I’ve been meaning to visit Woodville House Walled Garden ever since we listed the Garden last year on Mykidstime.ie. So the other afternoon, we met up with friends to make a trip out to Woodville near Kilchreest which is in between Craughwell & Loughrea.
It is signposted but the signs are quite small so if you [...]

My youngest daughter (5) is mad about buns.  Actually to be fair to her, she is mad about the icing on buns.
So, yesterday being a bit rainy-showery, after school we decided to make some buns.  Usually I make a recipe that uses flour, butter, sugar, but decided to try this one out from a book [...]

We recently attended the relaunch of the Galway City Museum Detective Sheet for kids.  This was a project we worked on a couple of years ago, http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2008/05/07/launch-of-kids-activity-sheet-at-galway-city-museum/, and the Museum has updated the Sheet due to exhibits moving around and changing.

The Detective Sheet is designed to make the child’s visit to the Museum as interactive [...]

I don’t know about you but whenever I see a gift of an arts or craft project that my daughters have received my heart usually sinks…  This is because I know that inevitably the project will be ridiculously fiddly and hard for them to do and they will get bored and guess who ends up [...]

It’s always interesting to see what people from other countries recommend for families in Ireland.  I just came across this article in The Independent, the UK based version: Family Ireland: There’s plenty to distract parents and children alike in this green and pleasant land.
Trying to cover a whole country in one article is tough enough [...]

We decided to visit Coole Park this afternoon, it is just out side Gort (off the main road), it’s well signposted.
We brought a picnic, and arrived at Coole Park to find the tea rooms were closed but toilets (in a separate building were open). We headed over to the Walled Garden to eat our picnic. [...]

We are really pleased to announce the arrival of our latest Mykidstime website, dedicated to Clare, with our usual good information, articles etc for parents.  Well done to Laura, our Clare Mykidstimer for all her hard work!
And we hope you enjoy the Clare website,
Jill

Yesterday we had the pleaure of meeting Carole Neylon and Ger Mills from the Meningitis Trust, who won our 2010 Mykidstime Charity of the Year poll.  They were filling us in on the some of the events they have planned for later in the year, including highlighting World Meningitis Day on April 24th.
If you’re thinking [...]

Today we went with some friends to Judy Greene Pottery in Kirwan’s Lane, Galway and the 3 girls did some pottery painting.  They could choose from a selection of plain white items: mugs, bowls, round plates, oval plates or little teapots.  You also choose between special paint pens which are quick drying which means you [...]

Am really pleased to announce the arrival of our latest Mykidstime website, dedicated to Sligo, with our usual good information, articles etc for parents.  Well done to Katherine, our Sligo Mykidstimer for all her hard work!
And we hope you enjoy the Sligo website,
Jill