8 Easy Easter Party Food for Kids

We do not have an oven at home, but I want to make some funny food with my son at Easter.

I have found 8 funny and simple ideas, share with you too.



1. Easter Egg Popsicles

http://kailochic.blogspot.hk/2012/03/easter-egg-popsicles.html

2. Colored Cracked Easter Eggs

http://bigsislilsis.com/2009/04/09/crazy-colored-easter-eggs/

Kids activity - Noah's Ark (1)

Recently, we had been to a special place for kids. It was the Noah's Ark.

It is the world's first full scale Ark replica.

It is in fact a big building with exhibition rooms, hotel rooms, restaurants and shops inside.

Below are the pictures of the Ark took a few years ago. I post these pictures instead of those we took recently because on the day when we visited recently, the weather is cloudy. We could not take pretty picture on that day.

Your attitude makes the world different

 

I absolutely agree this positive quote.

 

 

All of you should know that I have two on-lines shops at etsy and ebay.

 

Previously, when there was no business on a day, I must felt very unhappy.

 

I blamed that why I could not sell more, even I had done so much!

 

Sometimes, I even lost my temper and did nothing that day.

 

 

But now, when there is no business on a day, I feel happy. Because I think that I have time to review my shop listings, to check why the products cannot be sold well.

 

I also try to use the leisure time to read related books that can help me to improve my business.

 

After changing my attitude, I find that my business is better than before. At least, it is improving gradually.

 

 

I believe that if I use this attitude continuously, I must be successful one day!

 

When you face difficulty, try to think that it is a chance to strengthen or improve yourself. Then you will feel better.

More positive thinking ideas in my Pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/shinekidscrafts/positive-affirmations-thoughts/

 

 

 

Our First Own Design Bag with Angry Bird

I like designing something by myself.

When I saw the permanent fabric colors and blank small bag in craft shop, I bought them immediately.

When I told my son that we could design and draw our own bag, he was so excited.

I planned to let him use this bag to hold snacks to school cos those plastic bags that we bought were not durable.

We bought one at the beginning of the school term, but it was worn after a month. Oh my God! That was the product of Disney, it was quite expensive but it was not durable!

So I decided not to buy similar bag again.


I let my son to design the new bag himself.

He drafted on a paper and then on the bag with pencil.

He drew big sun, rainbow and clouds in the sky. On the grassland, a man was having picnic with some drinks and food on the table cloth.

I forgot to take a photo for his original work. I had already changed something on the photo below.

He used fabric colors to paint it. But he stopped before it was finished.

I felt strange and asked him why.

Useful Craft Related Facebook Pages

My son and I like to do crafts in leisure time very much.

But sometimes, we do not have any inspirations on what to do.

To help this, I try to keep records on links to useful sites.

I am thinking, I can share the links with you too.


This time, I introduce 3 useful FB Page links to you.

1. DIY Craft Projects (https://www.facebook.com/craftsdiy?ref=profile)

This page provides a lot of linkages to crafts summary everyday. A good page that deserved to like.


2. Craftaholics Anonymous (https://www.facebook.com/CraftaholicsAnonymous?ref=profile)

This site help answering craft questions. The writer is very nice. I tried to post a question previously. It posted my question very quickly and I got a lot of useful suggestions from its fans. Great !!


3. Crafts by Amanda (https://www.facebook.com/CraftsbyAmanda)

This site provides helpful tutorials that are easy to follow and fun craft projects for adults and kids alike.


For our and your easy reference, I have put the above links on the right column of my blog.

The sites will be updated from time to time.  : )

Carton Box Shield

In last Christmas, grandparents bought my son a very very big toy.
We kept its carton box package. I like to do that because carton box can make many toys or crafts.

One day, my son had a very special idea!

He wanted to make a big shield.

That was great! Thus, I let him to do the design and I helped him to do the cuttings.

Now, he is seven years old and cannot use the cutter very well. : )


The shield that he designed was quite special! It was very big (about 1.1 metres) and had a window.

The most special part was that it could be held in two ways. One way was to hold it with the hand. Another way was to hold it with the arm put horizontally across the shield.

I guess he had the inspirations from news in TV. There were riots around the world. He saw how the policemen protected themselves with shields.

This shield is easy to make and my son has a lot of fun with it.

You may try to make one if you have son(s). Boys must like that! lol!


But be careful that the boys may think that this is a real shield that can protect them.

One time, when my son played this with his friend. His friend used a toy gun to shoot him closely.

Though that is a toy gun, the bullet shoots quite strongly. If shoot closely, it may still hurt.