we have witnessed more people gaining inspiration from The Children’s Forest. The charming stories and activities for the outdoors are divided into eight spells of the…
Celebrating Autumn
The Autumn Equinox brings a turning point in the year, when summer gives way to autumn and the nights begin to draw in. It is the season of harvest – fruits, nuts and berries fill…
Back to School: Stationery and Sledgehammers
Schools are a necessary part of our socio-economic reality, but the government has hugely overstepped this. Attempting to frog-march the nation back to school and deliberately cultivating the false impression that educational alternatives such as…
Celebrating Lughnasa
As the temperature in England soars this week we are celebrating Lughnasa, the late summer festival halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox.
Fun Things To Do in July With Findus
The summer holidays are here! Whether you prefer to relax inside with some home cooking, or spend time outside making things, Findus has a couple of fun activities to try this month …
