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Top 10: Tips for traditional birthday parties

By Debbie Webber, Sep 9, 2009

Now the children are back at school the birthday party invitations will soon start to stack up. But what do you do when it's ...

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Top 10 Wall clocks for your child

By Emma Cossey, Sep 3, 2009

After my recent post on teaching your kids the time, I had a browse around online for fun wall clocks for the bedroom, to ...

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Top 10: Bunk beds

By Emma Cossey, Aug 26, 2009

My sister and I spent many years when we were little trying to convince our parents to get bunk beds. Scurrying up and down a ...

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Top 10: Nursery Accessories

By Emma Cossey, Aug 21, 2009

As Sally pointed out in her latest piece on baby room lighting, a great nursery doesn't have to be limited to the traditional ...

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Celebrity parenting: Angela Griffin's Top 10 reading tips

By Joanne Mallon, Aug 15, 2009

Research by learndirect shows that almost one in three (32%) parents want to brush up on their basic English and maths to ...

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Top 10: Wooden playkitchens

By Emma Cossey, Aug 14, 2009

Playkitchens are a great way of getting children involved in the basics of cooking and baking without the danger of hot ...

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Top 10: best camping gear for families

By Debbie Webber, Aug 12, 2009

I love camping, I may have mentioned it before , and can't understand friends who mutter darkly about their own loo when we ...

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Top 10 Secrets of the successful mumpreneur

By Joanne Mallon, Aug 7, 2009

Now that the summer holidays are in full swing, you can hear the screams of working parents from outer space, as we aim for ...

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Etsy: 10 cute finds for children

By Emma Cossey, Aug 3, 2009

Fans of online marketplace Etsy will already be aware of their treasure chest of vintage clothing, handmade jewellery and ...

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Charlie Dimmock shows you how to create a Winnie the Pooh garden

By Joanne Mallon, Aug 2, 2009

We like a bit of gardening here on ParentDish, but sometimes you have to think more creatively to engage your children's ...

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Top 10 Tips for surviving Legoland in the summer holidays

By Joanne Mallon, Jul 21, 2009

I've wanted to go to Legoland® in Windsor for years, but somehow never got round to it. So when my son asked if we could ...

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Top 10: Wildflowers to hunt

By Debbie Webber, Jul 20, 2009

Mention going on a family walk to older children and you're likely to be greeted with groans. However, as most parents know, ...

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