Life Hacks For Kids

YOU WILL NEED:

Oreos (Or other cookies built up of two biscuits with filling in between)

Cream cheese/ Icing

Instructions:

Put a cookie down

Take the filling of another cookie, and use it to stick a second cookie on top of the first one. (Side note: Do not throw the remaining biscuit pieces out! You’ll need them at step 4.)

Cover up the sides and top with cream cheese or icing

Break one of your leftover biscuit halves (from step 2) in half and rub the two new sides together above the ‘cake’, so you get crumbs on the top that look like sprinkles.

Enjoy!

YOU WILL NEED:

Strawberries

A straw

‘Something we call strength’

Instructions:

Grab a strawberry

Put your hand over the far end of the straw

Push the straw through the strawberry (Using ‘Something we call strength’)

Ta-da! You’ll now have the horrible green bit on the end of your straw. Take your finger off the other end and BLOW. It works just like a blowdart! (But a little less effective.)

YOU WILL NEED:

Bread

A slice of a topping of your choice

A knife or pizza cutter

A chopping board (Optional)

!!Warning!! Pizza cutters and knives are sharp!

Instructions:

Put down a slice of bread

Put down your two slices of topping of choice (On top of a chopping board, preferably)

Slice them both in half

Put the sliced circles on top of the bread - let them overlap. (Line up the sides of the semi-circles with the sides of the bread)

Put the other slice on top and you’re done!

YOU WILL NEED:

3 Candy canes

Two rubber bands

Instructions:

Put all the candy canes against each other

Tightly wrap the first rubber band around the candy canes at the bottom

Tightly wrap the second rubber band around the candy canes higher up

Adjust the candy canes to the position shown in the image.

YOU WILL NEED:

An empty chip/ crisp packet

Some (colourful) ribbon, yarn or tape

A gift

Instructions:

Turn the bag inside out, so the silver is on the outside

Brush off any crumbs

Put your gift inside the ‘new’ bag

Close the bag and seal it with ribbon or tape.

YOU WILL NEED:

Glue

A plastic bag/ See through folder

A snowflake template (optional)

Instructions:

(Optional) Put the template underneath the plastic

Draw or trace the outline of your snowflake with glue

Fill in the whole snowflake (More glue means it’ll take longer to dry!)

Wait a day for it to dry, then peel it off and stick it on the window!

YOU WILL NEED:

A box of baking soda

A can of shaving cream

A big bowl

A (wooden) spoon

!!Warning!! Can get VERY messy.

Instructions:

Put all the baking soda into a big bowl

Add the shaving cream

Slowly add more shaving cream and baking soda whilst stirring

Keep stirring until it looks and feels like snow!