AQUARIUM IN A JAR

Storm came home with some homework. He had to make an aquarium or fish tank. I Googled some ideas an the following idea seemed to be the easiest. Below I will demonstrate in picture form, how to make an aquarium in a jar.

 

What you will need:

 

 

* Pebbles (I didn't have so I coloured mielies with pink and green food colouring)
* 1 empty mayonaise jar
* Blue food colouring
* 1 smaller empty jar...
* seaweed and things that look like they belong in the sea
* glitter
*1 tsp glycerine

 

 

Step One:  Colour the mielies and leave to dry

 

 

Step two:
*Pour a drop of blue food colouring into a jar and mix
*Pour blue mixture into the mayonaise jar with pebbles

 

 

 

 

 

Step three:
*Add the plastic seaweed and other sea creatures
*Pour a tsp of glycerine and glitter into the water and mix slightly

 

 

 

END PRODUCT...VIOLA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Party was held inside a marquee tent

 

 

Marquee Tent:

 



Spiderman Party Food

 

Food and Snacks:

 

 

 

 

 

Cake:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Other Spiderman Things from the party

Photoboard:

 

 

Spiderman Bunting:

 

 

 

Spiderman Banner and Happy Birthday banner:

 

 

Table settings: Kids had been here already before I could take a decent pic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Spiderman Cake

Storm also had a DIY cake.

What we used?

We bought a chocolate sponge cake from the local bakery for R50.00
1 can of Nestle Caramel Treat - R25.99
1 bottle (250gr) Clover Dairy Whipped Cream - R49.99
1 Edible A4 sized picture icing - R60.00

 

Chocolate Sponge Cake

 

 

 

Caramel

 

 

Whipped Cream

 

 

Edible Picture Icing

 

 

First, I stirred the caramel to make it a bit runny. Then I smeared it on the cake and added the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

Then creamed it.

 

 

 

Viola!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spiderman Building Board

My son Storm turned 8 this year. We gave him a Spiderman themed birthday party. He had a blast.

I made various things for the party myself. I will start with a board I made as part of the décor.

 

 

 

What I used...

* 60cm cardboard

* Glue Stick

* Mesh tape

* Scissors

* Black paint

 

Step one: First I painted the board black and left it to dry. Then I cut the mesh tape into squares. I found a picture of a boy posing like Spiderman in the Spiderman costume bag and cut that out.

 

 

 

Step Two: I pasted the mesh tape onto the board and positioned the Spiderman in the right hand corner and stuck it down with the glue stick.

This board served as part of the party décor.

 

Welcome

After much and much and much deliberation...I have finally decided to create this Blog! Here you will see me post pictures and tutorials of crafts and other creative activities, I have done with my kids. Stay tuned for some amazingly innovative crafts and ideas - all child friendly.