"Keep it Simple, Sweetie" with Craft - Origami cat finger puppet.

Origami is a really good activity for little people.
It builds their ability to listen to instruction, it builds their hand-eye coordination and it builds their length of concentration and patience.

What you will need:

A square piece of paper.

Method:

Fold the square diagonally in half then reopen.

Fold the bottom corner up to the middle.

Then refold the top down over it.

 Fold the right corner down to the bottom.

 Then the left corner.

Fold the bottom points up, slightly angled, towards the top to form the ears.

 Fold the sides in at the angle of the ears, as shown.

 Fold the bottom point up to meet the top point.

 Then turn it over.

 Fold the top tips over.








Draw the face. Waa Laa. A hand puppet cat. xx

"Keep it Simple, Sweetie" with cooking - Home made vanilla bean ice cream

Home made ice cream is actually really easy to make and at least you know what is in it. Let me tell you right now. There is a lot of sugar in ice cream. ;). xx

 Ingredients:

1 cup whole milk

3/4 cup sugar

2 cups of cream

1-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste.

Method:

Place the milk into bowl.

 Add the sugar.






Whisk until they are combined.

Stir in the cream

 Add the vanilla.

I have an ice cream maker that I now place the mix in.

If you don't have a machine, just mix it for another few minutes then place in the freezer in an air tight container. To make it fluffier. Pull it out after it sets and scrap a spoon through it, then place it back in the freezer.

 Mix in the machine for 1hour.

 Then place in the freezer.

Everyone will love it. This recipe has no egg in it, (a lot of ice cream recipes have raw egg), so this one will last longer in the freezer then egg based ice cream..............if the kids don't get it first. xx

"Keep it Simple, Sweetie" with craft- Mother's day Flower

A mother's day flower. Cute and easy.

Things you will need;

Coloured paper for petals

Green paper for leaves

A piece of dowel. (You can get these at most craft shops or hardware store). You could also use a straw or some bamboo or a stick.

A sparkly sticker

A ruler

A pen

Sticky tape

A stampler

Method

Draw tracking lines and then cut all the coloured paper into pieces about 3cm wide.

 Get the kids to draw on these pieces.

Get some leaf shapes off google or draw your own and cut them out.

 Measure the dowel into 15cm pieces and cut with a hand saw.

 This is fairly easy. Hold the length of the dowel on a table to steady it. Then start at the top f the saw and push through a full length before you try to go back and forward. If you find it tricky just keep pushing it and don't do the pull.

 Use some sand paper on the dowel ends so there are no splinters. You can use a straw instead of the dowel if this seems a bit much.

Using a length of the coloured paper, fold it just over the half way mark with both ends.

 Then staple the middle together.

Do this with all of your colours.

 Then, holding the middle, place then around in a circle.

 Staple these in place.

Sticky tape the dowel to the back.

Then sticky tape the leaves on.

Turn it over.....






And place a sticker in the middle to hide the staple. Happy Mother's day, mum. xx