Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Before the start of this pandemic, the only occasions when I got time off cooking were one of the days during the weekend. Meal planning has never been one of my strong points. Also cooking is not something I always enjoy, especially as I have a list of food restrictions to follow. My husband can’t eat foods with coconut milk and dairy products. Whilst my daughter doesn’t like spicy food and I don’t eat beef or lamb. The list goes longer as we get older.
We have a lot to be thankful for in our lives. Our mothers are one of those things. From the time we were born to the time we graduated from uni to getting our first new home, our moms have always been there for us as our well-wishers and cheerleaders.
There are numerous ways to show your appreciation for someone during the holidays and occasions. Cards are one of those ways, and it’s not just because they’re cheap, but because they can be customized in any way that you see fit! All it takes is a little creativity and a few supplies to make your cards. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about making your cards, including card-making supplies, design ideas, tutorials, and more!
Recently, Topps have launched their latest collection, the Disney Princess Trading Card Game, which includes live-action movie stills from the Beauty and the Beast film! We went to watch Beauty and the Beast the day it came out and we all loved this enchanting story. It’s nice they kept pretty close to the original animated movie and Ms C is a big fan of Disney Princesses!
Dice Masters is a dice building game which involves each player building a team of characters from their collection of cards by taking the role of masterminds directing the actions of a team of powerful supers (represented by dice) to battle each other!
In my early days in Singapore, we hardly ever celebrated Father’s Day as my dad was always working until late and it was not as highly marketed by shops, or promoted by schools. Ever since I started to work, I realised that what my father did to provide for our family of five plus his own mother was a very hard life. I had never had the chance to show my appreciation to him at all as he has already passed away.
Now I am glad to have this opportunity to make something together with my children to show our appreciation to my husband. Baker Ross has just launched a new range of Father’s Day craft ideas. I have received the Toolbox Photo Frame kit, Father’s Day Bookmark kit, Car Wooden Desk Tidy kit, Father’s Day Car Card and Father’s Day Foam Stickers. These are our 5 homemade gift ideas!
We often find that while travelling in the car, our children get bored and I often run out of questions to ask or find myself repeating the same timetables again. So I am always on a look out for products that offer a simple and quick way to challenge their little brain in an effort to relieve boredom and keep them awake!
Dobble is a fast and furious family card game for 2 – 8 players aged 6 and above that can be played by anyone, regardless of age and interests. It consists of 55 cards, with 8 symbols per card. The cards are thin and easy to hold. The symbols come in varies sizes which make it quite hard to spot sometimes, especially the smaller ones, which makes this game so interesting! The symbols are very cute and bright.
Memory games are great games for children to play. It improves observational skills and helps to train your brain to use and grow your ability to remember. Cartamundi is the largest global manufacturer and market leader in playing cards and cards for games. They kindly sent us a pack of Visualise Junior for review. It is suitable for 8 years and above for 2 to 6 players.
Recently, my sister gave birth to two gorgeous baby boys and I would like to take this chance to make her a baby announcement card. PaperShaker has it all! They have Baby Announcement and Baby Thank You cards, Kids/Adult party invitations and Wedding stationery. In Baby Announcement, there are so many to choose from and after spending 15 minutes looking at them all. I finally narrow them down to a few by filtering by gender, colour and photo etc. This is what the final product looks like:
Brainbox Games My First Sound Snap is a unique deck of cards that lets you play two family favourites, Snap and Pairs using early-years reading strategies. It is suitable for aged 4+ and comes in 52 full colour playing cards plus 3 rules cards. BrainBox kindly give us pack one and pack two to do this review. Pack one uses letters A – M and pack two uses letters N – Z. It feels like the cards are coated which should make them more durable and water resistant. This is obviously really useful with children!
“This blog post is my entry for the Moneysupermarket Christmas Card Competition.”
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These Christmas cards were made by Mr K, 5 and Ms C, 3. They used their palms to make the Christmas trees and their fingertips for the baubles. Ms C used both her palms to create the Reindeer’s ears and used a brush to paint on the eyes and nose. Then I used a black marker pen to draw the outline of the reindeer.
“This blog post is my entry for the Travelsupermarket Postcards from Santa Competition.”
This was drawn by Mr K, 5. Santa is going to Singapore for holiday to escape the cold and he has just arrived at Singapore Changi Airport!
