This week I have been practicing baking with my new bread maker. Needless to say the local ducks have been very well fed and so far I have failed to produce anything remotely fit for the family. These failures worked in our favour today however, as I had lots of loaves of bread sitting around…
Today I decided set up a painting activity for Buddy to enjoy. I have wanted to try paper plate painting with him for a while, after reading this brilliant post by Learn with Play at Home. Baby and Toddler Play: Paper Plate Painting I prepared the paint using the Edible Finger Paint Recipe I have…
Today we have had a busy and messy play day with Frozen Edible Chalk. We also got to play with Buddy’s Auntie “Lulu”, one of our favourite people in the world and Buddy’s future God Mother (when we finally get around to getting him baptised!) We haven’t seen Lulu in ages because she works crazy…
When I posted about Edible Chalk Pavement Paint I was asked whether it could be frozen to make a chalk stick. To be honest I had no idea so I decided to experiment with a few recipes to see if anything worked and I’m pleased to say it did! I attempted various cornflour and water…
We have had an exciting morning making and playing with pavement paint today. These are non-toxic and edible paints, although they won’t taste very nice (Buddy didn’t learn that very quickly and insisted on tasting all the colours….) How to make it This is the same recipe I used in my previous edible baby paint…
I’ve been wanting to play with dough for a while but most of the recipes have a lot of salt in them which instantly puts me off as I know Buddy will be munching away at it as soon as he gets his hands on it. So I was really excited to find an edible…
It has been unusually warm here this week so we have been able to play outdoors for the first time since Buddy became more mobile. What a great opportunity to introduce him to painting! Luckily, my husband also had the day off, so we were able to have a family fun day. We decided to…
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