I'm so excited to be sharing one of my most popular posts of 2015 with you along with some of the best education, craft and parenting posts of the past year from a group of talented bloggers. Although I have already featured some of my 5 most popular posts from the past year, I want to feature here one of the most fun posts to create and share. Featured Post: Best of 2015 Saturday Science Experiment: Spies and CSIs has 3 different spy themed activities, 2 different methods for making 'invisible ink' messages (without heat or flame!) and a fingerprinting activity that does not involve ink. I love these activities because they are engaging and fun, but also safe enough that children can do this with just a little help from an adult. Who doesn't want to create a secret message? Although the invisible ink activity is super fun, the traditional method of lemon juice and a heat source isn't the most safe or kid-friendly way to do it. The pencil graphite and scotch tape method of lifting fingerprints gives such a clear fingerprint, not smudgy like with ink. Kids can really take a good look at their arches and whorls! You'll find easy to follow step-by-step instructions on the post. Best Activities of 2015 Each blogger featured in this post chose their best post of the year in the categories of Education, Crafts and Parenting. You'll find their posts in clickable links in the linkies below. You're in for a treat with these excellent activities! Best Education Posts of 2015: An InLinkz Link-up Best Craft Posts of 2015: An InLinkz Link-up Best Parenting Posts of 2015: An InLinkz Link-up To find all of these activities in one place visit the Best of 2015 Pinterest Board! Follow MaryAnne at Mama Smiles 's board The Best of 2015 on Pinterest.
Recently, I made these fluffy pink ombre pancakes which everyone went mad for. Miss Selfridge even reposted the image on their Instagram! With that said, I (of...
Because a simple gin and tonic doesn't always cut it.
Follow our tutorial to make a set of yarn birds with your little ones! These love birds are especially great as a cute Valentine's Day project
We love the tradition of an apértif before dinner, especially when the weather turns warm and we can enjoy them outdoors.
These Strawberry Chamomile Palomas are the perfect drinks to celebrate spring..
These summer cocktail recipes can keep you cool, from a piña colada to a Pimm's Cup. Find the frozen margarita, white sangria, rum cooler, Aperol spritz, or Mai Tai you've been hoping to make on your own.
five chocolate layer cakes, filled with chocolate ganache and stacked. I really enjoyed making this cake. Hope you like it :-)
I said I'd post a few tutorials, and since this is a Christmas one, I better get it in before Christmas. Paper chains were, pretty much the decorations of choice when we were growing up. It was officially Xmas when the ma came home with crepe paper, and we started the relentless folding. I thought these were just bog standard DIY decorations, but surprisingly, my post about paper chains, in 2010, has become my all-time most read blog post, and I've had people email me about how to make them. Well, finally, here's a little tutorial. (Only took me 2 years to get this together!). When I mean little, I mean rough, I'm still up the walls moving into the new studio and I've got a few project loose ends to tie, but I want to post it before Christmas, and say sorry about the delay to anyone who asked for tutorials... And it wont win Christmas decoration of the year, I'm sure someone out there has done a much prettier tutorial, but its a great project to do with kids. So don't fuss about exact measurements, angles, straightness, sellotape sticking out, etc. Just have fun. Materials: crepe paper, scissors, sellotape Note: you can do this with 1 colour or multi-colour, the choice is yours. Step 1: Taking your pack of crepe paper, cut roughly 1 inch off the end. You will be using just 2 strips at a time, so choose your next colour or cut 2 strips off the same roll Step 2: Place the 2 strips at 90 degree angle and tape together. Step 3: Fold the black, as neatly as possible, over the red, keeping the 90 degree angle. Step 4: Fold the red over the black, as neatly as possible, keeping the 90 degree angle Repeat Step 3 and 4 until you come to the end of the paper. To finish, simply tape the ends of the black and red together. I like to keep hold of the folds while I am making it, but if the kids are not able to hold the folds easily, just let it hang down while they are making it To change colour To change the colours simple tape the next colour to the previous colour eg, tape purple to the end of the red, yellow to the end of the black. Take care not to have any sellotape on the fold otherwise it wont bend properly otherwise. Repeat either until you hands get tired or you run out of crepe paper! Play around with the thickness of the paper, use a 2 inch strip instead of 1, play around with the colour combinations. These paper chains will last years, if they don't get squished in the attic. And to me, they are far prettier than all the plastic tinsel in town!
Rosemary helps balance out the sweetness in this twist on a traditional sidecar.
All January, we worked through our case of grapefruit, and this month we’ve been tackling cases of Cuties, a.k.a. clementines. They’re the perfect portable snack with a shot of vitamin C for the whole fam. This week, I was tiring of chewing those little segments, so I grabbed the juicer to change things up. This refreshing Clementine Cocktail came shortly after. It’s juicy and refreshing, and perfect for this week’s 10-minute happy hour.
DIY Deko aus Weinflaschen ist in den letzten Jahren super populär geworden. Das hat auch sehr gute Gründe. Daraus mach man Projekte in den
