Have you seen the mythical Lego creatures at Mermaid Quay yet? The incredible sculptures arrived in Tacoma Square on Saturday 2 August and will be on display for the rest of the summer holidays until Sunday 1 September. As a family of Lego fans, we’ve loved the previous Lego displays...
Paid collaboration with Treads shoes Have you started thinking about the start of the new school term yet? We’re only one week into the holidays – but it will be here before we know it… as will the shopping to get uniform, school bags, stationery and the rest it. If...
Thanks to The Little Mermaid Junior at Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival for providing us with tickets for the purpose of this review We love the annual ‘junior’ production at Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival – it’s been one of the highlights of our holidays for the last seven years...
Thanks to Cardiff Bay Beach for providing my children with ride and food tokens for the purpose of this review Last year’s decision to move Cardiff Bay Beach to the Barrage wasn’t a popular one. It had to relocate due to the National Eisteddfod coming to Cardiff – but visitors...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing me with tickets to the show for the purpose of this review. As much as I love spending the summer holidays with my children, it’s good to have some grown up time once in a while too – and so when Wales Millennium...
Wales Millennium Centre did not know I would be writing this article, but I am regularly invited to review theatre shows with them, so by law I need to disclose that relationship here. In the never-ending hunt for things to do during the school summer holidays that don’t cost a...
Paid collaboration with National Museum Cardiff I was a little apprehensive walking through the door into Snakes, the new exhibition at National Museum Cardiff this summer. I don’t have a phobia or anything… but I do find the slithering reptiles a little scary and so it was with a little...
The end of the academic year is in sight and it’s almost time for the schools to break up for six weeks of summer. If you’ve got any time off with your children or grandchildren, or perhaps you’re visiting Cardiff, and wondering how to entertain the little people in your...
It’s almost the school summer holidays and with it comes a whole range of family-friendly theatre shows, from pre-school-friendly productions such as Tabby McTat and The Tiddly Prom to large-scale musicals such as Madagascar and Annie, along with amateur productions including The Little Mermaid, there’s plenty going on for all...
My favourite days with my children are the ones when they come home from a day outdoors with clothes and skin so grubby, everyone and everything needs a wash straight away. We had one such day last weekend with an afternoon exploring Coed y Wenallt, the beautiful ancient woodland at...
With the school summer holidays in sight, there’s a whole host of family-favourite films ready to hit our cinema screens. Here’s a round-up of what to expect in July and August, plus a few newly released films still showing. I’m really looking forward to the release of The Lion King...