If you’d happened to be on Merloes beach in Pembrokeshire this week you might have wondered if you’d somehow travelled back in time and ended up in a warzone. The Welsh beach has been playing host to the cast and crew of a new action movie shooting what appear to be some epic battle scenes. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Fancy Dress Ideas for Childrens Book Week, 3rd to 9th October 2011
Children’s Book Week is a fantastic annual event designed to help promote and celebrate reading for pleasure in children of primary school age. This year it will run from Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th October and will see all kinds of exciting events and projects organised by schools and libraries to celebrate children’s stories and to encourage children to find fun in reading. Continue reading
Saucer of milk for Ms Hathaway!
Meeeiouw, there’s a new Catwoman in town! Anne Hathaway is getting her claws out whilst filming the latest instalment of the Batman franchise, The Dark Knight Rises. The 28 year old Oscar-nominee has been spotted on set in LA wearing an updated version of the iconic skin-tight Catwoman catsuit. Ms Hathaway follows in the illustrious paw-prints of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry, both of whom have played Batman’s slinky feline nemesis on the silver screen. Ms Hathaway has been quoted as admitting that she has had to adopt an extremely strict diet and exercise regime as the Catwoman outfit is so “unforgiving.” Rather you than us Anne! The film, also starring Christian Bale as the caped crusader, is due to hit cinemas in 2012. Continue reading
Fancy dress ideas for children this Halloween
Following on from the last blog article about children and Halloween, today let’s take a closer look at some ideas for children’s Halloween fancy dress. Many children love to don fancy dress costumes for all sorts of occasions throughout the year (and sometimes for no apparent occasion at all – my own son once infamously insisted on wearing his fleecy snowman suit to nursery one day in July!) Continue reading
Children still love Halloween!
When I was little (30 something years ago now *sigh*) my best friend and I would start planning our Halloween costumes as early as August. In those days ‘trick or treating’ was known to us kids as “guising” and generated enough excitement to very nearly rival Christmas and birthdays. We would dress up in our carefully planned costumes and call at houses around the neighbourhood to perform party pieces (usually a Halloween inspired poem or song) in return for treats. Our parents would risk serious injury carving spooky faces into turnips for our Jack-O’-Lanterns (no easy-to-carve pumpkins in those days!) and we would get soggy bobbing for apples. Continue reading
