Bonjour lecteurs! I hope you are enjoying the weekend and you are fully ready for 5 tips to have a great family picnic. After telling you everything you needed to know to have the best camping holiday ever, we are now telling you our tips to have a great pique-nique!
We have not had many of them with Grumpy Boyfriend but since having Baba, we have a different kind of fun! No more clubbing up to 4.00am or late festivals! We are now very civilised and go to the park and eat food! So let’s share what we learnt on the way!
And don’t forget to enter our fab GIVEAWAY with OXO to win some perfect accessories for a picnic worth £32!
Now let’s go and share our tips!
Be spontaneous!
Nothing better than a picnic on the go unplanned. A couple of weeks ago, we went to the seaside with Grumpy Boyfriend’s dad. As the weather was gorgeous, we decided while in town to stop by and have some food on the beach rather than going to a restaurant.
We stopped by the shop and even bought a mini tent for Baba to have fun while we were eating. It was quite fun!
I am usually quite organised with this sort of events, but doing a picnic out of the blue was actually quite relaxing. We didn’t have to worry about forgetting anything (which I always do). Plus it made me feel quite adventurous. Baba was very happy aussi to do something out of the ordinary.
Now if you want to be more organised, here is what you can do to have a great family picnic!
Have plenty of food and drinks for the kids
There is nothing worse than un bébé grumpy. Baba is not himself when he has not had food. So be prepared with plenty of drinks and food for your littles ones. Bring some cold food and enough sandwiches to feed all your tribe.
Don’t forget do pack up on fruit and some sweets too. Fill up your bag with snacks!
We love using a snack cup with us so that Baba can help himself anytime he feels like it. This Flippy™ Snack Cup With Travel Cover we received from OXO is just fabulous with its flexible opening that gives kids easy access to goodies, yet keeps even small snacks off the floor. Le Frenchie bébé has a bad tendency to play with food as soon as he has a chance. With this, no waste nor mess on the floor!
Another fab item we always use with us as soon as we are outdoors? This Twist Top Water Bottle. Baba is a very active baby, so I need to make sure that he keeps hydrated. I either fill it with water or coconut water for something different (it’s less sweet than orange juices!).
Indeed, we love it so much we use it all the time, even at home! The twist top helps you to avoid leaks! C’est fantastique!
Bring some fun games and toys to keep entertained
Now the family is well fed, you need to keep them entertained so that you can relax (see our last tip!). Bring toys and fun games to keep les enfants busy. Cars and trains are les préférés for Baba at the moment, but you best know what your little ones like!
Some good ideas: balloons for something different, a Frisbee if they are sporty, a puzzle if the fresh air makes them feel clever.
Or what about a good book if they want to chill out? After all, a picnic is exhausting! As long as they are quiet, you can carry on with our last tip!
No phone nor tablet bien sûr! The point of this family event is to bond and get some fresh air 🙂
Protect yourself from the sun
We know that sunny days are not common in the UK (we have been very lucky so far this month!), but when it happens, we better be ready. So make sure you pack up caps or hats, sun cream and even a sunshade if necessary!
Nothing worse than getting sunburnt! That might totally spoil such a lovely moment.
Don’t forget some wine!
You guessed I was going to mention wine, non? You know me now. I need some Merlot wherever we are going!
So the kids are happy, well fed, entertained and protected! Job done! You can now relax, put your feet up and enjoy some of your favourite beverage. Pour moi, a glass of Merlot a with a bit of fromage will do!
So what do you think about our 5 tips to have a great family picnic? Do you think we have it covered?
Oh non! I forgot to mention something! If your little one is like Baba a bit of a cochon, then don’t forget to pack some wipes in your fabulous on-the-go wipes dispenser with nappy pouch. (They always decide to do a massive poop at the wrong time and in the wrong place…)
Now, j’ai fini! I hope you enjoyed reading 5 tips to have a great family picnic and it made you feel like having a pique-nique ASAP!
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Always love a picnic – a great way to enjoy the outdoors with Littley and socialise with friends on your “maternity pay budget”
Love a picnic especially on an budget but always fun and happy family time together xx
We love a good picnic x
Great tips for a picnic thank you! We love picnics!
Great FAMILY fun thanks
Lovely prize and great photos of your little boy, as usual, he’s very photogenic!
picnics are the best
this would be very handy
My grandson would love these
I would love to win this for my daughter.
fingers crossed lovely prize x
These are some handy items – perfect for my toddler!
We love picnics.
These would be brilliant
Thank you for the chance 🙂
Excellent giveaway this would be so useful for my baby
We love a good picnic!!
Really useful to read! Love it!
OUTDOORS HERE WE COME
great giveaway thank-you
GREAT GIVEAWAY! NOTHING LIKE A BIT OF OUTSIDE TIME WITH A LOVELY PICNIC !
We love a picnic so perfect article and prize
I love family picnics, would love to win!
this would make a lovely prize for my new great niece Rose May
Lovely prize, thank you.
I love a family picnic, thanks for the great tips.
Fab prize! This would be great for my little boy 🙂
Great prize
looks fab! perfect for our huge family picnics
The kids and I love a good picnic! These OXO products look great – ideal for the Summer we are waiting on!
Fab prize
Thanks for the giveaway. I love OXO products
Wow, fab prize
we love to picnic at the beach
great tips, love a picnic in the sun xx
great tips and giveaway, fingers crossed!
I love picnics, especially with cheese and pickle sandwiches. 🙂
I’ve always been impresses by the design and robustness of OXO UK products. x
Great excuse to get outdoors
Fab tips lovely. I am in love with the first outfit! So adorable.
#KCACOLS
merci 🙂 x
Don’t forget the blanket. I’m always so worried about the food and drinks that half the time I forget to pack someplace for us to sit! #KCACOLS
This would be great as we love to get out and about at the weekend but it costs a fortune when you end up paying constantly when you are out. We definitely need to picnic more!
excellent bundle!
Very useful items.
Looks great, me and my little boy love picnics.
My 2 love picnics, even if they’re just on a blanket on the living room floor! Love the tip about having one spontaneously too. x #KCACOLS
would be amazing to win this and give my twins a treat x
You’re right, it definitely need to be spontaneous! I love these Oxo goodies, I’ve entered and I’m REALLY hoping I win!
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time!
Thank you some really great ideas for picnics with the little ones
Excellent giveaway.
Great prize.
Love the wine tip – picnics in our house are like a chimpanzees tea party! #KCACOLS
What a fantastic picnic bundle! Thanks for this giveaway
My kids love picnics – you can never bring too much food! #kcacols
We love a good picnic
Last picnic we had was in a water park last we last week in majorca and got swarmed with wasps but still enjoyed it.
We are planning to take a picnic down the riverside this summer. When it stops raining that is.
That wipes dispenser looks fantabulous! Wish I’d known about it sooner!
The little Flippy Snack Cup is such a great idea and means you can pack little nibbles anytime.
I love the OXO Tots ranges!
I Really like the OXO Tots range, they have some great products
Planning ahead usually means we end up disappointed. We managed to have a good afternoon by just deciding the morning of we would go. #kcacols
Love a good picnic 🙂
OXO products are so well made, durable and practical that they’re great to use at any time, but especially at a picnic.
I love the oxo to range, I love their homeware range too
This is a very useful little bundle. We actually don’t have child friendly ‘snack cup’, we just use a small storage container. So this would be very welcome.
We picnic virtually daily, weather permitting, in the summer.
Great giveaway, Thank you.
We love a picnic! Now if only the weather would improve maybe we’ll get to have one! #KCACOLS
Great items – so useful x
Great giveaway would come in very handy. Love picnics, no need to worry about crumbs and spillages. Just keeping Britain tidy.. plus feed the birds too. I’m very tempted to invest in some of these
Picnics are great fun.
Aaaaw. What lovely pics of the little one. Excellent review and giveaway, too. Thanks.
Looks great
We love a picnic, cheap and fun
you can’t beat a picnic! We love to picnic at our local park and lakes.
This is a great giveaway, thank you
The snck cup looks so handy- bubba is always scattering snacks!!
Heard so many great things about this brand and would love to try it myself.
Some fabulous tips for a family fun filled picnic thank you! 🙂
I like the snack cup, a good idea for our house when out and about
love picnic so this is a good blog post to read
We adore a good picnic. Cheap and fun for the family.
not the best weather for picnics up here but it would be nice to get one more in before summer ends
We love picnics and any alfresco dining is always fun – whatever the the weather
We love going on family picnics to our beautiful local beach, country park and even in our back garden!
We love picnics! When the weather permits of course
Love family picnics, just need some nice weather
very nice x
We are a family of picnic’rs whether its sunny or not 😀 would love to win this
so cool love the tips
we love picnics and camping
We all love picnics….eating in the fresh air makes food taste better.
Can’t wait to go on a picnic with my granddaughter when the weather picks up
lovely set
i love taking my two grandchildren on a picnic
I love picnics with the kids, even if it’s rainy, you can have a teddy bears picnic in the living room
Great for family time and getting the children out of the house instead of in front of the tv ,phone or video games ,fresh air ,love it.
so true, thanks for reading
Thankyou! Love to make picnics fun!! X