Useful tips and ideas for organising and managing every aspect of family life, from parenting children, to planning and preparing for family holidays, school, celebrations such as kids birthday parties and Christmas. Family budgeting, money-management, organising and planning family travel, kids’ schedules, school, baby, pregnancy and new mum organisation.
People management, keeping track of everyone’s schedule, managing homework, school diary dates, fitting in playdates and sleepovers, planning family holidays, birthday celebrations… this list is potentially endless.
The reality is that family organisation is potentially a relentless, often thankless task.
But it doesn’t have to be.
This growing collection of posts is here to give you simple tips for taking the pain and stress out of keeping on top of family organisation.
Looking for craft party inspiration for your child’s next birthday party? Here’s a big list of ideas to help you plan and host a brilliant craft party, complete with ideas for craft kits you can buy and craft activities you can put together for the kids yourself. WHY CRAFT ACTIVITIES ARE GREAT FOR KIDS PARTIES …
Food is such a HUGE part of Christmas. So here is a big list of wonderful food to make, eat and enjoy this Christmas. There’s a menu suggestion for a simple but delicious Christmas dinner, recipes for Christmas cake and mince pies. Plus ideas for Christmas chocolate and candy to make. And not forgetting drinks …
Planning and buying Christmas gifts is a major task. It can take hours to research and find gifts to buy for family and friends. So use this big list of Christmas gift ideas to help you decide what to buy – or make – to give to your loved ones this Christmas. CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS …
Christmas can seem to take forever to come around when you’re a kid. The last few weeks and days feel like they go on forever!! So keep them occupied with one of these delightful Christmas craft ideas for kids, so that they can bear the wait until Christmas day! CHRISTMAS CRAFT IDEAS FOR KIDS You …
Christmas is possibly the biggest celebration of the year, so you need a Christmas plan! Here is a collection of free printables, Christmas planning ideas and guides to making a Christmas plan that helps you create the best Christmas ever. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CREATE YOUR CHRISTMAS PLAN Check out my Pinterest Christmas planning board!
Festooning your home with decorations goes a long way to getting into the Christmas spirit. Over the last few years it seems that decorations are going up increasingly early. So start getting your plans in place for how your Christmas decor will look this year. Will you make your own decorations, maybe even make just …
Christmas is pretty much the biggest celebration of the year. A time for getting together with friends and family, festooning the house with decorations, eating traditional holiday season food, drinking festive drinks, swapping cards and gifts and generally having a lovely. But Christmas is hard work for those in charge of planning and preparing everything. …
Taking the time and effort to create homemade gifts for your friends and family is a great way to show just how much you care. It’s also true that DIY gifts can be a great way to keep costs down, which is particularly useful for many of us this year. If you don’t think you …
It is understandable that kids get hugely excited about parties. It’s also understandable that they can feel like a massive chore for the parents who have to plan and host them! So here’s a big list of the best kids party ideas for parties at home or outside of the home that will help you …
Move over kids, it’s time for the grown-ups to have some theme party fun! If you have spent so long planning kids parties that you’ve run out of creativity for coming up with a party for you and your own friends, look no further. Here is a gigantic list of 390 party themes. Yes, that’s …
If you want to make sure kids have lots of fun playing party games but want to keep things simple for yourself, here’s a list of the best easy kids party games to organise and play. KEEP KIDS PARTY GAMES EASY! Much as kids love party games, kids from toddler to ten years old don’t …
A well stocked kitchen pantry is the solid foundation you need from which to cook healthy family meals. So here is a big list of all the pantry staples you need for a well stocked pantry. It may take you a little time to build up, but it is well worth it to know you …
Writing out a weekly grocery list for the weekly family food shop is one of those chores that should ideally take no more than a few minutes but can invariably end up taking much longer. I’ve been putting together a weekly grocery list for more weeks, months and years than I care to remember, so …
Gear up to finally nail preparing for Christmas without actually losing your mind this year thanks to my ultimate list of Christmas planning tips for Christmas 2022. These are the tips that will help ensure you are the most organised you have ever been, so that you arrive at Christmas day ready to really enjoy …
Looking for the best outdoor and indoor kids party games to make sure your child’s birthday party is super fun? I’ve put together a big list of 22 games that will delight kids from toddlers upwards. I’ve divided the list into outdoor party games and indoor party games. 22 BEST OUTDOOR AND INDOOR PARTY GAMES …
Download the Mums Make Lists free kids party checklist, a free printable party planning checklist you can use to prepare for all your children’s birthday parties.