Once cool, knead the dough for 5 minutes to make the

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A fun way to keep the kids entertained while at home

Homemade Play Dough

CONNECT THE DOTS

Start at number one and connect the dots with a line. Follow the numbers all the way through to number 25. Once you have finished, be sure to colour in your creation.

Looking for some fun, fresh ideas to keep the kids occupied at home these school holidays? Now, more importantly than ever, it is so important that we are all playing our part and staying home except for essential trips as specified by the Queensland and Federal Governments. Here is a fun and simple art and craft project you can do from home with minimal supplies. Ingredients

1 cup flour 2 tsp cream of tartar 1/2 cup salt 1 tbsp cooking oil 1 cup water food coloring

Method

1.In a large bowl, combine all of your dry ingredients (flour, salt, cream of tartar) and mix well. 2. Mix food coloring with your water first. Then add the vegetable oil and water with food coloring to a large pot. Mix together. 3. Add the dry ingredients to your pot and mix well. 4. Cook over low to medium heat until the dough starts to form and becomes dry. 5. Once it starts to form a ball together and looks fully cooked, take off the heat. Let the dough cool first before touching. 6. Once cool, knead the dough for 5 minutes to make the dough soft, continue needing until it is soft. 7. Let the kids at it! Once they are finished playing, place they playdough in zip lock bags and store in the fridge.

Have fun and we hope this simple recipe keeps the kids busy for a few hours.

We would love to see all the creations, email a photo to admin@thexpressnewspaper.com.au or share them to Facebook and tag The Express Newspaper.

Make a time capsule

→ Get everyone in your family to write how they are feeling about COVID-19 and their experiences → A box or wrapper of your favourite home isolation snack → A list of movies or tv shows you have watched while at home → A grocery receipt → A couple of squares of toilet paper (if you can spare some) → Hand Sanatiser (again if you can spare some) → A handprint tracing of everyone in the household → Evidence of games or activities you did as a family, e.g. a score card → First holiday everyone would like to take once we are on the other side of this pandamic A fun activity for the whole family to take part in and look back on in 20 years time. Ideas of items to include in the time capsual...