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Who doesn’t love a costume party? There’s nothing better than reaching for your cat tail costumes and heading out to paint the town red, is there? But throwing one yourself is a whole different ball game so you’d be wise to do some serious party planning before the big day to cover all your bases. Here are a few hints and tips to help you get it right.

Decide on a theme

If you don’t care what your guests come as then you can skip this step out. After all, surprises can be a lot of fun. But if...

With news just in that the Jurassic Kingdom experience will be touring the UK this year, with stops at London, Birmingham, Manchester, Blackpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and Leeds between now and October, we thought we’d take a look to see what other events are taking place that would be perfect for you and yours to wear your dinosaur tails to. Here are some of our very favourites!

Dinosaurs of China

This world exclusive exhibition has come to Europe for the first time, with Wollaton Hall in Nottingham playing host to the main exhibition...

We’ve all felt it. That day when the sun is shining, you crave fun and excitement but work deadlines are looming and the expectation to be responsible and ‘adult’ takes over. Thoughts run through your head like “I really don’t want to adult today”, “Can I just have some fun?”, and suddenly your drawn to the kids toys and you are envying your three-year-old as you drop them off for a day at nursery.

You’re not alone in this. Even celebrities like David Beckham and Brad Pitt both love cracking out the Lego bricks. So it’s time to take back...

With festival season about to get underway, now’s the time to think about what you’ll need to take with you so you can have a great time, no matter what happens. It’d be nice to think that the weather will hold, but chances are it’ll rain so pack for all eventualities if you can. Here’s a list of what to take.

Clothing

Take a jumper even if you’re going mid-summer as the temperature will drop once the sun’s gone down. Always take a rain mac, poncho or similar as well since the great British weather can’t really be relied upon....

When it comes to fancy dress parties, everyone always wants to make an effort and potentially win the prize for best costume, don’t they? These days, there’s one costume idea that’s really taken off for adults and kids alike – and that’s dressing up as a mermaid.

There are all sorts of online tutorials doing the rounds at the moment showing you how to knit your own mermaid tail, while there are countless YouTube videos out there that will give you incredibly detailed instructions as to how to achieve the fish out of water look using makeup instead.

Of course,...