Rainy days are an inevitable part of the school holidays and finding new ideas for things to do can tricky.
Give one or two of these little arty ideas a try, creative children will love them!
Go dotty over wildflowers
Inspired by a gorgeous wildflower meadow we saw on a recent trip to the Peak District, we loved creating these dotty pictures so much that we made lots, mounted them and made them into thank you cards.
- Good quality paper
- Pencil
- Felt tip pens
- Coloured card (optional)
1 In pencil, sketch a couple of lines across the paper to represent a field and hillside.
2 Using paler colours first fill in the ‘fields’ with lots of coloured dots to represent wild flowers and grasses.
3 Add a tree trunk and dotty leaves.
4 Mount onto coloured card, if you like.
Beady napkin rings
Making your own café can be great fun. Make (or bake) your favourite lunch, lay the table and add your homemade napkin ring to a paper napkin.
- Craft wire or fine elastic
- Selection of beads and charms
- Paper napkins
1 Thread beads (and a charm or two if you like) onto craft wire or elastic.
2 Tie a knot in the elastic or twist the craft wire together.
3 Place on a napkin.
In your café you could offer one or two of these chocolate lollipops – they’re great fun to make.
Sheepish Chocolate Lolipops
Calories 231 per portion
Fat 12g (7.4g sat) per portion
Suitable for vegetarians
Ingredients
- White chocolate 200g bar, chopped
- Lollipop sticks 8
- Giant chocolate buttons 10-11
- White mini marshmallows 50g (2oz)
- Black and pink gel food colour to decorate
Instructions
- 1 Using the base of a mug, draw eight circles on a sheet of baking paper. Turn over paper and weight each corner.
- Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water.
- Spoon chocolate onto drawn circles. Place a lollipop stick onto each, turning once to coat. Place a button onto each circle near stick and snip remaining buttons into ear shapes and place one on each side of each button. Snip marshmallows in half with scissors and gently push into chocolate in concentric circles. Use gel to create eyes and mouth. Leave to set.
Have fun!
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