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Have Fun with Chocolate Fondue

You will need;

Chocolate (milk chocolate or white chocolate…..or both…yum!)

Some of the following;

Fudge Pieces
Strawberries
Marshmallows
Chunks of Banana
Brioche Bread
Pretzels
Chunks of Apple
Mini Donuts

Photo by Flickr user Yuhui

A fork, skewer, cocktail stick or trainer chopsticks for dipping into the chocolate.

Melt the chocolate over hot water or in the microwave. If you use the microwave do it on a low heat and keep stirring to make sure it doesn’t burn (I speak from experience!)

Prepare little bowls of dippy things from the list above + anything else you can think of.

*Tip – you could do this at a kids party, if it is a large party consider setting up two or three ‘chocolate dippy stands’. Adult supervision recommended!

Make an Ice-Cream Cone Picture

You will need;

Cotton Wool (coloured if possible, if not white is fine)
Paint (pale brown)
Paint Brush
Water
Black Felt Tip Pen
Glue
1 Piece of White Card

1. Draw your Ice-Cream shape onto the paper with the felt-tip pen, include the cone part + a couple of scoops of ice-cream and a wafer too.

2. Paint the cone and the wafer with pale brown paint.

3. Draw a criss cross patten to make the cone look extra real.

4. Glue your cotton wool on to look like ice-cream, white = vanilla, pink = strawberry, yellow = banana.

5. Cut the whole ice-cream out.

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Make a Flower Collage

You will need;

A4 piece of paper (or larger)

Coloured card or paper (green + any other colours)

Glue

Scissors

1. Pre-prepare flower cut-outs, you will need to cut out;

several leaves in different sizes

several stems in different lengths

petals in different colours and shapes

circles in different colours and sizes – these are for the flower centres

2. Lay the shapes out and let your child ‘build’ his/her own flowers – one shape at a time and glue them onto the paper.

*Tip – Don’t interfere too much, they will learn about the different shapes – they will learn even more when the flower doesn’t look right because the leaf is in the wrong place! You can do this activity again and again with different pictures progessing in difficulty as they get older – try a doll, a car, a house…..

Exploring Different Textures

You will need;
some or any of the following

Wool
Fur
Tin Foil
Sponge
Velcro
Play-dough
Water
Tissue Paper

plus any other things you have which have a different texture and feel to them.

1.Put all the different textures out on a blanket and let your child feel each one. Is it hard/soft? Rough/smooth? wet/dry?

*Tip – If your child is older, blindfold them and let them feel each one and try to guess what it is.

Reader Tip

Keep little ones entertained by filling juice bottles with water, stick a number on them and play skittles. (thanks, Lisa)

(Also teach them to count by numbering the bottles 1-10 and making these their points value ie knock over a one, a three , and a nine and get 13 points. First to 100 wins! - Little Mummy)

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Fact: All kids like to make mess.

Fact: All kids like goo, slime and gunge.

Make your own play-safe Kiddie Gunge

You will need;

Custard (ready-made is fine)
Food colouring (Green + any other colours you have)
A few plastic bowls and spoons

1. Pour custard into a large bowl and add green food colouring - this is the basis for your goo.

2. Sit on a waterproof sheet and let your child mix, play with, taste, smell, and make a mess with the ‘goo’

Tips

* For extra slimey goo add some green or yellow jelly

* Add jelly snakes and worms to make a bug infested bog

* Provide straws so that they can blow realisitic bubbles in the bog

* Another take on this game is to provide 3 or 4 different pots of custard + other ingredients (choc chips, hundreds and thousands, fruit pieces, marshmallows) and let them ‘cook’ up a delight for you - go with the fruit if you’re on a diet - you’ll be tasting plenty

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Happy Sun

You will need;

A paper plate
Yellow paint
Yellow and orange tissue paper
Black crayon or pencil
Glue

1. Paint your paper plate yellow. And leave to dry.

2. Cut out lots of triangles from the tissue paper.

3. Glue the triangles all around the edge of the plate to make the sun’s rays.

4. Draw a smiley face onto your sun.

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