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It’s Christmas! All of your favourite festive posts in a nifty category, helping you navigate the holidays Toolbox style!
Merry Christmas!! We are undoubtedly already stuffing our faces, I’ve probably been up a thousand hours already in preparation for our first hosted Christmas together (eek!) I have pre-written this post (as if I have time to write this on the day) but it is the season of forgiveness so I’m sure you can let […] Read more…
Try these fudge chocolate pretzel sticks for the perfect party snack I am a lover of a salty and sweet recipe combo and these definitely deliver! Pretzels are pretty diverse and for me are the perfect snack at the moment! I managed to find pretzel rods in Costco for this recipe which are easy to […] Read more…
Who doesn’t love cocktails? Now it’s time for an adult only eggnog mudslide cocktail Eggnog isn’t that big here in the UK but in the US it’s the drink of choice synonymous with the holidays so how could I not come up with an adaptation for my US readers! This is an awesome (but very […] Read more…
Add some Christmas cheer to your treats by decorating reindeer brownies I don’t think this is much of a recipe because we used brownie mix and essentially just compiled everything together but they are definitely a fun treat to make with the kids. These cute reindeer brownies will be an excellent addition to a Christmas […] Read more…
Let’s learn some Christmas sign language with your kids! Last year I interviewed Joe, the mastermind, and creator behind Terry the Monkey who creates sign language drawings, graphics and eBooks to help make sign language more accessible to kids and it is my pleasure to introduce some festive sign language fun! Revisit the interview here: Sign […] Read more…
It is the time of the ugly Christmas sweater and I personally love them! I have several Christmas jumpers that I drag out each year at the beginning of December and parade around in until December the 30th, one is a snowman, one a Christmas squirrel (that notorious Christmas animal) and a Christmas cat (obviously) […] Read more…
*Sponsored Post* Unique gifts are important to show people you care, particularly for your friends and loved ones! I love buying special presents and I try to do something unique and different because I think an element of surprise is what makes gift giving fun (for everyone.) With Christmas coming up I thought it was time […] Read more…
Merry Christmas 2016 from The Mummy Toolbox Forgive me but this is a scheduled post (technically here it is Christmas eve eve) but when you read this I will be really busy with the family (you probably are too)and enjoying the day together because let’s be honest, today’s the day, the day we have been […] Read more…
Stuck for things to buy the geek in your life? Luckily I have got you covered with this last minute geeky gift guide! Something you may not know about our family is that as well as Disney (see our Disney Gift Wishlist for adults here), we love a bit of sci-fi and fantasy, after all […] Read more…
IT’S THE END OF THE 12 DAYS OF FITMAS! and we are going out with a bang! Hopefully you are feeling less sluggish and have started your new years resolution the right way! No Guilt for you! It’s the last one! (did I mention that) so we are going all out with a hardcore plyometric […] Read more…