Chicken Feed (Card Game)
This can get quite rough and boisterous, so clear the table of anything precious and use a pack of cards which you don’t mind getting damaged! Spread your oldest pack…
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Easy game for any number of players of 3 or more. If a large number is playing you may want to combine two packs of cards. Deal out all the…
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For 3 or more players. From a standard pack of cards remove the Jokers, Ace of Clubs, the Ace of Hearts and the Ace of Diamonds, but leave in the…
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Any number of players – Deal 8 cards or less to each to each player who may look at their cards, then place the remainder of the cards face down…
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For 2 or more players. Shuffle a normal deck of cards (without the Jokers) and deal five cards to each player. Place the remaining cards face down in the middle…
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Any number of players – Deal 5 cards to each to each player who may look at their cards, then place the remainder of the cards face down in the…
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Le Pause is a French parenting technique which I heard about a while back from a blog post by Jacqueline Leigh Boeheim, and probably, like many parents, realised I already…
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This more an ongoing initiative that’s catching on social media for parents with children. The basic premise is to decorate a small rock (or rocks) with waterproof paint and then…
Continue readingA 2nd Referendum?
Only if we do it right this time! Following the turmoil of the 2016 EU Referendum, there has been increasing discussion about holding a 2nd Referendum about whether the UK…
Continue readingThe Bug Club
If you love bugs, insects, minibeasts, etc or just interested in them and live in the UK. The Bug Club is for you. It’s for young entomologists and run by…
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