Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 15 minutes | Serves: Makes 12 cakes
You will need:
• 170g butter
• 170g caster sugar
• 170g self raising flour
• 3 medium eggs (beaten)
• 50g cocoa powder
• A pinch of baking powder
To decorate:
• White royal icing
• Glitter
What to do:
1. Heat the oven to 180c
2. Tip all of the ingredients into ... Difficulty: Easy | Craft time: 5 minutes
Step 1: Draw around your hand
Step 2: With whatever colour pen you fancy, draw a straight line to the first finger, then a curved one over the finger, continuing the straight line for a little bit after the finger
Step 3: Repeat until the whole hand is covered in lines
Easy ... Difficulty: Easy | Craft time: 5-10 minutes
Got a spare 5 minutes, some scrap paper and a few stickers lying around? Why not get crafty and create your very own treasure map!
All you need is:
Plain paper
Coffee granules
Stickers/ drawings or a pen
Before drawing your map, get an adult to stain the paper to make it look old ... Preparation time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes | Serves: Makes 9 flowerpot cakes
You will need:
• 100g butter
• 100g golden caster sugar
• 75g self raising flour
• 2 large eggs (beaten)
• 25g cocoa powder
• A pinch of baking powder
• 9 ice cream cones
What to do:
1. Heat the oven to 180c
2. Use an electric whisk to ... Difficulty: Easy | Craft time: 5-10 minutes
You will need:
• A jar (any shape and size)
• Enough cold water to fill 1/3 of your jar
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
• 2 tablets of Alka-Seltzer
• Food colouring and glitter
What to do:
1. Fill 1/3 of the jar with water, and add the oil
2. Add 4-5 drops of food ... Preparation time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 15 minutes | Serves: Makes 12 cakes
You will need:
• 110g butter
• 110g caster sugar
• 110g self raising flour
• 2 large eggs
• (plus red, blue and green food colouring)
What to do:
1. Heat the oven to 180c
2. Use an electric whisk to mix the butter and sugar till fluffy
3. Mix ... Despite the use of the word experiment I am not sure it’s exactly ‘science’ but it’s certainly a fun activity that children will enjoy doing after school with their Student Nanny or their parents.
It’s so easy, just put Skittles around the edge of a plate (obviously a few will get ‘lost’ from packet to plate, ...
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The Skittles Experiment – after school fun!
