I detest Art Attack. But we do enjoy Mister Maker, Liebling does sometimes do some of those. OK, need to start buying things in boxes!

I'm a bit reticent to do Christmas things too much as Liebs will be doing those at school, and bringing them home: he has some stuff for his tree that he has made himself. DH is already getting annoyed that we'll have two trees up plus other decorations: don't think I can get snowflakes on the windows too! I can try...

No hands-on science museums but we like making things blow up at home, so Liebs doesn't miss out there. We do a lot of astronomy too, when the nights are clear. Sadly he's not that into the stories behind the names of the stars yet.

I'm also against play-doh and clay and the like: feels wrong, messy, feels wrong, gets into the carpet, feels wrong and people make me touch it and it just feels horrid and wrong. Clay is better than dough-based toys but can still be wrong on a bad day - and can upset my carpet too!