Well its absolutely pouring down here this morning so we are going to bake some biscuits and cakes. I have stacks of cookbooks but I can't find my Bero book that I usually use for my biscuit recipe so I just googled 'kids biscuit recipe' and found the simplest recipe ever:175g/6oz Plain Flour100g/4oz Butter or Margarine50g/2oz Caster SugarPre-heat oven to 150°C/300°F Gas Mark 2Cream the butter and sugar together until they are light and fluffy and then stir in the flour.Knead the dough together until it forms a ball, if the dough is a bit sticky, just add some more flour to the mixture.Next, … [Read more...]
Memory Books….
Ever since the kids were born I have kept a memory book for them, anything important or special thats happened to them has been stuck in their book and they love looking through them every now and again.We have just been having a look through them and having a good laugh at the pages in each book where we have written down some of the funny things that they have said so I thought that I would share some of them on here:* Grandad, you need to get the Dr to mend your belly cos its very big!* Daddy, will you scratch my willy for me....?* Look at all the stuff we just nicked! Said whilst walking … [Read more...]
Home Made Childrens Book….
Tomorrow we are going to make home made books and draw all of the things that we have done so far through the summer holidays. This is the way that we make our books, it only takes the kids about two minutes.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdOh5sz-W9w] … [Read more...]
#CookingWithKids – Super Easy Jammy Buns….
We've had a baking afternoon today in an effort to keep the kids entertained while the rain continues outside! We decided to make jammy buns first of all because (a) they're super easy to make, (b) they're delicious and (c) they're super easy to make. ;-) Jammy buns You need: 8 oz self raising flour 4 oz sugar 3 oz butter or margarine a little bit of milk to mix jam* Rub the butter into the flour until it looks a bit like breadcrumbs.* Add the sugar and mix it in.* Mix it together with a spoonful of milk at a time until the mixture looks like a stiff dough.* Roll the … [Read more...]
Recipe for home made play dough….
The six weeks holiday are here again and for those people with kids, you'll understand my dilemma with how to keep them occupied for the next month or so.My first idea is home made play dough, which should keep them quiet for a couple of hours. I always find it keeps them quieter if we have a theme when we are playing with play dough, like a shop and all the things we make go in the shop. Then when they're bored with making things they can play shops with the things that they have made. Homemade Play Dough Recipe 2 cups water 1 cup salt food colouring 4 tsp. cream of tartar (you can … [Read more...]
Homemade ice lolly recipes (for kids and for grown ups)….
Its so hot outside isn’t it?Normally in this weather we spend a fortune on ice creams and ice lollies for the kids but I've decided that this summer we'll make our own ice lollies. This should not only save a fortune but our own lollies will be much healthier (in theory ;-)).Homemade Ice Lolly Ideas for the kids Not an ice lolly as such but you could freeze bananas, either in or out of their skins. Try freezing some Angel delight in lolly moulds, as we've done in the rocket lolly moulds above. You can freeze those little fromage frais pots, pop a lolly stick in the pot before you … [Read more...]