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Junior's guide to igloos and snowy fun
By Junior on 15/08/2011 12:24:37
Stay at an impressive ice hotel, gaze at the dramatic spectacle of the Northern lights and have a jolly time with Santa
offer excursions from Reykjavik, including Activity Group. To spot white-beaked dolphins, minke wales and orca whales, take a boat ride. Touris (www.tour.is) offers whale watching departing from Reykjavik Harbour from £42. Or, if you’re game for some
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Junior's guide to yurts and tipis
By Junior on 16/08/2011 15:46:48
Get down to the woods today and pitch up for a more stylish tented experience in an enchanting big-top yurt or tipi
. Further afield, Lanzarote’s Eco Yurts at Arrieta come complete with hard-wood Mongolian fittings, marble flooring and a solar-heated pool. The site has a children’s play area, sand football pitch, trampoline and games room as well as mountain bikes, body boards
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Flying with children made simple
By Fiona McKim on 25/07/2011 18:25:06
Do you have a fear of flying en famille? Peruse our tips for stress-free trips
. Have a secret supply of sweets and games on hand for emergency situations, make use of the in flight entertainment system or bring an iPod pre-loaded with favourite songs. Many airlines, including BA, offer entertainment packs on longhaul flights
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How To Have An Eco-Friendly Children's Party
By Fiona McKim on 06/10/2011 15:51:34
How to ensure that good, green fun is had by all
Think back to the last children’s party you attended; once the fun and games were over and all of the children had scampered off home what was left behind? If the answer to this is wrapping paper, cardboard plates, plastic and packaging you
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Junior Chefs cook up some delicious treats at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington
By Catherine O'Dolan on 09/02/2012 18:06:26
Rustle up delightful cookies and delectable chocolates at these chef masterclasses for children – you even get to lick the spoon!
dinner date in the Park Terrace restaurant. The only trouble was that Joe was so entranced by the booty of games on offer from the concierage (Twister, Snakes & Ladders, Buckeroo) that he didn't really want to leave our room. After a few contorted moves
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Foreign countries en famille
By Suzanne Milne on 19/04/2010 15:08:15
National Geographic photographer and mother-of-four Annie Griffiths Belt talks to Junior about the best way to travel the world with family in tow
, turn it into a game turn it into a fort so they see those adventures as part of who they are and what they can do. Let them get dirty. I think the onset of the antiseptic everything makes them more vulnerable. The dirty they would get I would say, “ I
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Party dilemmas… and solutions!!
By Anne-Marie Flanagan on 18/04/2010 12:21:04
How to make a children's party fun – for everyone
dream of being a children’s entertainer (well, maybe!). Then, grab your iPod (which hopefully has a child-friendly selection of tunes) and play traditional games like musical bumps and statues, musical chairs and sleeping lions. As long as you keep them
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An Adventure
By Jane Anderson on 26/01/2009 12:36:10
Become a family of intrepid explorers - either here in the UK or further afield
and game drives on safari only work if children are guaranteed to see the animals at close range. An adventure holiday doesn’t have to be exotic, it could just as well be a camping trip to France. Here are our long-haul suggestions with an alternative
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Junior's 2008 movie reviews
By on 23/01/2009 16:47:12
Junior looks back on the last 12 months of film for children
. For details, visit www.hortonmovie.co.ukTHE GAME PLAN DWAYNE “THE ROCK” Johnson is Joe Kingman, quarterback for the Boston Reds. He has everything: the fame, the car and dates by the dozen. His agent is on the point of capturing a $25 million contract
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Gramping At The Grand
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/10/2011 10:51:16
Eastbourne’s Grand Hotel is ideal for trying out the hot new trend for intergenerational holidays that creates happy family memories for all
rather than just plain disorganised – then we’d drive along the seafront when we reached our desired destination, all eagle-eyed and playing a game of Spot the Vacancy Signs in the windows of B&Bs. A (good) few decades later and there was a strange
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