Paper Mache Snowman

What you need;
2 Balloons (You can have 3 if you'd prefer a bigger snowman.)
Strips of Newspaper
Paper Mache glue. 
Masking Tape
Plain Paper (last layer)
Paint decorate


What to do;
Blow the balloons up, one bigger than the other.
Cover them in the paper mache, do each balloon separately first.
Once the balloons have enough paper on them.
Leave them to dry.
Once dry tape the balloons together with masking tape.
Then cover with more newspaper.
Leave to dry.
Once dry, layer with plain paper. Doesn't matter what colour because you can just paint it white when its dry.
Once dry. Decorate. Paint or stick on eyes, mouth, nose, scarf, hat, whatever you think your snowman needs.

This project didn't quite go as plan, so unfortunately there is no progress pictures. 

One thing I can tell you though, don't leave the balloon up. As soon as the glue is dry, or mostly dry pop it. 

The balloon will start to shrink which will also shrink the paper you've just put on it and you'll have to start again. 

Cheese Muffins

Want to make super simple mini cheese muffins?

What you need;

2 cups self raising flour

2 cups shredded cheese

2 cups milk 

What to do; 

Mix together, put into mini muffins tins bake at 180 for about 15 minutes they should be nice and golden. 

Enjoy, they taste great! 

I made big muffins of these and cooked for 30 mins @180

I also sprinkled cheese on top before cooking. 

Imagination

Children have a big imagination an sometimes it's good to sit back an let them run wild with it. 

Children will have fun making up things to do as the day goes on. Although if they are having trouble with things to think of you can suggest things they can bring into their play. 

Ball Games

Ball Game Ideas.

1. Catch - Tossing the ball to each other

2. Rolling - Sitting down and rolling a ball to each other

3. Dodge Ball - Either in teams or all on all. Throwing balls and trying to get people out. Last one in wins.

4. Silent Ball - Stand around a room, not too close to other people and toss the ball to each other. If it is dropped the person who dropped it is then out, if the ball didn't make it to someone the person who through it is out. and this game is done with no talking, hence the name.

5. Tap Catch - Stand in a circle with a person in the middle, the person in the middle throws the ball to people around the circle, if they say tap you catch the ball before throwing it back to them, and if they say catch you tap it back. If you do the wrong thing you are out. Last player left in wins.

Paint fun

Yes another painting activity, 'cause who doesn't love to paint.

What you need;
Paper,
Paint
Paint brushes
Masking Tape

What to do;

Stick masking tape around the paper, and paint over it.
Pull the tape of and reveal your artwork.
Enjoy.

Painting is more than just paint.

Is your child bored with using a paint brush?
Do you need new painting ideas?
Well you've come to the right place.

Below is a list of 10 ways to paint without a paint brush.

1. Balloons - Blow the balloons up enough for your child to be able to hold, dip them in paint and paint away.
You can put rice, water, beads etc in the balloons for different prints on the paper.

2. Cylinders - Dip the end of the cylinders into paint and print onto the paper. You could also use the cylinders as paint rollers.

3. Marbles/Golf Balls - Put a piece of paper into a shoe box or something similar, roll the balls in paint put into the box and move the box around to create different patterns.

4. Fingers - Who doesn't love getting their fingers messy.

5. Wheels - Put the wheels of toy cars into paint and drive them around on the paper.

6. Shaving Foam - Put some shaving foam on the table and add some paint into it. Children will love to play with it and make a big mess, draw patterns and you can even print their creations onto paper. This activity is highly messy.

7. Nature Painting - Use sticks, leaves, acorns, flowers, all sorts of nature items to paint with.

8. Spray bottle - Fill the spray bottle with water, add food colouring and squirt away. Its best to do this outside.

9. Straw blowing - Drip some paint onto the paper and using straw blow the paint around.

10. Paint flicking - Using a spoon flick paint onto the paper.

Ball Pit

What child doesn't like balls?!

Why not make a ball pit for your child. Lots of fun and will entertain for hours.
You can buy bags of balls from different shops, I bought a bag of 100 balls from the Reject Shop but you can also get them from Kmart.
I put the balls in a porta cot for the child to play with but you could buy a blow up paddle pool, which you can also get from Kmart.
The only downside of this activity is getting balls everywhere. Before putting the balls in a porta cot they were tipped out onto the lounge room floor and went everywhere, we were finding groups of balls in all sorts of places, so the balls are seriously best to be used in a pit of some type.