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Pizza Fun

25 Apr

Pizza doesn’t have to be round to taste yummy! We used packet pizza base mix that just require water to make and then added a tomato sauce and our choice of toppings to our shapes… Here’s some different ways to enjoy them…

in Food· Frozen

‘Frozen’ Glacier Edible Mint Ice Castle

25 Apr

This yummy activity requires a substantial amount of imagination, lol, we had a vision of an amazing castle of ice shards…. Instead this is how it turned out. We may have bitten off more than we could chew but the girls loved making it and the fun was not only in the trying but also in the devouring afterwards 🙂… View Post

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Cake Decoration Competition

16 Apr

We bought value sponge cakes for 58p each, some sweeties, a block of butter and some icing sugar…we already had food colouring in the cupboard. We made cake stands using a food tin topped with a circle of cardboard covered with a doily, we mixed butter with icing sugar to make the cake covering and icing sugar with water and… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun

Indoor Campout

16 Apr

We decided we wanted to go camping but didn’t fancy pitching up in the rain so we had an indoor campout instead.. Here’s what we did…

in Indoor Fun· Outdoor Fun

Carpet Roll Tube Totem Pole

13 Apr

After finding a carpet roll tube in a skip we decided that we wanted to make our own totem pole, so we set about drawing and painting it and then with some team work and effort we lugged it up a really big hill to stand it up in all it’s glory overlooking the valleys of South Wales… (We used… View Post

in Indoor Fun· Outdoor Fun

Milk Carton Butterflies

8 Apr

Full of the joys of spring and with a lovely blue sky overhead we decided we wanted to bring some colour to the trees… So we made some beautiful butterflies… Here’s how we did it.. We washed out some empty milk cartons. I then carefully cut the carton into strips and drew butterflies on them for the kids to carefully… View Post

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Baguette Battle Picnic Competition

22 Mar

With a love of Subway in tow we decided to head to the forest for a springtime picnic with a difference… We were going to have a baguette battle & compete in making our own deliciously filled baguettes. We had a few other activities on the agenda including duck feeding, fairy door building & searching for signs of spring, but… View Post

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