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Last night we rugged up and headed in to the city to watch Disney on Ice “Treasure Trove”.
It was supposed to be a surprise for the kids but I forgot that my daughter can actually read now and has seen it on the calendar – oops! Thankfully she hadn’t told her little brother.
Held every June/July school holidays, Disney on Ice hits Melbourne with a fabulous ice skating show featuring everyone’s favourite Disney characters. …
With Christmas holidays fast approaching, I’ve been on the lookout for some fun and creative activities to keep my kids occupied (& out of mischief).
I recently received some goodies from Tiger Tribe to review and I’ve gotta tell you – my kids love them….
The school holidays are almost here and Artifice store has two exciting workshops for the kids.
Artifice store is excited that the master of mini landscaping Amy Wong, one of the creators behind the quirky Petite Green is doing a workshop for the KIDS!
Amy will teach your child how to create a succulent terrarium with attitude. This will be a golden opportunity for your kids to find out how to design and make terrariums from one of Melbourne’s leading terrarium-makers. Your child will learn plant selection, soil composition, terrarium care, propagating succulents and plants….
I was recently sent a voucher to go along and check out the fabulous new Kaisercraft outlet at Uni Hill Factory Outlet in Bundoora.
When I told the kids we were going shopping for some craft supplies, they were bouncing off the walls.
When we got to the store, I didn’t know where to begin. There was so much to look at and everything looked so good.
I figured I could stock up on some items to do projects with the kids, so I let them wander around and pick out some things they liked.
My daughter loves butterflies, so she quickly found these butterfly silhouette wall art.
All we did was paint the boards white and stick some scrap booking paper behind the top layer. Then we glued the layers together.
This was one of the EASIEST craft projects we have ever done 🙂
Yes, it really was that easy. And the final result was gorgeous (now I just need to sweet talk hubby in to letting me put more things on the wall 😉 )
Next on the project list was something fun for my 2 yr old son to do.
He picked out some wooden animals and a stack of new paints (all $1 each).
And he was so proud of himself for painting them all without mummy’s help (or interference).
The animals have now taken up residence by the lake generally occupied by some dinosaurs. I hope they don’t mind.
My daughter also loves birds, so we grabbed a wooden bird house kit as well.
For this one we used the same paints that we used for the animals, but your could also cover this with paper.
This one now takes pride of place in my daughter’s bedroom and is “apparently” home to a bird family.
Sometimes I dread doing craft project with the kids because they quickly lose concentration and I end up spending more time setting up and packing up, than actually doing the activity.
Not this time though. All these projects were quick and easy, and hardly made any mess (woohoo!)
We’re looking forward to doing some Easter projects with the gorgeous Easter papers I bought on the day.
If you or your little ones love craft then definitely pop down to the Kaisercraft outlet. It’s open everyday from 10am-6pm and there’s plenty of undercover parking right under the centre.
The Kaisercraft outlet is conveniently located right next to the escalator, so need need to drag the kids through the whole complex but feel feel to check out the other fab store while you’re there. While we were there a pair of Clarks school shoes (for my daughter) and a new Sheridan quilt cover (for me), accidentally fell in with my shopping – oops 😉
Kaisercraft will also be running kid’s craft workshops during the school holidays, so make sure you sign up for their newsletter to receive all the details.
I was looking for something to do with the kids over the weekend, so we decided to do some baking.
I’ve been on the lookout for some new recipes and things I can bake for my daughter to take to school.
I recently attended “Social Mums Say”, a blogging event run by kidsbusiness and one of the companies showcasing their products on the day was Philadelphia.
I received a sample bag of Philadelphia and Cadbury products on the day along with a copy of their latest cookbook “Simply Heaven Volume 3”, so it seemed like the perfect time to have a read (ie drool) through the book.
The kids quickly decided on the Blueberry & White Choc Muffins.
They were SO delicious and more like a cupcake (light & fluffy) than your typical muffin.
We iced some with Philadelphia’s new Cream Cheese Frosting (with a hint of lemon flavour) and popped some uniced ones into the freezer for school (for some strange reason there are now only three left in the freezer – note to self: buy BIG padlock for freezer).
Next on the list was a Carrot Cake with Butterscotch Cream Cheese Frosting that I have been lusting after on Pinterest for the past six months.
I’ve got to admit that I’ve never actually made a carrot cake before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one.
But I can tell you it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The cake was nice and moist and the icing was divine. I could have eaten it with a spoon (oops, I think I may have done that).
If you would like to make the muffins make sure you visit www.philly.com.au. You’ll find the recipe and 100s more. The hardest thing will be deciding what to make.
The carrot cake recipe was originally pinned from Ingrid Creates.
I would like to say thank you to kidsbusiness for organising such a great event and also Kraft Philadelphia for the yummy treats on the day and the fab goodie bag. I’d also like to thank my husband for grating all those carrots 🙂
