I made the fairly confident assumption that we wouldn’t be making sexually explicit pottery with our children.
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Pack in plenty of wintry fun this month, from grotto visits and festive theatre to yuletide markets and seasonal cinema.
I was in a crappy mood and thought maybe a good singalong would lift me out of it – and if it didn’t then I was feeling too wretched to care anyway.
Let them scare themselves silly with spooky screenings, disturbing dress up, haunted house parties and monstrous messy play.
When the smoke, sirens and society in general become suffocating, get yourself down to one of the capital’s many city farms.
We were more than happy to be left to our own devices in a room full of fabric offcuts and plain white tees.
This month, lose yourself in mirror worlds, explore a new kind of soft play, partake in some anger management and meet the Moomins.
There are A LOT of planes, including one with teeth, another that says POO down its side and some really cool early wooden warplanes.
There were no overcomplicated cutting-and-sticking tasks and no instructions other than to get stuck in, which is always such a relief.
Storycraft is simply a story followed by a craft, and unfortunately its simplicity is what killed it for us.
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