Saturday night is movie night for us and tonight for movie night supper, Hamish and I made self portrait wraps.
To decorate the face I used fruit but you could also use vegetables to allow your child to express themselves better.
How to make a self portrait wrap
To make your own :
You will need:
Tortillas x2 each
Cheese
Ham
To decorate we used:
Naartjie for hair
Apple slices for ears
Banana slices for nose and eye brows
Method
To make I used my sandwich press and placed one wrap on the bottom.
I grated cheese onto this covering the whole base.
I added 3 pieces of ham to cover most of the wrap and placed where eyes and a mouth would go.
On the second wrap I cut out with scissors, eyes and a mouth.
I placed this on top of the first wrap and closed the press until done.
To serve I put the wrap face into a plate and we decorated it with naartjie pieces as Hamish’s hair, apple slices cut to form ears and banana slices as a nose and eyebrows.
It’s no secret that I’m a massive fan of Ucook meal boxes.
So, when we were asked to become ambassadors for them I was delighted to represent a brand I absolutely love.
This also came at the absolutely best time.
We are currently packing up our home in Kommetjie to move back to Tableview and between boxes, traveling 106km a day to view houses and still trying to fit in the demands of work, wife, mom life …..Ucook is an absolute blessing.
Now, I simply pop online on a Wednesday to order for the following week and pick the meals we want to eat. Then wait for my delivery on a Monday.
Ucook allows you to choose how many servings per meal, your meals and how many times you want the meal delivered.
Taking away the need for thinking up a weekly meal plan, shopping and creativly feeding a fussy household.
Best of all ….my family love the meals, are totally enjoying a change in diet and Hamish is super eager to jump in and help me cook.
About Ucook
Ucook, was started in 2014, by two friends wanting to help people find a more convenient way to make supper.
Within two short years,Ucook stood out as a subscription meal box unlike any other.
Not only can you choose from a menu of 12 meal kits a week but Ucook also offer craft meals, baby meals and wines to pair with each meal.
Best of all you can cancel at any time, allowing you to use these fantastic services at your convenience.
Easy to order
Ucook is really easy to order. Simply sign up online, choose your meals, add them to your cart, pay and wait for your delivery.
Ucook are offering all my readers a 30% discount if they use the discount code #JUDY30
How does your kit arrive?
Your Ucook meal kit arrives in a box that is lined with polystyrene, keeping the ingredients fresh.
These boxes are also recycled by Ucook and you can hand it back the following week to the driver.
Benefits of using Ucook
There are so many benefits to using Ucook meal kits and I hope to introduce you to them over the next few weeks.
Some of the more obvious benefits are :
*convenience
*no food waste
* all meals are made from ethically and locally sourced ingredients
*a wide variety in meal choices
*suitable for the whole family
*teaches you to cook by following the recipe
*and vary your diets as you choose meals you may not normally cook.
Because each meal is designed by a chef you know that you are eating wholesome meal that meets your nutrient needs.
Teaching your child about symmetry doesn’t need to be a daunting prospect.
I made this fun game for Hamish to help him understand the concept of symmetrical objects using a few hand drawn cards and a small mirror.
Hand drawn cards and mirror
How to make your symmetrical game
To make your own you will need:
Cardboard
Scissors
Markers
Small mirror
To make your own:
Cut your cardboard into several smaller cards.
Onto these cards draw half of an object that is symmetrical. Items like faces, flowers,bodies, animals, house, kite, etc work best.
How to play
Showing symmetry
Once your cards are drawn, show your child how to hold the card right next to the mirror and explain that the mirror will reflect the image, completing the other half of the symmetrical object.
Extended activities
Let them explore on their own with the cards and you can extend this activity by having your child point out other symmetrical objects in the home for you to draw.
You can also introduce a few asymmetrical objects to help to differentiate to your child how to telling an object is symmetrical or asymmetrical .
Using your cards containing both symmetrical and asymmetrical objects, let your child try each card and classify the objects accordingly.
This unicorn fine motor activity is easy to make, great as a quiet time activity and can be brought out on a rainy day to keep the kids entertained.
Unicorn
I’ve also added a few ideas on how to extend the activity for older children.
Make your unicorn
Some of our best moments of play are with ordinary home made games we make.
This morning I drew a unicorn on some old card, Hamish coloured the horn with crayon and then he exercised those fine motor and co-ordination skills as he decorated the unicorns mane with pegs.
Let your child use coloured pegs to create a fun unicorn mane
To make your own you will need:
Cardboard
Scissors
Black marker
Crayons,markers or paint
Colourful pegs
How to make your unicorn
To make your unicorn start by drawing a unicorn head shape onto a thick piece of card with the black marker. Add details like eyes, etc.
Cut your shape out.
Let your child colour the eyes, horn and ears with crayon, marker or if you prefer paint.
When the unicorn head has been coloured, give your child a small container with coloured pegs and show them how to peg them onto the unicorn shape to form a mane.
Hamish designing his unicorn mane
Extended activities
Another great way to use this would be to help your child learn to make patterns by pegging the coloured pegs into a colour sequence.
You could also number the pegs, label them with the alphabet or with your child’s name to enhance the activity for older children.
We spent yesterday doing some salt painting. This is a really easy activity and nice to use for several ages.
It also looks so pretty when the colour runs along the salt.
To make your own you need:
Paper
Glue
Salt
Water colours or food colouring
Method:
First draw your image onto the paper.
Next trace over the image with glue.
Pour salt over the glue.
Use the water colours ( be sure to wet them quite a lot) and drip the colour onto the salt. You should notice how the colour spreads making the salt look like coloured crystals.
Have you tried this activity ? Did your children enjoy it?
I would love to share your children’s beautiful artworks so tag me on social media with the hashtag #FMmakeitmonday
Pizza is a staple in our home and there are very few memorial occasions that do not include a slice or two.
In fact our wedding buffet was a pizza spread, that is how seriously we take our live of the delicious triangle slices.
Naturally
Hamish has developed a huge love of pizza and at around 18 months old he started to call sandwiches and toasted cheese slices his pizza.
One day I simply put tomato sauce and cheese on a piece of bread, popped it into the microwave and our own simple version of cheat pizza was born.
A supper for super stars
Recently, Hamish had his friend over for supper and asked for cheat supper for supper.
I paired their super star shaped cheat pizza with a cup of corn and dome yoghurt and banana for desert and just like that we had the perfect supper for 2 busy little boys.
Normally I would top the bread with any extras, just as I would pizza crust and some of Hamish’s favourites include :
Ham
Bacon
Vienna sausages sliced
Chicken
Peppers
Pineapple
Mushrooms sliced
Tomatoes
Feta
To make you own you need:
Bread
Tomato sauce
Toppings ( from the list above)
Cheese
How to make your cheat pizza in 3 steps
Step 1
Cut your bread into the desired shape using a cookie cutter
Step 2
Smear with tomato sauce and add toppings. Cover in cheese.
Step 3
Place in microwave on high for 1-2 minutes, depending on how many slices and how many toppings you have added.
Note
Always precooked any meat you want to add onto the pizza, as the microwave will heat most of the ingredients and not cook them thoroughly.
This is also a great recipe for kids to make themselves.
