What’s your favourite way to summer play? We love rockpool discoveries, fruit harvests, early morning bushwalks, and balmy evenings by the water. Nature Play SA has given us their list of ’25 Things to do in Summer’ – download the list and see how many ideas you can tick off these holidays!
FAMILY FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS: Top 10 family and kid friendly places to eat in Adelaide. We’ve put together a list of some of Adelaide’s best family friendly restaurants; we’re talking cafes, pubs, eateries that are great for the whole family, kids included.
Adelaide’s biggest Christmas event, Santa’s Wonderland, is OPEN for its fifth magical year, with an extended season from 10 December – 28 December 2020.
We sat down with four Adelaide creatives, who also happen to be mums, to talk about discovering their talent, what they’re inspired by, and how they get their kiddos involved in art!
To help you through the busy Christmas period full of social events, family celebrations and late nights, Brook Michell from Sensible Sleep has put together a short list of sleep tips so the whole family can enjoy their summer break without sleep suffering too much in the process!
We are thrilled to be able to share Adelaide couple, Brendan and Matt’s story about their experience of becoming new parents via the generous surrogacy of Anna, how the process worked, advice for those looking into surrogacy, and what it has been like to become new dads!
ELF ON THE SHELF: The Triumph and the Torture. “I must have missed the part in the book where it says every place the elf moves to must be meticulously chronicled on social media. Because if your 314 Facebook friends didn’t see your elf’s slow cooker marshmallow bubble bath made out of your own tears, sweat and self loathing, did it really happen?”
Madhavi Nawana Parker from Positive Minds Australia offers some sage advice around using Elf on the Shelf (and Santa) to encourage good behaviour in our kiddos, and it sheds a totally different light on the matter!
BOWERBIRD IS ON! The countdown has officially begun to Bowerbird Design Market, with doors opening at the Adelaide Showgrounds 11-13 December! We’ve checked out the lineup and have your KIDDO TOP PICKS for kids and families at Bowerbird!
We all want to teach our children the resilience to overcome challenges, as well as the perseverance to keep giving something a go and working towards a goal to achieve it, but opportunities to do so… don’t grow on trees. But at TreeClimb, they’re built into them!
We were lucky enough to chat with Jules on our podcast KIDDO Chats, and it was like sitting down with an old friend. She regaled us with stories about growing up in Adelaide, and shared her insights about parenting and motherhood, as well as what’s coming up for Jules and her family for the rest of 2020 and beyond.
We chat with Amanda McPherson, the creative director and chief magic maker behind Santa’s Wonderland, about what this year’s event will look like and how she manages the jolly juggle of managing large scale events with her young family!
We’ve chosen some of the best activities and things to do with kids and families in December in Adelaide, so you can start planning!
Adelaide’s much-loved Carols by Candlelight event is adapting to the times of 2020, with a virtual celebration featuring performances from across Australia to be broadcast on Sunday December 13 on the Seven Network, and four pop up location screenings across the city!
The funhouse mirrors have been polished, the fairy lights are twinkling, and the snow forest trees have been adorned, ready for excited visitors to descend on David Jones for the cherished South Australian tradition of The Magic Cave.