With summer on it's way, I have been sent a copy of The Beach Book to review. Whilst you could argue that there is nothing in the book that you couldn't find on Pinterest, it collates all these imaginative ideas for things to do on the beach, so the reader has them all to hand.
Of course a lot of these ideas don't need to be limited to the beach. Making a sundial, stone, faces and stone balancing are all ideas which could be transferred into the back garden.
On a recent trip to Devon we had a great time playing on the sand dunes and looking in rock pools. I was a little disappointed that the book didn't include a key to common things that you might find on a British beach.
The book has given me some ideas of things that I would like to do with the boys. One thing I would like to do before I am 40 is to go crabbing. The book seems to say it is pretty simple. There is also a great extension to a sandcastle. Make it into a ball run! My boys would love that.
If you are off to the seaside this summer and worried about how you will keep the children amused then this book is for you. There are loads of ideas, and there is something that should engage any child. The book costs £9.99 and can pre-ordered from Amazon with it's release date being 4th June. If you would like to win a copy, please complete the Rafflecopter below. Good Luck!
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We live a five minute walk from our local beach! We love taking our dog down onto it and looking for pretty shells an pebbles! My favourite beach is at Kingscross on the Isle of Arran - sheltered, small and perfect for picnics!
ReplyDeleteOur favourite beach is Gwythian, running on the rocks or playing some cricket is always a fun thing to do
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is weymouth because it has a gentle slope down to the sea and is always very clean!x
ReplyDeleteI love talacre
ReplyDeleteI loved Four Mile Beach in Queensland. We like playing frisbee, rockpooling & crabbing.
ReplyDeleteMooloolaba, Queensland, my family live here. We love fishing, walking and playing on the beach
ReplyDeleteWe love diverting streams on Southport beach
ReplyDeleteAny beach where I can go for along walk
ReplyDeleteSkegness. I like looking for shells :)
ReplyDeleteWalton on naze is great.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is actually Mawgan Porth in Cornwall, I loved climbing the rocks, but I haven't been since I was a child. The beach we normally end up on for a day out is Skegness because it's local.
ReplyDeleteLepe beach...I love playing volleyball
ReplyDeleteWe love the beach at Sandwich and also St Margarets in Kent. In Sandwich we relax and sunbathe and play in the sea, in St Margarets we go crabbing
ReplyDeleteBlack rock sands, and we love shell hunting.
ReplyDeleteI love visiting all beaches but at the moment I have a thing for Southwold! I love just a simple walk and seeing what treasures I can see.
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ReplyDeleteI love the beach at Looe - we always went there on holiday as kids. I love building sand castles and collecting shells :)
ReplyDeleteAny beach on cornwall coast and just like to relax, sunbathe and read a book
ReplyDeleteBournemouth is lovely! We love building castles x
ReplyDeletelove sitting on Morecambe Prom watching the waves and reading a book :)
ReplyDeleteBuilding sandcastles, redcar
ReplyDeleteI love all beaches but Perranporth is my favourite
ReplyDeleteI love skegness beach and I can't wait to take my nephews.
ReplyDeleteCamber beach, a lovely sandy one.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a favourite beach though I do prefer Caribbean ones! My top activites are snoozing,toasting and watching the world go by!
ReplyDeletewhat a fab sounding book! So many fave beaches hard to choose one - we love brighton beach, the sandy beach at littlehampton, a little bay near eastbourne that i can't remember the name of, but i think botany bay is my favourite. Letting the kids explore and rockpool is fab at the beach.
ReplyDeleteWe love Lossiemouth Beach in Scotland. The kids love exploring caves.
ReplyDeleteCamber Beach is the best
ReplyDeleteisle of wight beaches, ryde and that
ReplyDeleteWe love the beach at Exmouth and the kids love building sandcastles and we have frisbee tournament!
ReplyDeleteI love our local beach (Crimdon Dene) because it holds great memories of my youth! We also like to take the kids there looking for shells and crabs
ReplyDeleteBrighton - love it, chillax watching waves :)
ReplyDeleteRailay Beach in Thailand - I like to swim and sunbathe with a good book
ReplyDeleteI love to collect shells on Blackpool beach
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beaches are in Guernsey where I grew up, perfect for swimming and best of all my favourite, rockpooling.
ReplyDeleteI love Trinitie Sur La Mer beach in France and I must admit - I'm a lazy bum who just reads when there
ReplyDeleteVenice Beach, California for people watching
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is Rinsey in Cornwall - it's where i spent my childhood holidays
ReplyDeleteWeymouth beach as the water is so clear. I love rockpooling with my daughter and making sandcastles
ReplyDeleteSouthend beach, only because we grew up there and have so many lovely memories.
ReplyDeleteSouthport beach, we love playing ball games :}
ReplyDeletecoldingham beach - I love to lounge in the sun and watch our kids splash and play, catch sealife in rockpools but they always carefully put them back ofcourse
ReplyDeleteThe beaches on the Isle of Wight for sandcastles
ReplyDeleteOn one of my last days in Japan, a group of us had a little party on a beach near the friend's flat we were staying at. It was simple but memorable.
ReplyDeletePendine Sands - sandcastles
ReplyDeletegreat yarmouth, annual visit during a week long martial arts course. lil 6 yo pulled jeans to knees and still got them wet, then turned round to pick something up and got a wave hit him on the bum, wet walk back tot eh car park
ReplyDeleteCleethorpes beach and we like to build sand castles.
ReplyDeleteMorecambe sands and play cricket
ReplyDeleteChouet beach in Guernsey to build Sand castles
ReplyDeleteMiddleton Sands at Heysham, flying kites
ReplyDeleteEAST STRAND IN PORTRUSH, CO ANTRIM. I LOVE TO WATCH THE SEA WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC
ReplyDeleteChesil Beach and love to have a paddle and relax watching the world go by.
ReplyDeleteayr beach in Scotland. rock pooling
ReplyDeleteBrean in Somerset, paddling :)
ReplyDeletesennan cove in cornwall we like to body board
ReplyDeleteCarsaig beach in Argyll where l sunbathe when the weather allows
ReplyDeletePorth Chapel, wait for the tide to go out and then swim in the big pools and go rockpooling, laze and then a bbq as the sun goes down!
ReplyDeleteA Local Beach called Grobust. Just sitting and enjoying the view
ReplyDeleteI love my home beach of Woolacombe, walking and talking
ReplyDeleteI love shell bay in Dorset, and our favourite activity has to be beach football!
ReplyDeleteCramond in Edinburgh, I like to walk out to the island when the tide is out
ReplyDeleteThe beach at Eastbourne, where I grew up. Pebbly, but still brilliant
ReplyDeleteFormby Sands - red squirells - sand dunes - miles of sand - sometimes the weather is good too
ReplyDeleteI love Caister beach - sand and tranquility
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A empty beach in Seaton / Sidmouth to run the dogs.
ReplyDeleteLulworth Cove, I love to visit and relax by reading a book
ReplyDeleteI was at this beach last summer.
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