Archive for For Kids to Make
10 Easy and Fun Easter Ideas for Kids
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve compiled some easy and fun ideas to do with your kids in the few days leading up to Easter this weekend. From cookies to artwork, dying eggs for family and friends to growing little cress eggs heads, there’s surely something that will occupy your kids and get them in the Easter spirit!
An easy recipie with mini eggs, white and dark chocolate chunks – kids will love them!
Arrowroots, lollies or sprinkles to decorate and an easy icing recipie. So easy!
Just 5 ingredients – how cute are these?
Eggy Cress HeadsI LOVE this idea! So easy to do and the kids will love checking their egg heads every morning waiting for the cress to appear!
Oh these look so fantastic and are so fun to make! Follow the easy instructions by clicking the link above.
This will take a little longer but it’s a great way to experiment using natural colours using:
Beets: Red / Yellow Onion Peels: Orange / Purple Cabbage: Green/Blue / Turmeric: Yellow / Red Onion Peels: Reddish Brown / Frozen Blueberries: Grey/violet
So cute! And super easy if you use a chocolate chip cookie mix to make the biscuits!
Probably the easiest thing to make – the hardest part is waiting 30 mins for them to set!
A great recipe to take for any friend or family gatherings over Easter weekend. No baking needed but it’s super yummy!
A little bit of preparation required, but this is SO much fun!!!
Homemade Dinosaur Bones
Posted by: | CommentsThanks to the wonderful exhibition at the Park Beach Plaza over the past few weeks, there is a bit of a fascination in dinosaurs in our household at the moment.
So on a quiet Saturday afternoon I thought I’d make some saltdough and let the kids get creative. First of all, we looked through some of our dinosaur books to get some inspiration.
In the meantime I made some salt dough which is super-easy: just mix together 2 cups of plain flour, 1 cup of salt and 1 cup of water. Mix until combined then knead lightly on a floured surface until smooth.
We got out our toy dinosaurs to make footprints in the dough, some playdough tools to help with rolling and shaping, made some bones and teeth and even poo!
We then laid all the creations on two oven trays and once the kids were finished bake in a slow oven – 120 degrees for 2.5-3 hours until hardened then leave to cool completely on the trays.
All in all a fantastic activity, cheap, minimal mess and it kept the kids busy and creating for a while!
10 Father’s Day Card Ideas
Posted by: | CommentsFather’s Day is this Sunday, 7th September and what Dad doesn’t like a handmade card?
Here are easy cards for the kids to make:
Fingerprint Monkey Card Idea “I Love Hangin’ With You”.
M&Ms Bow Tie Father’s Day Card
“I Love You Berry Much” Fingerprint Raspberry Card Idea
“You Are My Sunshine” Noodle Card
Fingerprint Golf Ball Father’s Day Card
“I’m Hooked on Daddy” handprint card.
“Daddy’s Little Monster” handprint card.
“Fishing You a Happy Father’s Day” card
You can find heaps more ideas by doing a search on Pinterest.
11 Ideas for Australia Day
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We’re lucky to have Australia Day on a weekend this year, which means a LONG weekend! More time to celebrate this wonderful country with our family and friends.
I’ve found 11 great family-friendly ideas that you can do this Australia Day. Whether it’s a giant iced VoVo cake, some pavlova or some Australia Day craft, here are some great ideas the whole family will enjoy.
Australia Day would just not be Australia Day with a pav!
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Milo Cheesecake with Chocolate Crackle Crust *drool* – say no more!
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Tim Tam Cake = YUM!!!
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Spaghetti with vegemite and cheese – sounds odd but the kids would probably love it!
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An easy and fun idea “Koala up a Creek!”
Non-alcoholic Australia Day punch recipe
FREE Australia Day Fun Pack to download for the kids.
Iced VoVo cake. Wow!
Koala Newspaper Collage – very cute!
Love this idea using items from your backyard or park – Aussie Bush Garland.
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A different take on the good old-fashioned lamington, Lamington Roll Recipe.
If you end up making any of these, I’d love you to post them to our Facebook wall so we can share it!
And don’t forget, there are plenty of Australia Day Events planned around the Coffs Coast – click here to have a look.
