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DIY Play Kitchen

2012-06-25T12:23:00.001+02:00

I recently attended a workshop with San Scarborough of Kid's Decor Designs and she had a great idea of making play areas inside cupboards as space savers. I had this old cupboard in my bedroom as a child and it had been sitting in my parent's garage for years-I thought it needed an update, so this is what I did:

I sanded and sanded until it was ready to paint. I probably should have used a primer but I was too lazy to do that!

Then I painted it in Velvaglo Everest Blue, with blackboard paint on the outside panels.

I then painted the existing shelves white, replaced the top one with a narrower one and got hubby to make a hole for the basin. The stove was painted with blackboard paint. We added a tap and hooks for cups and now all that's missing are some knobs for the stove!

On the inside of the door I put these hooks which I got from the R5 store (I just painted them white) for aprons etc.

I added a curtain and got some kitchen looking contact at Pep for the floor.

The end result (the other side of the cupboard is used to store all our art and craft supplies)

This mini-kitchen has been a life-saver, we're lucky to have it in our kitchen so when I'm cooking my son joins in. He LOVES it! And I had so much fun making it too-so go look for a suitable cupboard to make over in your house.

Bubble Fun

2012-06-16T20:47:00.001+02:00

Bubble fun!

This activity is lots of fun and very messy so make sure your little ones are wearing aprons or old clothes.

Suitable for children 3 and up

You will need:

old tins

dish washing liquid

food colouring

straws

paper

newspaper

1.) Lay the table with newspaper

2.) Mix water, food colouring and quite a bit of dish washing liquid together in an old tin or container. The tin should be about a third full

3.) Insert straw into tin and blow until bubbles start to overflow-it should look something like this:

4.) Lay paper on top and press lightly down

5.) Remove and repeat

For variations have more than one tin to make different colours or add another colour to existing tin to see what new colour is created! Great way to decorate paper to be used as gift wrap.

Have fun blowing bubbles!

Three Little Pigs & One Bad Wolf

2012-03-23T21:23:00.000+02:00

Something to do with your kids in the holidays:

1 - Right Click on the Picture and Click [Save As]

2 - Print it out.

3 - You can figure out the rest...