CRAFTS

The Kids’ Table

A ‘RECIPE’ TO KEEP THE KIDS ENTERTAINED AT HOME

By Sarah Frow

If, like thousands of other families around the nation, you are getting thin on the ground for ideas to keep the kids entertained during lockdown, especially now that, unlike lockdown #1, we don’t have the luxury of sunshine, paddling pools and dry swings at the park (anyone else taken to packing a tea towel when they go to the playground these days?!), then turn to The Kids’ Table. London’s pop-up kids’ corner service for pubs and restaurants is offering how-to craft tutorials on its Instagram and You Tube channels to bring the crafty fun to kids at home while the business is closed.

For a bit of Valentine’s fun try making these cute love heart bunnies – why not make a few in different colours to create a whole family to play with during the month of love! Follow The Kids’ Table on Instagram (@TheKidsTableUK) for more crafty ideas for the kids during lockdown and beyond.

VALENTINE BUNNIES

Ingredients 1 piece of coloured A4 card (any colour) White paper Eye stickers / wiggly eyes One pipe cleaner One small pompom (this is for the nose; you can use a small circle of card if you don’t have pompoms) Glue stick / glue dots Sellotape Scissors A colouring pen / pencil

Method Cut one piece of A4 card in half lengthways

Roll one half into a tube and secure with Sellotape

Use the other half to draw out two long thin heart shapes – these will make the ears

From the piece of white paper, cut a heart shape for the rabbit’s belly and two little heart shapes to glue inside the bigger heart ears to make the inside of the ears

Glue the small white heart shapes inside the larger card heart ears and secure inside the tube at the top to create the rabbit’s ears

Stick on the eye stickers or glue on the wiggly eyes, add the pompom nose with glue or glue dots (use a little circle of card / paper if you don’t have pompoms) and add a mouth and whiskers with a coloured pen or pencil

Glue the white paper heart onto the centre of the tube to make the rabbit’s belly

For the finishing touch use the pipe cleaner to wrap around your bunny’s neck to make a scarf!