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School Holiday Activity: HARIBO saves the day with fuss-free, low cost recipe to keep the kids occupied

With school holidays kicking off this weekend, and reports noting that kids will reach peak summer holiday boredom by 12th August, HARIBO is here to the rescue with a brand-new fun, fuss-free recipe to keep the kids occupied . What’s better than eating your favourite HARIBOs right out the packet in front of the TV? Cooking with them!

The recipe is no-bake and kid-friendly , so you...

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Vanilla Shortbread Bunnies

Spring recipe from Burleigh Pottery: Vanilla Shortbread Bunnies

Recipe *Makes approximately 22 biscuits

Ingredients: 150g butter at room temperature 125g icing sugar 275g plain flour 2 tbsp vanilla essence

Method: Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy Stir in the vanilla essence Mix in the flour until it’s combined into a dough Roll out the dough onto a...

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Chocolate cornflake cake filled Easter eggs

If you love chocolate then this is definitely the Easter treat for you!

We made a simple chocolate cornflake cake mixture , then we added some sprinkles and crushed mini eggs.

We found these great Easter egg moulds @hobbycrafthq which we poured melted chocolate into, then put in the fridge to set.

Once the chocolate eggs were set we carefully removed them from the...

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Easter bunny meringue nests

These Easter bunny nests are so cute and super easy to make!

What you need:

🐰 meringue nest

🐰 whipped cream

🐰 chocolate bunny

🐰 mini eggs

🐰 chocolate shavings

How to make them:

Squirt your whipped cream on top of your meringue then place your chocolate bunny and eggs on top of the cream. Then grate some chocolate I’ve the top. That’s it...

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DIY Projects to Show Teacher Appreciation

Teachers are a significant part of your child’s week; they play the role of carer and educator for hours at a time. So why not start the year off by thanking them for all they do for us?

You can encourage your child to create some homemade, heartfelt projects and send them in your kids’ backpacks for their first day of term.

Get decorative

The classroom is a fun, interactive...

Family-friendly Breakfast Pastry Recipe from Great Plains Mara Nyika Camp, Kenya

HOME-MADE MARA NYIKA PASTRIES

Guests of all ages at Great Plains Mara Nyika Camp often rave about the breakfast pastries! They are surprised we can produce fresh and quality products in a middle of the Masai Mara bush setting. Making pastries can be fun and personalised - once the dough is made you can get a variety of products from it as you just need to substitute the filling. For...

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Gluten Free Chocolate Whoopie Cakes

These are lovely cakes to bake with children as they are so easy – literally throw everything in and mix – and they are great fun. They can be made with a normal whisk but it’s much easier if you have an electric one as the batter is quite firm.

Makes about 9

Ingredients

75g unsalted butter, softened or melted

125g caster sugar

150g gluten-free plain flour...

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Britain Loves Baking Launches Easter Range with an Eggs-tra Special Bunny

Britain Loves Baking Launches Easter Range with an Eggs-tra Special Bunny

Driven by their purpose to not only create baking boxes that taste good, but also do good, today Britian Loves Baking launches its Easter range with a hand packed specially created delicious Easter Love Bunny Kit (£12.50 includes mainland UK delivery). It comes with white Belgian chocolate and blue and yellow colours of...

Signature Bussolà Burano cookies by Hilton Molino Stucky Venice pastry chef Giovanni Petrillo

Looking for creative ways to keep the kids entertained? Then why not treat little ones to a taste of Venice in the kitchen with this family-friendly recipe courtesy of Hilton Molino Stucky Venice's pastry chef Giovanni Petrillo!

Young bakers in the making can now step into the kitchen of Hilton Molino Stucky Venice and learn how to bake the special Bussolà cookies from Burano, which...

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FIGHTING FOMO WITH FOCO: THE NEW PHENOMENON AMONGST UK KIDS

FIGHTING FOMO WITH FOCO:

THE NEW PHENOMENON AMONGST UK KIDS

  • New research by The LEGO® Group reveals that 55% of UK children have been fighting FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) over the past year by becoming FOCOs (Finders of Creative Opportunities) discovering outlets for self-expression and learning via positive mood-boosting activities at a time when they’ve needed it most
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