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How To Do World Book Day on a Budget

It comes around every year, but still, every time, most of us parents go into full panic mode over World Book Day. It is a pretty big deal in a lot of schools and yes, it can cause quite a bit of stress and often lead to parents hitting the shops and spending far too much on a brand new costume, but with a little planning, a little creativity and some good ideas, you can come up with something that doesn’t have to cost a lot. Here are a few ways in which you can do World Book Day on a budget.

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When we talk about teething (and yes, I do talk about it an awful lot!) we quite often hear how bad certain ones are and people usually go straight to the molars. Yes, I agree that the molars are bad and yep they do seem to rumble for a long time which can cause a lot of upset before they actually rear their ugly heads BUT for me, the canines are the worst teeth to cut and this is why…

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