Win BIG with the Huggies Challenge Your Wipes Campaign

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So I fell through my front door gone 10pm after an exhausting day in a London a few weeks back. I was there for a top secret meeting with some fellow bloggers to discuss a new project we’ll be working on this year, and given I went childless, I might have had a glass of wine… or four.

Yet it was all worth it (hangover as bad as it was) as we’ve bagged ourselves another shiny ambassadorial role - this time for the Daddy of the baby wipes world - Huggies wipes!

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We’re religious users of Huggies and you’ll find them crammed in various unlikely spots in our home. They’re stronger, more absorbent and kinder to dinky bums than any other brand we’ve tried - and trust me we’ve given most a whirl!

In our role as ambassadors we’re looking forward to making converts out of some of you as we go about Operation Bum-Change, or indeed Operation Wipe-Gooey-Chocolate-From-The-Faces-Of-Babes, or whatever else Huggies have planned for us and my awesome co-ambassadors MamaMim, Mother’s Always Right, The Mummy Adventure, Sparkles and Stretchmarks, Confessions of a Crummy Mummy, A Baby On Board, Love From Mummy and Yellow Days.

And to kick things off…

… I give you the Huggies Challenge your Wipes campaign where you could win a year’s supply of Huggies wipes, a Disney hamper… or even a £500 ASDA voucher!

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“What do we have to do?” (I hear you ask)

It couldn’t be simpler.

All you have to do is register on the website and the team at Huggies will whizz you over a free challenge kit. In this kit, you’ll find a full-sized pack of soft & super strong wet wipes to put to the ultimate test… your kids. We want to see your highchair jinxes, spaghetti splatterers, mud monsters and kung food fighters in action. Upload a picture of them at their very messiest, then challenge those wipes!

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That’s right, we’re talking mess! Pure unadulterated mess. Huggies are so confident they can outperform your current brand, they’re challenging parents (and kids) everywhere to get creative for prizes!

There are no fewer than 17 challenges to take part in, and you can enter all to boost your chances of winning. Each draw automatically includes all the previous entries, so the sooner you take part, the more of the weekly and monthly draws you’ll be entered into.

There’s a Disney hamper featuring Winnie the Pooh and wipes to be won every week between now and August, a year’s supply of wipes every month, and a grand prize of a £500 ASDA for one extra mucky pup.

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So off you toddle - go get messy and Challenge your Wipes!


10 mess free activities to do with kids

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The school holidays will soon roll around again and if you’re already worrying about how you’re going to keep the little ones busy and save your home from being wrecked at the same time, below are ten fun and mess-free activities that are guaranteed to keep them busy:

Homemade Musical Shakers

Although not exactly noise-free, this activity can be done in many different ways with virtually no mess. Any container or filler will do whether it’s a plastic bottle, jar or salt shaker. Fill it with beans, pasta or craft beads and get your kids to create their own music!

Make a Marble Run

Use boxes, tubes and materials from Homecrafts to create your own marble run. You can make it as long as you like and let the kids have fun rolling the marbles.

Den Building

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Select a room in the house where your kids can build a den. Give them cushions, sheets and boxes and leave them to it. They’ll stay quiet for hours and any mess they do make will be inside the den!

Hide and Seek

According to the Daily Mail, traditional games such as hide-and-seek and hopscotch are key to stopping children worrying about their weight. Get your children moving with this fun and easy game that never gets old!

Paint in the Tub

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Put your children in the bath tub with paints and a brush. Any mess can be instantly rinsed away once they are finished!

Hold a Dance Party

Perfect for a rainy day, a dance party can be great fun for both kids and parents. The kids get to dance to music all day (you can even incorporate party games) and the adults get the entertainment!

Pipe Cleaner Sculptures

Pipe cleaners are perfect for keeping little hands busy, plus there’s zero mess! The different textures of the materials are a great sensory experience for kids and they can design everything from flowers and hats to animals!

Painting in a Can

This one does require paint, but it means the children don’t have to get their hands or your kitchen messy! Choose a deep container and fill with paper.

A Day of Movies

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Whilst it’s important to encourage your children to get away from the TV every once in a while, a children’s movie is a great way to relax and spend time together, without having to worry about mess. According to The Telegraph, watching TV and films can also help children learn to read as they can become hooked on characters they will want to follow up in print. Afterwards you can get the kids to write down their favourite parts of the film and even draw the characters.

Friendship Bracelets

Always a popular activity, making friendship bracelets is a cheap and fun way to spend an afternoon. This will stay mess free as long as you set the children up with a box or two to place their beads and strings etc. Kids love the rewarding feeling they get from finishing one off and passing it onto a friend or family member as a gift.


DIY Play Dough

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DIY Play dough

Since beginning nursery, Dexter’s been right into his play dough. Okay, he’s not managed to shape it into anything resembling an actual thing, but he loves the feel of it under his fingers.

Let’s face it though, play dough doesn’t last all that long. Before you know it, those tubs get empty and you begin finding balls of it under your sofa cushions.

Here’s a dead simple play dough recipe that will allow you to create an endless bounty of non-toxic and cheap dough. Better yet, you probably have all the ingredients knocking about in your kitchen cupboards.

You’ll need: Play dough ingredient

What to do:

  1. Mix the salt, water, cream of tartar and flour together in a saucepan over a low heat. When the mixture binds and turns rubbery (it’ll look like mashed potatoes), rescue it from the saucepan
  2. Once cooled, knead with flour
  3. Separate the mixture out into bowls
  4. Add food colouring or glitter to make it all fancy
  5. Get playing! with your awesome DIY play dough!

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