Active Kids and Creative Kids Vouchers
Active Kids & Creative Kids Vouchers If you and your child live in New South Wales, you can access two vouchers per year for each category. That’s two Active Kids vouchers and two Creative Kids vouchers per year, per child. Voucher 1 is valid January to December and Voucher 2 is valid July to December. The vouchers may […]
Dental Trauma in Young Children
Dental trauma in Young Children Whether it is a fall inside or outside of the home, parents are often confused as to what is the best way to treat dental trauma, including damage to the mouth or gums or the loss of a tooth. Baby Tooth vs Permanent Teeth If your child loses a baby […]
Make Your Own Homemade Butter
Making your own homemade butter is a really fun and easy activity to do together with your child or children. This method is a really simple way for kids to experience the butter making process using a few things you may have at home. With a lot of shaking, and a little bit of patience, […]
Super Easy Banana Bread
All you need for this super easy banana bread recipe is: 1 cup self raising flour 1/4 cup sugar 30g butter, melted 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1/4 cup (60ml) milk 1/2 cup banana, mashed Walnuts for topping (optional) Method: Preheat over to 180C (160C fan forced). Line a square loaf tin […]
Children and the benefits of music
Did you know that even in utero, a child responds to the sound of music? Classical music in particular has been proven to provide soothing relief to people of all ages and is regularly used in neonatal wards at hospitals as a way of helping calm distressed babies. As babies grow, they develop a sense of […]
Easy Pasta Beading
You can make you own beading fun at home with some dry pasta, food colouring and vinegar. Add half a cup of dry pasta (we chose penne) to a zip-lock plastic bag. Add 10-15 drops of food colouring and ½ teaspoon of vinegar. Shake till the food colouring has spread evenly on the pasta. Tip […]
Simple Heart Shape Jam Drop Biscuits
Ingredients: 125g butter, softened 1/3 cup caster sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1 egg yolk 1 1/3 cups plain flour, sifted 3 tbsps raspberry or strawberry jam Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line baking tray/s. 2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla essence together for 2-3 minutes. 3. Add […]
Dinosaur Eggs
A great fun activity for the school holidays. 1. Mix together 400g of bicarbonate of soda and ¾ cup of water in a bowl to make a mixture the texture of wet sand. Add a few drops of your favourite food colouring to the water before mixing.2. Mould simple egg shapes and push small dinosaur […]
Mini Sausage Roll Recipe
A simple recipe for parties or as a weekend treat. Ingredients:1kg sausage mince1 large brown onion, diced2 large carrots, grated4 slices of bread, crumbed2 tblsp Worcestershire sauce4 sheets of puff pastry Method:1. Mix all ingredients (except pastry) together by hand in a large bowl2. Lay each sheet of pastry out on a flat surface. Cut […]
Grassy Heads
Making Grassy Heads is a fun activity you can do on the weekend together. It’s also a great thing to make for school fetes. 1. Simply pour some grass seeds into the toes of an old pair of stockings. 2. Fill with a cup of soil, tie up the end of stocking. 3. Stick on some googly […]