Foraged Apple & Bramble Crumble
For the past couple of years, we've visited a 'pick your own' farm in Autumn to go apple picking. This year, with everything needing booked in advance and a long bus ride with masks not sounding very appealing, a family
Recycled Crafts: Apple Gift Boxes
If you love crafting, and you love reusing recyclable materials, then today's tutorial is definitely one for you. These cute apple gift boxes are perfect for packaging up little gifts or treats at this time of year. They are super
How to Celebrate St Martin’s Day
In German culture, between Hallowe’en and Advent/ Christmas, we have another celebration to look forward to – the wonderful festival of St Martin, which falls on 11th November. Although it's practically unheard of in Scotland and the UK, we still
{Scotland} Halloween Cruise to Narrowboat Farm
We're slowly working our way around various pumpkin patches in Scotland. Two years ago, we visited Craigie's Farm in South Queensferry, last year we checked out Killduff Farm in East Lothian, and this year we headed over to West Lothian
Easy Paper Hedghog Craft for Autumn
I love decorating our house for the different seasons, and it's even more fun when you make the decorations yourself. So today I've got a cute Autumn craft for you - learn how to make a paper hedgehog decoration in
{Scotland} Pumpkin Picking at Kilduff Farm
Is it even Autumn if you haven't visited a pumpkin patch? Actually, we'd only ever been pumpkin picking once before, and that was last year when we had actually gone apple picking only to discover the farm in question also
Roast Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup
Have I mentioned before how much we love soup season? I just can't stop blitzing any vegetables in sight in to soup. It's cheap and it's simple. The most easy and straight forward way is to just chop the veg
Autumn Wish List
Have I mentioned yet how much I love Autumn? Every year, I have a long list of things I want to do with the kids during Autumn, and every year we get to the end of Autumn and have forgotten
Autumn Leaf Art
Autumn is in full swing here in Edinburgh, and this past weekend we did our first round of Autumn crafting. Earlier last week, during a visit to our local park, we collected pockets full of colourful leaves which we then
10 Picture Books to Welcome Autumn
It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. Autumn is just around the corner! One of our favourite things on a blustery Autumn day is to snuggle down with a big pile of books, so I've put
Easy-Peasy DIY Cheese Box Lantern
It's only a few days to go until the festival of St Martin. Not a festival that is celebrated in Scotland, but it's very popular in Germany and luckily the German Church in Edinburgh commemorates it every year, so the
Guising & Turnip Lanterns – Scottish Hallowe’en
I love Hallowe’en! As you can probably tell, from the blog and my Instagram over the last couple of weeks. In Germany, Hallowe’en is not traditionally celebrated. When I went to high school there, is was virtually unknown, though in