How Envelope Budgeting Could Get You Saving
We’ve all been there, made a monthly budget and then not followed through with it. The trouble with all the electronic money that we use now, with credit and debit cards, is that it’s...
View ArticleHarry Potter Book Night – A Sirius-ly Good Time
It’s time to get out your quills and mark your calendars everyone because after the success of last year Bloomsbury Books have announced that their Harry Potter Book Night is to become an annual...
View ArticleThings To Do This Half Term – 12 Ideas and 6 Savings!
Michael Rosen’s Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad things Open until 10th April – “We’re going on a bear hunt, a bear hunt, a bear hunt” Created by the beloved children’s book author Michael...
View ArticleHow to Go to the Cinema for Less
Everyone loves to go to the cinema, but it’s so expensive! Especially with nearly every major blockbuster being in 3D. Then there’s the extortionate prices of the food and drinks, taking the family to...
View ArticleFree Eats and Activities for Kids This Half Term
We’re sure you’ve seen our Things to do This Half Term post but there’s just so much out there that we’ve decided to do another one! This time, we’ve decided to focus on the...
View ArticleThe Debt Snowball Method – How it Can Melt Away Your Debt
It has been a cold February but while there’s no snow forecast for this Half Term it’s time to start making some snowballs with the Debt Snowball Method. This method created by Dave Ramsey...
View Article9 Ideas and A Free Printable for Mother’s Day
This Sunday is dedicated to all the mothers out there no matter what kind they are: new mums, grandmums, stay-at-home mums, single mums, working mums etc. Make sure that you celebrate the completely...
View Article5 Places You Can Go Without Leaving Your Seat
Spring is here! But the Easter holidays are still a few weeks away so with the announcement that a new virtual tour of Buckingham Palace is available, we decided it was time to let the Internet do...
View ArticleHow the Money Taboo is Costing You
Money is a complex subject that can stir up a lot of intense emotions especially when we’re talking to our loved ones. That’s why sometimes it’s easier to just ignore it, not bring it...
View ArticleHow to Get Best Deal on your Flights
You’ve all seen our 10 Step Guide to Travelling on a Budget with Your Family however as I’m sure you noticed it mostly focused on how to save money when you were already on your holiday. What...
View Article10 Ways to Save £10 a Day
Saving always seems hard but sometimes its just about making a few adjustments to your daily habits that will save you a ton in the long run. Where you save depends on where you spend...
View ArticleBirchbox – Shh, It’s My Guilty Pleasure!
One of the LittleBird team: Mum, Alex gives us the scoop on why she loves Birchbox so much! As a busy Mum of two delicious little ones, there is precious little time in my life for my own pampering or...
View ArticleAre you aware of the Grandparent Tax Credit Scheme?
It’s been estimated that over 100 000 grandparents in the UK could benefit from Government ‘specified adult childcare credit[s]’ each year but are currently missing out because many are unaware such a...
View ArticleThe Weekend Box Club – Activities for the Kids Straight Through Our Letterbox
The Weekend Box Club is a unique and innovative activity box for kids that arrives straight through the front door! Here, LittleBird Mum, Alex gives us the lowdown on the fun she and her kids had with...
View ArticleButlin’s ‘Just For Tots’– Jam-Packed Full of Fun!
LittleBird Alex, Mum of two, recently took her youngest (aged 4) to Butlins in Bognor Regis for the day to sample their ‘Just ForTots‘ midweek events, which are specially designed for Under 5’s. Here...
View ArticleFun & Natural Bath Products for Little Soap-Dodgers!
Bath-time, featuring Professor Scrubbington’s – by LittleBird Mum, Alex “And so this week at LittleBird, two of our little ones (notorious soap-dodgers) entered the world of Professor Scrubbington’s...
View ArticleBox’d Fresh – Helping a Hapless Cook to Create Divine Dinners for the Whole...
In terms of my lack of culinary prowess, I would say I was the butt of the family jokes – an accolade that is more than fair... I once frisbied my Mum a birthday cake I had made her, it was so hard...
View ArticleWonderbly – The Inside Story
LittleBird Mum, Alex, gives the inside story (sorry!) on Wonderbly’s wonderful personalised storybooks… Having been brought up adoring the fantastical world of Roald Dahl and remembering the original...
View Article35 Things to Do with the Kids This Half Term
Despite the fact that it’s early this year, February Half term is still a much needed break in the day to day slog of these wintry months, not only for the kids but for parents too (if you manage to...
View ArticleHarry Potter Book Night 2018 – A Sirius-ly Good Time
It’s time to get out your quills, grab your Remembralls and mark your calendar, everyone because the most magical night of the year is back! On Thursday 1st February fans of all ages will have the...
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