This is a very simple recipe to make playdough. You can add different food colors to make various colors. All ingerdients are edible (not tasty but edible) so if the dough is used by toddlers who decide to taste no damage is done. The playdough only takes a few minutes to prepare and costs very little.
Ingredients:
Method:
Paper Dolls
The following free printable paper dolls can be downloaded below.
You can either color and make paper dolls yourself by downloading a template which needs to be colored or just print the free printable paper dolls which have already been colored. Either way, print the templates, cut out the parts and then dress the doll.
These online paper dolls make a perfect rainy day craft for kids. Once you have downloaded, printed and cut out the paper art dolls you can play dress up paper doll games with your kids.
Free Paper Dolls:
Printable Paper Dolls to Color:
Paper doll which needs to be colored
Colored Paper Doll Patterns and Paper Doll Clothes :
* Paper Doll 1
* Paper Doll 2
* Paper Doll with no clothes (to be used with clothes below)
Paper Doll Clothes :
Do you want to teach your kids how to recognize numbers? Recognizing numbers is not enough if they do not understand the meaning of each number. These felt numbers not only help them learn to recognize numbers but also to understand what each number represents.
Materials:
* Colored Felt
* Thread/Cotton
* Scissors
* Cotton wool
Method:
1. Print the free downloadable numbers.
2. Cut out the numbers from felt (two layers per number).
3. Sew each number together (i.e. the two layers of felt) leaving a small hole to stuff the letter.
4. Fill the letter with cotton wool.
5. Sew up the end that was left to fill the letter.
6. Cut up little pictures to stick on each number. For e.g. on number 1 you will add one picture, on number 2 – two pictures, etc.
Tip/Variations:
You can use ready made felt pictures to sew onto the numbers.
This fairy table is perfect for little girls!
Materials:
* Wooden table and chairs
* Acrylic paints
* Paint brush
* Glitter
* Black or dark grey felt tip pen
* Fake flat precious stones – optional
* Silver or gold fabric paint – optional
* Varnish
Method:
1. Paint the table and chairs in the colors of your choice.
2. Download and print the picture of the fairy.
3. Draw over the lines of the picture with a thick pencil.
4. Turn the picture around and put it on the table. Place it exactly where you would like it to appear. Note that the final picture will be a mirror image of the picture that you downloaded.
5. Go over the lines of the picture with the pencil. This time you will be drawing on the plain side of the page but you will be able to see the lines on the other side. This step will transfer the picture on to the table.
6. Paint the picture using acrylic paints.
7. Go over the outlines with a felt tip pen.
8. Paint the wand with fabric paint. This puff paint gives a three dimensional affect but will cause the table not to be flat. This might be problematic if the child wants to draw on the table. If so, you might want to disregard this step.
9. Paste stones on the fairy’s crown. This will also cause the table not to be flat. See warning above.
10. Apply varnish to the table. This will help to protect the furniture.
11. While the varnish is still wet sprinkle glitter all around the fairy. If you did not varnish or if the varnish is already dry then you can apply glue prior to sprinkling the glitter.
12. Apply another layer of varnish.
This is a sweet powder that fizzes on your tongue. In the United Kingdom it is known as sherbet. It can be made by kids or for kids as a treat.
Ingredients:
* 3 Parts icing sugar
* Half part bicarbonate of soda
* 1 Part powdered citric acid (available from supermarkets or baking stores – do not use the liquid form)
Method:
1. Mix all ingredients together. Make sure that the spoon and bowl are dry. If the mixture comes into contact with liquid it will begin to react.
2. Taste the mixture.
3. Decide if you need to adjust the taste. You can do this by adjusting the proportions. If you prefer the fizz powder to be more sour then add more citric acid. If you prefer it to be sweeter then add more icing sugar. If you want it to be fizzier then add more bicarbonate of soda.
Tip:
Once the powder comes into contact with liquid (such as saliva on your tongue) it begins to react and this starts to fizz. For this reason it is important that the mixture does not come into contact with any liquid until you are ready to consume it.
Serving Suggestions:
The sherbet can be served in many ways:
* Sucked quickly through a straw.
* Served with an ice pop (or ice lolly). Dip the ice pop into the sherbet before licking.
* With a lollipop (dip the lollipop into the sherbet before sucking on it).
* Used to make the sand on a beach cake.
Looking for an interesting light meal or snack for Halloween? These ghost pizzas are a great solution!
Ingredients:
* Pizza dough
* Pizza sauce
* Cheese
* 2 olives
Method:
1. Preheat an oven to 180 degrees celcius or 350 degrees fahrenheit (moderate).
2. Roll out the pizza dough.
3. Download the ghost picture.
4. Cut out the ghost and place the picture on the dough.
5. Cut around the ghost shape with a sharp knife.
6. Bake the dough until it is nearly cooked.
7. Spread a layer of pizza sauce on the ghost.
8. Cover it with cheese.
9. Add eyes using olives.
10. Bake in the oven.
Tip/Variations:
This makes a perfect party favor and unique Halloween treats!
You can play with the size of the downloads in order to create various sizes of pizza. Either make little personal ghosts or one big one.
Step by step instructions on how to make a model town for kids.
Materials:
* A big piece of thin wood (approximately 31 inches X 47 inches / 80 cm X 120 cm)
* Acrylic paints (black, green and blue)
* White oblong stickers (to mark the road)
* Round fluorescent stickers (to mark the runway)
* Plastic toys (cars, aeroplanes, trains, fish – try get the magnetic fish that can be “caught”, football set, trucks, animals for the zoo, road signs, etc).
* Masking tape (to create straight lines)
If this is the first time you are using masking tape to create straight lines then please see our article on How to Paint Lines
Method:
1. Decide how you are going to divide your board up. Consider adding a zoo, lake, roads, rail tracks, airport, baseball and football field, area for houses, etc.
2. Paint each section the relevant color.
3. Download and print the train tracks. Paste them on the area that will be used for the trains.
4. Stick round fluorescent stickers along the run way.
5. Mark the road with a dotted line and stop signs.
6. Stick little pebbles onto the area that will be a zoo.
7. Let your children arrange the items as they please.
Tip:
Keep all of the equipment for the city in one place. Your children will have hours of fun setting it up and playing with each section.
