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Craft Activities, Easy Snacks, Family, Farm, Food, Garden, Penny Saving Mum, Recipes, School Subjects
Cress Seed Egg Heads
Looking for a great school half-term holiday craft activity that is not only educational and fun to do but cheap as well? Then you’ve got to try growing your own cress seeds at home! It is such a great activity for children to get involved with gardening and to get them more interested in understanding what fresh vegetables are too. Check out my free Happy Pebbles craft activity here as well for more ideas! In addition, children will be able to visually see results before their eyes in around one weeks time from the start of the project but daily the seeds will change and grow too! Although I have used…
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Homemade Paper-Mache Bowls
Making these paper-mache bowls is not only fun and creative, they also make excellent gifts for family and friends too! They can also literally be used as bowls to store anything in from keys and loose change to hair bands, sweets or even as a fruit bowl! Inexpensive to make and a lovely homemade gift! Check out my Homemade Napkin Rings craft here too. To make your paper-mache bowls you will need the following: 1. Coloured card or paper 2. A round balloon or dish to use as a mould 3. A glue mixture made from 3 tbsp plain (all purpose) flour and 3 tbsp of water 4. Optional varnish…
