Day 118 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do you know about monster cookies? Such an easy idea to liven up the afternoon – use ready-made biscuits or bake your own! How to make round biscuit monster sticks: 1. Spread a thick layer of icing over a Marie biscuit and place...

Day 117 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Can you remember making leaf rubbings as a child? Kids are fascinated by the the instant magical picture that is created just by covering a leaf with paper and drawing with a crayon on the paper. How to make a leaf rubbing: Find a...

Day 116 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have you ever made shaped sandwiches? All it takes is some cookie cutters to turn a boring brown bread sandwich into a math equation, shapes or a cute character. brown bread, sliced white cheese, sliced yellow cheese, sliced butter or cheese spread Extras...

Day 115 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have your kids made their own moving picture? This drawing has a rocket that moves past the moon. Ask your kids to draw the moon landscape or the night sky and on a separate piece of paper, ask them to draw a rocket....

Day 114 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have you ever made Banana bread? And have you ever made a banana bread house? A great easy alternative to a gingerbread house. Over-ripe bananas make the loaf naturally sweet, so choose ones that are riper than you might eat. To make this...

Day 113 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do you recycle your hot chocolate plastic containers? With a bit of imagination and some plastic bottle tops these make wonderful steam engine. Use drawing pins pr paper fasteners to fasten the wheels to the carton, so that the wheels can move. Add...

Day 112 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Do you recycle your egg boxes? Have a go at these very easy egg box flowers. All you need is pipe cleaners for the stems and the centre of the flower. Help your kids cut out the ex boxes into flower shapes. Make...

Day 111 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Have you ever made ice cream sandwiches? Use bought ginger biscuits for a quick treat, or make your own cookies. If your children don’t like ginger biscuits, use any firm, round biscuits. ginger biscuits (2 per sandwich) vanilla ice cream, softened just enough...

Day 110 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Are your kids organized? Set up a wonderfully efficient system of clipboards. Simply add a dado rail clip to the top of the clipboard and hang. Each one can represent a different day of the week, with all the activities listed or identified...

Day 109 of #365 Creative #Ideas to do with your kids: Make dinner time into fun time by adding details, creating different shapes or simply by arranging food in a novel way. Use your food to create an artwork on a plate. Then let your kids eat it! Try this Chicken legs idea. 2...