Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Last week, it was our last Lichfield Mandarin Club lesson of the year and it was my turn again to take the class on crafts. Besides doing crafts, I also incorporated learning to read and write Chinese characters in the lesson. Last year, we had to cancel the lesson due to heavy snow and I decided to re-use the lesson plan that I had in mind.
This week, we are getting crafty with two Tiger Tribe craft sets: 3D colouring set (Sci-Fi) and stained glass set (Sunbeam Dreams). Before I show you these two fun craft sets from Australia, first let me introduce the brand Tiger Tribe to you.
Tiger Tribe was started in 2007 in Australia with the vision to design children’s gifts and toys that were creative, engaging and affordable. They wanted to create products that children would play with, that tapped into a child’s imagination and sense of fun. They design compact and portable activity sets that are ideal for café play and travel. Now they are expanding their products in the UK and are available to buy from good stores and Amazon.
It was the Dragon Boat Festival again, which is also known as the Duanwu Festival. This year it fell on the 18th June 2018 which is the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar.
As some of you may remember, I help run Lichfield Mandarin Club which started six years ago and we often do arts and crafts with the children, especially with themes based on Chinese festivals. So this school term, one of the mummies Ailin organized some party games for the children.
I am so pleased to welcome the month of February which means spring will be here soon. I can’t wait for the weather to change! We often have craft kits at home which are great to do together during rainy days and in a kit form, it’s nice that all the relevant materials are included.
As part of the team of Baker Ross bloggers, we often receive great craft kits from them and this month, we have received a range of spring themed craft kits. We were provided Peacock Crinkle Decoration kits, Flower Suncatcher Decorations, Bug Pom Pom Decoration kits, Flower Creative Colouring Wreath Decorations and Craft pens.
How to build a Pikachu Pet Bed for your pet! This week, we have been busily involved in the Energizer® Secret Life of Pets challenge to build our own ultimate pet bed for our cuddly pets! Both my children are mad about Pokémon so we decided to build Pokémon theme pet beds for our little furry friends – Gidget and Duke.
Can you believe the summer holidays will be here in just a couple more weeks! Have you been planning what to do with your children? Why not stock up on summer crafts, to spend time during the break with your children? We often have craft kits at home which are great to do together during rainy days and in a kit form, it’s nice that all the relevant materials are included.
As part of Baker Ross bloggers, we often receive great craft kits from them and this month, we have received a range of summer themed craft kits. We were provided sea life spiral notebook kit, paracord bracelet kits, glitter sand bags, seaside sand art pictures, dinosaur wooden photo frames, farm stampers and rainbow unicorn charm bracelet kits.
Why should kids send happy mail..?
…why not?
Everyone loves receiving happy mail!
It’s wonderful for kids to be able to send happiness to their friends and family. Happy mail encourages creativity. It’s a super fun way to practice reading and writing outside of school, especially over the Summer holidays.
And the more happy mail you send, the more you receive!
Create beautiful pom-poms with Pom Pom WOW! This is a new way to beautify your world by placing pom-poms on anything to create unique displays, messages and many more. This is so easy to use and a great craft kit for children aged six and above.
This decoration station comes with 75 pom poms, adhesive dots, adhesive roll dispenser, glitter glue pen, markers, paintbrush, watercolours, removable pom trays, pipette, removable water tray, stamper pads, blotting cloth and instructions.
Thanks to Baker Ross, we often receive great craft kits from them and this month, we have received a range of Father’s Day themed kits and summer themed craft kits. We were provided wooden keyrings, wooden toolbox desk tidy kits, papier Mache farm animal pack, wood clay, giant bamboo leaves, lotus heads, powder paint fluorescent colours and scoubidou strings.
Have you seen these gorgeous Disney Art Therapy colouring books from Parragon Books? These books are suitable for older children up to adults. It features patterns, symbols and imagery from the Disney Frozen and Disney Princess franchise.
What is Simbrix? Simbrix is a connective and constructive play craft that connect together and form strong holds. It is essentially a cross between perler beads and LEGO. It is even scatter-proof during play but easy to take apart and reuse whenever you want! It can be ironed too, just like Hama Beads so you can make your creations permanent. Or you can reuse it again!
As a Baker Ross blogger, we are often sent great craft kits from them and this month, we have received Easter themed craft kits that are suitable for older children. Inside the box, they given us Easter puzzle, 3D bird scratch art, bird fuse bead kits, Easter cross stitch kits, golden eggs and artepatch paper.
It’s craft time again! This time we are going to make Valentine’s Day crafts. Mr C and I usually don’t celebrate it but thanks to Baker Ross, we are making a few crafts as family time. They have sent us an exciting range of Valentine’s Day crafts which includes the Teapot Photo Frame Magnet kits, Heart Fuse Bead kits, Heart Wooden Keyrings and Heart Cross Stitch Bookmark kits.
Today, I would like to share this Christmas tree wrapping idea for your gifts. I remember when I used to live in Singapore, every year at Christmas time, most shopping malls in Singapore offer a wrapping service. They mostly used origami wrapping ideas to wrap up presents. Not only do they look pretty, they are unique and makes the gift stand out.
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Shopping at Tesco is always a regular choice for me as not only it is a bigger EXTRA store, they also offer a free venue for our Lichfield Mandarin Club every Tuesday from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm. We have been using their community room since last year December for our Chinese class. This works out great for us as my children go to learn their mother’s tongue and I can also have two hours of child free grocery shopping and have some relaxing cup of tea at the in-store Costa.
Some of you might know that I was born in Singapore and my family never celebrated Christmas while we were growing up. As we live here in the UK though, I want my children to have some of the Christmas spirit as their friends do so they don’t miss out. So since two years ago, we started to make a gingerbread house as part of our Christmas tradition at home!
