Browsing all articles from August, 2010
Aug
6

What to do With the Kids? – Keeping Them Entertained this Summer!

Keeping them Entertained is as easy as A, T, B…

This guide displays some of the great activities we have for taking the kids out for the day, be it to join in or get rid; you’ll find a great selection of best sellers, best enjoyed and best priced activities for the young’uns!

The summer holidays provide a challenging conundrum for parents and children alike, with the exhausting strain of six weeks worth of entertainment hitting the stress levels and purse strings hard.

Kids are also encapsulated in the utter joy of being off school for nearly 2 months, combined with a new found boredom for their inactive minds.

Well, how does one keep them entertained and busy for 6 weeks without breaking the bank? Send them to bootcamp? Send them out to earn themselves a few extra pennies?

Well one tried and tested method of keeping them entertained is to ignite a passion or a new hobby. The enthralling nature of spending all day perfecting a trick or learning a new technique – be it on wheels or their backside; is guaranteed to keep them occupied and happy this summer.

However, the allowance of such activities is a precarious situation for any parent; too much encouragement and they won’t do it – too little and they may resort to moping around all summer draining your resources!

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Aug
1

Bungee Jumping – The Ultimate Thrill

0-60mph – 1.9 seconds
G Force – 2G Vertical

Bungee Jumping is without a drop of doubt the UK’s most popular venture into the world of adrenaline, as people of all shapes, sizes and sanity leap every weekend on their first or fiftieth leap.

Who would’ve imagined 24 years on since the first commercial jump that Bungee Jumping would be so popular?

Bungee – English word for ‘Anything thick and squat’ incorporated in 1930’s for rubber

Bungy – Kiwi slang word for ‘Elastic Strap’

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