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The Boy Wonder blog is for creative kids and parents who love fashion and care about the planet. Our weekend blog posts are about the best sustainable kids brands, creative and fashion inspiration, parenting ideas and green issues. We hope you enjoy reading them.
How to Make a Kids Face Mask
Earlier in the year I wrote a couple of posts about how to make face masks. These were based on adult surgical masks with tie fastenings. Having used these myself since then I wanted to try making elasticated ear straps as they are much easier to put on and take off....
How to Talk to Kids About Covid & Loss
As a nation we have now sadly seen the deaths from covid pass the 100,000 mark with thousands more to come as people fight for their lives in overwhelmed hospitals. The tragedy and trauma of the scale of mass death will take a while to be fully felt. Even, if you are...
The Home Schooling Toolkit
Like everyone else I now have the Boy Wonder at home doing remote learning. The news of this was met with a mixture of relief, in the face of spiralling covid cases and the mutant strain, and anxiety at the thought of home schooling again. I found the summer term of...
10 Best Kids Animated Films
With the news of Christmas with our loved ones being reduced to one day and the new tier preventing areas of the country from mixing at all I thought that some wonderful animated films would be help to take your mind off things. These are our picks of the best of the...
8 Festive Craft Activities with Kids
As this Christmas won’t be the usual bustle and flurry of visiting friends and family, watching pantomimes, listening to carol concerts and eating out we will have a lot more time to fill. So, to keep the kids (and adults) amused and out of trouble why not get...
6 of the Coolest Kids Wellies
What could be more British than the wellington boot? And we certainly need them in this rainy country! Initially leather boots made popular by the Duke of Wellington (surprise surprise!) the rubber ones were actually invented by the French company Aigle. Here is my...
10 Christmas Gifts for Creative Kids
As Christmas trees begin to appear in our windows and cards are being sent out it’s all getting a bit festive! If you are struggling for ideas for what to get your little treasures this year then check out our guide. Creative gifts are not only fun for your kids...
Kids Festive Style Edit
Looking for something festive for your kids to wear but want something more sustainable and ethically made than the usual gaudy high street jumpers? Check out our festive fashion edit hand picked by our designer to have your kids rocking around the Christmas tree!...
10 Coolest Family Table Games
As we face a long winter trapped in our homes during lockdown why not get the family together to play a few games? We love games in our family and these are my tried and tested recommendations. This summer due to covid I have started playing some online with my...
The Working from Home Toolkit
I have worked from home for nearly 15 years now, around bringing up my son and caring for my late husband, first as a freelancer and then for my own business. Both my parents have also always worked from home, so it is second nature to me.
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