Day 137 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have you made these ’sushi sandwiches’? Bread wraps can be made with brown or white bread, or use both to add variety. Tie the wraps with string before packing them tightly into a container, to keep them in shape. You will need: sliced...
Day 136 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do your kids like playing with masks? So easy to do, all you need is some brown paper/card and black pipe cleaners and some elastic. 1. Cut out the mouse face from a piece of brown paper as shown. Then carefully cut out...
Day 135 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have you made purple pasta before? Serve purple pasta and sing ‘The Purple People Eater’ song with your kids! 3 medium beetroots 500g pasta olive oil salt grated cheese You will need: a sense of humour! 1. Wash and peel the beetroot and...
Day 227 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Fabric and paper flowers – and paper straws. This is a great project to do with scraps of felt, paper and ribbon. Add pipe cleaners for more intricate ‘petals’. Secure the flower onto the straw with a button and/or glue or prestick.
Day 134 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do you like playing Tick-tac-toe? This is a fun picnic game and can be made with puff pastry or biscuit dough for the nought and crosses and colorful paper party straws. Eat the pastries after each game. From my book Fun Foods for...
Day 132 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do you recycle toilet rolls? Cars, animals or monsters – anything can be made out of a toilet roll! You will need: recycled toilet rolls colourful paper poster paint circle stencil cardboard for wheels scissors paper fasteners craft knife felt tip marker How...
Day 133 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Whether it’s a ladybug, cute animal or a creepy monster, pet rock painting for kids is lots of fun! You will need: different-sized rocks (smooth river rocks are the easiest to paint) craft paint (your choice of colours) items for decorating (chalk, felt...
Day 131 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have you made mad-monster meatballs. Serve up spaghetti with mad-monster meatballs and you might be able to get away with fortifying the sauce and meatballs with grated or puréed vegetables. Meatballs 400g beef or ostrich mince 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 large egg,...
Day 130 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do you have any rubber stamps at home? Make greeting cards or name tags with ink ad stamps, or learn the alphabet and spelling whist having some fun.
Day 129 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do your kids like marshmallows? So much fun and so easy to make, these marshmallow sticks come in all shapes and sizes! And there is even a healthy alternative that you can make! Make little men fruit sticks, using banana slices for the...