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Friday, 20 June 2014

What did Little Ze do during his school holiday?

School holiday just over! So, you may ask what did Little Ze do during his school holiday? Hmm… I wanted him to have a fun school holiday. I let him to have some activities to keep him busy with enough down-time so I wasn’t worn out. At the same time, the activities would keep him away from computer; else he would stick to the computer for long hours. 

Here are some of the fun activities we had during this school holiday.

Making gift wrapping paper from brown paper

We were invited to attend a train themed birthday party by a friend of mine during the school holiday. I bought a classic train as a birthday gift. Little Ze loved it so much and he couldn’t wait to wrap this present. Instead of buying a wrapping paper, I let him made a gift wrapping paper from a used brown paper. At the same time, I could introduce him how to reuse the paper and save the environment. I prepared him a train-shaped and cupcake-shaped sponge, paint (NIKKI products from my bestie. Thank you, Min!), alphabets clear stamps and ink. After the creation was completed, we wrapped the present. Wow, it was one-of-a-kind wrapping paper! Cool! By the way, we had some compliments from the crowd at the party. So happy!





Finger painting

Little Ze loved finger painting. He always asks for that. This time I let Baby Hang to join in the fun as well. I let them played before their bath. The finger paint, again, it’s a NIKKI product and it’s a gift from Min.  See, how fun they are!







DIY Scale

I made a DIY scale for Little Ze to let him had fun learning about which object is heavy and vice versa.  
Construction is simple.





Note: Make sure your cups hang equal distance.

Now hang over a door and get ready for some math fun!





Be a Blue Butterfly

Little Ze wanted to be a blue butterfly. He asked me to help him to ‘wear’ his blue wings. What were his blue wings made of? It could be a blue blanket or blue towel. Cheap and fun!



Looking for Mimosa

Mimosa pudica, is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, to protect them from predators, re-opening minutes later.

Little Ze likes to look for Mimosa Pudica every time we walked home. Along the way, there are some Mimosa Pudica at the road side. He loves to touch and see how the leaves fold inward and droop.


A visit to Youth Park

We went to Youth Park with Lee Joo’s family. The kids played at the playground. Run around at the field. They were so enjoy! Baby Hang had fun too! This was his very first experience with the swing and slide.


 









A visit to friend’s house

We paid a visit to my bestie’s house. Both our kids busy cooking and baking. Oh dear, all the toys all over the places! No photo taken while playing because Min and I busy catching up while taking care of them.



That’s the end of school holiday. I think Little Ze had a fun holiday!


For now, everything back to normal. 

Monday, 30 December 2013

Tee's First Christmas Tree in the House



Tada! This was my first ever Christmas tree in my life. It was a mini paper Christmas tree. Wasn’t it lovely? I burned the midnight oil to complete this little Christmas tree a night before Christmas Eve.



I never had a Christmas tree in my house before. I was thinking to have a crafty Christmas this year to spread some Yuletide joy.  It was time for me to introduce my Little Ze about Christmas too. Instead of buying ready-made Christmas tree, I decided to handmade one for him and get him involved. I think it would make great memories.

Due to tight schedule, I had to think of something that easy to make. I looked for ideas to make simple and cheap Christmas trees using the most common and unexpected supplies that already have laying around the house, without even having to pass by the Christmas tree shop. It was quite last minute and Christmas was around the corner! Yeah, PAPERs! I had lots of papers in the house. Of course I tried not to use those expensive scrapbooking craft papers but those attached in the magazines or discounted papers. Furthermore, I think paper Christmas tree is maybe the easiest to make.

My version of little paper Christmas tree:

I used pastel colorful patterned papers. I used circle punch to out the papers instead of bell-shaped punch which very commonly used. I had my Little Ze to punch the circles. He always likes to punch. He keeps waiting for opportunity to punch. Well, he was so happy as we had so many to punch.  I wrapped each circle around a round pen or sharpie marker to curl the edges. Then, I applied it on cone shaped cardboard using craft glue. I punched some leaf-shaped using EK Success Quilling Carnation Slim Petal Punch and attached them in between. I stamped Christmas sentiment on a white cardstock, inked the edges and embellished with pearls. For the Christmas tree topper, I punched stars and fixed them at a lollipop stick. I tied a green ribbon underneath. I added white ellipse sequins to ‘bling’ up the tree.

                    

I was so happy and excited to have this little Christmas tree in my room. My Little Ze was happy too! We had a merry holiday with our own little Christmas tree in the house!