Tinkerbell Play Dough

We made our own Tinkerbell play dough using a basic recipe (150g plain flour, 100g salt, 2 tsp. cream of tartar, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil and 180ml water). Little Sis helped mix the ingredients, she especially liked it when we added our magic ingredients – Kool Aid lemon and lime powder and silver glitter. Our… Read More »

Making mud pies

The weather has been amazing lately so after school we got the tuff spot out to make some mud pies. We gathered some buckets, watering cans, mud and flowers and the children got to work. They made their cakes in a muffin tin, decorated them with any thing they could find in the garden. Then… Read More »

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions

Big Brother chose to spend some of his birthday money in Hobbycraft at the weekend. He chose the Lego Crazy Action Contraptions. It contains 16 high-performance projects and all the bricks, gear and axles needed. After school we made the Art-a-maton which was fun. The steps were laid out like a normal Lego manual so… Read More »