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  • Christmas,  Family friendly adventures,  Festivals & events

    Gold Coast Kids Guide to Christmas 2019

    December 2, 2019

    Get the kids into the festive spirit and keep them occupied during the school holidays with this great round up of Christmas activities across the Gold Coast. I've even included some tips on budget friendly (and FREE) Santa photos!

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Allowing kids to get messy is extremely important Allowing kids to get messy is extremely important for their development. It provides them with an exciting tactile and sensory experience that inspires their curiosity, allows them to explore the world around them and enhances their learning, language and creativity. For many parents though, dealing with the clean up of messy play is enough to make them hesitate! That’s where Messy Play sessions are filling the gap and creating a safe space for our kids to get messy, but without the need for parents to clean up. Here on the Gold Coast, we’re lucky to have a number of different options available to us for our kids to join in on messy play. Here's my round up of where to let the kids get messy! See my review and all the details at the link in my bio! 1: @lets_bee_sensory 2: @gumtreekidsau 3: @mightymesskids 4: @messybubsgoldcoastsouth 5: @messybubsgoldcoast #goldcoastmums #goldcoastkidfriendly #goldcoastkids #goldcoastmumsandbubs
Have you got a child who loves to climb? Then thes Have you got a child who loves to climb? Then these ninja parks are just for you! Whether it’s monkey bars, upside down ropes or swinging ladders, there are some great challenges on offer across the Gold Coast. I’ve rounded up the best Gold Coast parks for ninja climbers to take on – which one will you conquer first? 1- The Heights, Pimpama 2- Galleon Park, Currumbin Waters 3- Corymbia Park, Coomera 4- Lions Park, Helensvale 5- Buckler Park, Helensvale Find out more at the link in my bio or in stories #goldcoastmums #goldcoastmumsandbubs #goldcoastkids #kidfriendlygc #goldcoastkidfriendly #ninjawarrior
One of our favourite events of the year! Another f One of our favourite events of the year! Another fabulous day out at @botanicalbazaar. So much to see do, for those who don't know, it's an interactive Gardening and Sustainable living event aimed to educate and inspire all nature enthusiasts. Packed with incredible market stalls, plant sellers, guest speakers, kids activities, workshops, live music and food trucks - we always have the best time!
This castle themed playground at Tugun Park, Tugun This castle themed playground at Tugun Park, Tugun captures the imagination of knights and princesses young and old! Packed with imaginative and role play elements, they can discover a Double Medieval Tower, a Drawbridge, a Knight and his Horse! There are battlements, banners, arrow slits, arches, shields and bridges, all sure to inspire fun and games. While there is no shade over this playground, the location itself is very cool and shady, packed with large trees and covered picnic tables. It is not fully fenced, but a fence does run along the carpark side of the playground, while the open side opens to large grassy spaces. This is a great location for a birthday party, with numerous picnic tables and BBQs right by the playground, ample parking and of course, toilets! It's also our favourite place to wait for flights to land at Coolangatta Airport! Let the kids run around the playground until your flight lands, and be at the pick up area in less than 5 minutes - winning! #goldcoastmums #goldcoastmumsandbubs #goldcoastkids #kidfriendlygc #goldcoastkidfriendly
Clutter is one of my worst enemies – I honestly Clutter is one of my worst enemies – I honestly feel like I can’t think straight when there is too much clutter around! I’m always looking for opportunities to clear out things that we no longer need or use. At the same time however, I don’t want to continually add to landfill, so I try to be smart about what I do with our pre-loved goods. I shared on Stories the other week about some tricks I had when it came to offloading my preloved items. Ensuring I donate to places that will benefit the most from each item makes me feel better about the waste! Here's a few Gold Coast options to keep in mind: - @babygiveback is a Gold Coast charity helping families in crisis. They accept used items in excellent condition including: bassinets, baths, bottles and feeding items, breast pumps, baby carriers, car seats, change mats, cots, clothing, high chairs, linen, mattresses, nappy bags, portacots, prams, shoes, sleep suits and toys. - @makewaysfoundation collect good quality, pre-loved sporting goods to support the opening of the very first not-for-profit Sports Store in Sierra Leone, West Africa. They can accept pre-loved running shoes, footy boots, street shoes, shoe laces, socks, hats, drink bottles, bags, active wear, team gear, balls, sports equipment, exercise equipment, recovery equipment and sports medicine - @hm take clothes or textiles that are not suitable for rewear and turn into products such as remake collections or cleaning cloths, or shred into textile fibres and used to make for example insulation materials. You can get a 15% discount voucher for each bag you donate too! Check out all the details at the link in my bio, or in stories. #reuserecycle #preloved #opshop
Who remembers that never ending packet of TimTam's Who remembers that never ending packet of TimTam's?? As soon as you finished the last one, a brand new pack appeared! Well @mybaby.organics is helping to ensure time poor parents always have a delicious meal ready to go, for first tastes through to toddler meals (and even some snacks for the whole family 🙌) thanks to their new subscription service!! Subscribe to their Value Bundles and set your delivery frequency to suit you. Have those meals arrive weekly, fortnightly or monthly and never run out again! You'll be saving money and time!! Don't stress if you need to skip a delivery, or set an extra one - it's completely customisable and you can make changes whenever you need. Now, do you think they could work their subscription magic on those TimTam's for me??
@artvo_goldcoast is an immersive, ‘trick-art’ @artvo_goldcoast is an immersive, ‘trick-art’ gallery, located at @robinatowncentre. It’s great fun for the whole family and you’ll have so many amazing photos to share! The idea of ArtVo is to explore an interactive art gallery filled with trick or illusion art. You can be creative and come up with your own poses, or follow the instructions to set up your own fail safe shot. Hidden away, you'll find it spread out over a large area on the upper floor of Robina Town Centre, next to The Kitchens. It's perfect for ages 0-100, and you can go at your own pace. I would estimate you could spend anywhere between 1-2 hours there, depending on how many photos you wanted to take! Keep an eye on their socials as they often have specials going for discounted entry tickets 🙌 you can check out my full review at the link in my bio #goldcoastmums #goldcoastmumsandbubs #goldcoastkids #goldcoastkidfriendly #kidfriendlygc
For many families, the first taste of team sports For many families, the first taste of team sports is through soccer! @littlekickersgoldcoast is a soccer skills program, that also combines with important early learning concepts such as colour and number recognition, sharing, following instructions and using imagination. There are four different classes available at a number of locations across the Gold Coast, each tailored to a different age group. Little Kicks (18mths – 2.5yrs); Junior Kickers (2.5yrs – 3.5yrs); Mighty Kickers (3.5yrs – 5yrs); Mega Kickers (5yrs – 8yrs). My 4yo was invited along to try out a Mighty Kickers class recently! The class started out with some fun and simple warm up drills – a game of Freeze was the highlight – before quickly moving on to the first lot of skills based games. The coaches had no trouble keeping the class focused through engaging games, and the sounds of giggles and laughter was common! Skills including dribbling, stopping, throwing and kicking were taught, before wrapping the class up with some striking and defending games and a mini match. What I loved about this was, coming from a very non-sporting family it didn’t feel like we were being thrust into the depths of hard-core soccer. The focus on delivering ball skills training through fun and play meant that this class would be suitable for anyone looking for an intro to sport – even if soccer doesn’t end up being the sport for you. The kids all had so much fun and had a great relationship with the coaches and their team mates – two of the most important things for our little ones I think! You can find out more about our visit to Little Kickers Gold Coast and all the details on their classes at the link in my bio. #goldcoastkids #goldcoastmums #goldcoastkidfriendly #kidfriendlygc #playgc
Hey there! It's been a while since I stopped and i Hey there! It's been a while since I stopped and introduced myself- the face behind the blog! I'm Lara, also known around these places as Mrs Lardeedah. I'm a stay home mum to 2 beautiful boys aged 1 & 4, and I love to share snippets of our life on the Gold Coast in the hopes of inspiring you to spend more quality time with your family. Playground reviews, family friendly adventures, kids activities and great local eats - you'll find it all here. I also share some of my #mumlife tips and tricks to make life at home with the kids just that little bit easier! You can always deep dive into my content over at www.mrslardeedah.com, where I've got things like my playground map where you can search based on all sorts of categories!! Now, I'd love to know a bit more about you! How many kids do you have, and what are their ages? Have you got any fave family adventures you found since following along here?
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