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How To Make £23 In A Week For Christmas


We are near the end of October and less than 65 days away from Christmas. I have seen so many people complain they do not have enough money for Christmas this year and they are facing putting themselves in debt for the sake of a few presents HOWEVER there are ways you are able to make money just in time for Christmas.

Festive Films For The Family


At Christmas I love sitting down with the family and watching festive films. I love to sit cuddled under a blanket, with a bag of popcorn and the lights dimmed down. Watching films as a family at Christmas has started to become a tradition in my house so this year we have been looking for some festive favourites to watch.  This year Warner Bros have a fantastic selection of Christmas classics for us to enjoy.

Watercress Line - Santa Special


Maxwell, Ben and I got an amazing opportunity to have a very special day out with a difference this week when we got to visit the Watercress Line and meet Santa. It was an amazing day out which we will all truly remember forever.

Mr Nutcase Review - Christmas Gift Ideas


Last year, I was lucky enough to upgrade my phone. For the last year I have had many cases on my phone however after a few months, the cases got tired, tatty or broke and I kept replacing them. The cases were not personal to me at all and the cases which I bought were often cheap ones off Ebay. Recently Mr Nutcase got in contact with me and asked me if I would like to review one of their products off their website. As soon as I took a peek on their website I instantly decided that I wanted to review one of their phone cases.

Christmas Digital Detox - Your Presence Is The Present


I love using the internet. There are so many things which I can do online. I often ask myself how people managed to do things such as connect with friends, online shopping, joining forums, reading blogs, reading the news and watching videos before the internet was born. I realised people before the internet got on with life as they never knew the "internet" and found ways to enjoy life without accessing the internet.

Dr Brown's Options Gift Set & Competition - Christmas Gift Idea


Every year I know someone that is pregnant at Christmas or I know of someone that has just given birth. I often find it hard to find the perfect gift idea for them and I often end up buying clothes, trinkets or a toy for the new baby. I always worry that someone else may have bought the same gift as me so recently I have been on the look out for different gift ideas.

Christmas At Marwell Zoo


At the weekend Ben, Maxwell and I went on a very exciting day out. We spent the day at Marwell Zoo which is located near Winchester in Hampshire. Not only did we get to spend the day at the zoo walking around, looking at the animals and going on the land train but we also got to meet Santa and go on one of the best Christmas experiences we have ever been on.

Festive Fun With Ben And Holly


Christmas is just around the corner. At Christmas we love spending time as a family and getting up to lots of fun. This Christmas we have managed to fit lots of things in including our fun yearly visit to Santa. This year as part of our Ben and Holly Ambassador role, we have been doing lots of fun activities on top of what we would normally do at Christmas.

Over on Ben And Holly's website you are able to see what fun activities there are to keep your little ones busy over the next week. There are some great ideas

On The Tenth Day Of Christmas...

We are now on day 10 of our Advent Giveaway competitions. 
We are only 2 days away from our final advent competition!
Today you are in with the chance of winning a Disney Princess book.
To enter day 10's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!


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On The Nineth Day Of Christmas...

We are now on day 9 of our Advent Giveaway competitions. 
These competitions have flown and we are now nearing the end of them.
Today you are in with the chance of winning a Mr Men book.
To enter day 9's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!


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On The Eighth Day Of Christmas...

We are now on day 8 of our Advent Giveaway competitions. 
Today you are in with the chance of winning a How To Train Your Dragon sticker book.
To enter day 8's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!



On The Seventh Day Of Christmas...

We are now on day 7 of our Advent Giveaway competitions. 
I can not believe how quickly this month is flying. 
Today you are in with the chance of winning a Frozen sticker book.
To enter day 7's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!


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On The Sixth Day Of Christmas...

We are now on day 6 of our Advent Giveaway and half way through our competitions. 
Today you are in with the chance of winning a Spot goes shopping book.
To enter day 6's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!


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On The Fifth Day Of Christmas...

We are now on day 5 of our Advent Giveaway and nearly half way through our competitions. 
Today you are in with the chance of winning a Mr. Men 12 Days of Christmas book.
To enter day 5's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.

On The Fourth Day Of Christmas...

Thank you for joining me on day 4 of my advent book giveaway! 
I hope you are enjoying the competitions so far. 
Today's prize is a Bing little library, perfect for those Bing lovers out their.
To enter day 4's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!



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On The Third Day Of Christmas...

Thank you for joining me on day 3 of my advent book giveaway! 
I hope you are enjoying the competitions so far. Well done to the 2 lucky winners so far.
Today's prize is a Peppa Pig Sticker book, as a bonus there will also be another competition hitting your screens later on so make sure you check back! 
To enter day 3's competition all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!


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On The Second Day Of Christmas...

Thank you for joining me on day 2 of my advent book giveaway! 
It was lovely to see so many of you enter day 1's competition. Well done to the lucky winner.
Today's prize is a Mr Tumble Spotty Sticker book, perfect for any Mr Tumble lover.
To enter all you simply need to do is enter the rafflecopter below.
Good Luck!


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On The First Day Of Christmas...

Happy 1st of December Mummy To The Max readers!
This year I wanted to give you all something back for supporting this little blog through out the year and after a little thought I thought a book advent would be super fun to run and a little different from any advent competition you may choose to enter this December! Each day I will be running a book competition. The book advent competitions will be open for 24 hours only. 

Not only will I be running a fun book advent this month here on my blog, there will also be other competitions to enter on Mummy To The Max blog, on our Twitter and also on our Facebook. If you pop over to our Facebook you will currently see we are giving away a Frozen bundle! 

There are a variety of prizes and different things happening each day so keep a eye out on what we are giving away! We hope we can help you create that special Christmas with your family!

For our first competition today, you are in with the chance of winning this Gruffalo Activity book! To enter all you simply need to do is enter the simple rafflecopter below!
Good  Luck!


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Win Instant Prizes This Christmas


As many of my readers know I simply adore competitions. Over the past few months you may have seen that I have been surprisingly lucky when it comes to winning competitions. From winning tickets to see 1D to winning 1k, all my prizes have been amazing wins and have spread a lot of happiness into my life. This Christmas I will be entering as many competitions as I possibly can and I am hoping I shall be a lucky winner. It would be fabulous to win some gadgets for my family and perhaps some toys for Maxwell's stocking. This Christmas there are 2 fabulous instant win competitions that you can win on. Both of these competitions are fun and are competitions that Ii have already entered. 
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Save Christmas with Sudocrem Game 
You are able to try your luck here: http://bit.ly/SaveChristmasWithSudocrem

You are able to find this fun game over on Sudocrems Facebook. You are able to enter via your mobile or desktop computer which is fantastic if you only have the mobile options. To win, users have to tackle the Nappy Rash Gremlins who are coming to ruin Christmas. Parachuting from the sky, the Gremlins are looking to get down chimneys and put a stop to any Christmas spirit. You simply need to squish as many of the Gremlins as possible in 60 seconds and you could win BIG!
Instant prizes include Amazon Kindle Fires and Amazon vouchers, plus prizes from Miffy, Milton, Aquabeads and many, many more. 

This competition is running from now until 11.59pm 31st December 2015.
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Infacol Challenge Game 
You are able to try your luck here: http://bit.ly/1S3W0YM

The game can be found over on Infacols Facebook. You are able to use your mobile to participate and entry is very easy. Infacol Challenge asks users to navigate their way through two infant colic related games. The first is the tricky dropper challenge, which tasks players to use the dropper to hit 9 targets. The second game is a frantic bubble buster game, where users must tap the bubbles in the virtual baby’s tummy before the timer is up. Only those who complete the challenge in the set time will have a chance of winning. Prizes include the Phil & Teds Ultimate Baby Bundle, worth well over £700 and £100s worth of Venture Studio vouchers.

This competition is running from now until Tuesday December 14th at 11.59pm.
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5 Family Christmas Tradition Ideas

This year is the first year I think Maxwell truly understands Christmas. Although he has still not grasped the meaning of Christmas truly and what it really stands for, he is well aware of Christmas songs, presents, family, trees, decorations and Santa. This year I wanted to make our Christmas a little different. I wanted to try 5 new family traditions that we can continue to do every Christmas.

  • This year I have started to create a box of Christmas memories. Inside the box I aim to put the following: Maxwell's Christmas list, a picture of him at Christmas, a picture of him with Santa, any letters which I may write to him at Christmas time and a Christmas day diary so when Maxwell is older we can look back at our Christmas's and have fond memories of them. I have a box of memories from 2000 and the box is fantastic. It has so many memories which I held 15 years ago which are beautiful to look back at now. It is amazing to see how the world has changed since then.
  • This year, I wanted to allow Maxwell to pick a decoration for  our Christmas tree and continue this for the next 12-16 years. To me Christmas is all about family and I adore looking at a Christmas tree that is full of love and happiness rather than the latest fashion trend. Allowing Maxwell to pick a decoration for our tree gives our tree a special meaning. I can not wait to see what he picks this year. It will be interesting to see what decorations he picks year to year.
  • Although I say Christmas is about family, I also think Christmas is for giving to others. This year I wanted to ensure others had a fantastic Christmas which meant I decided that Maxwell and I would do 5 nice things for other people. This year our "giving" will see us give thing's to others such as our friends over at Post Pals, see us donate a few pounds to charities which we would like to help and see us giving our old things that we do not need to people less fortunate than ourselves.
  • Me and Maxwell adore gingerbread and as a new tradition, I would love to ensure we decorate a gingerbread man or gingerbread house every Christmas eve. Christmas eve is always a special day for Maxwell and  I as it normally means Ben is working so we often spend the day doing lots of activities together. I know this is something which Maxwell will love to do and is something that we can continue to do in the future. You are never to old to decoate gingerbread! 
  • I am obsessed with the 12 days of Christmas. Starting this year, I would love to write 12 activities down that me and Maxwell along with Ben and our families can enjoy for 12 days. I think some fun ideas would include, going to see the Christmas lights, making reindeer food, watching a Christmas film, going to the pantomime and most importantly doing something extra special on the 12th day as that day is Maxwell's Birthday!