Mum's Mail Johannesburg - East Rand December 2018 / January 2019

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Issue 17 • Johannesburg - East Rand • Dec 2018/Jan 2019

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Meet our cover star family The Mophatlanes

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In this issue...

Everyday Life

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Meet our sweet Cover Star family and find out what’s happening this festive season at Greenstone Shopping Centre and Mall @ Carnival.

Home Life

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Find some great ideas for making your own gift wrap.

Healthy Life/Beautiful Life

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Make homemade bath bombs as a gift for someone special (or for yourself), plus find make-up tips to look more youthful.

Kids’ Life

Read about the new Ben 10 gadgets and toys – they make great gift ideas – and find a DIY Gingerbread Folk gift idea that you can make at home.

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The Mum’s Mail Team

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Meet the Cover Stars

Our cover stars this month are Mpumi He is just learning how to crawl, and loves to Mophatlane and her gorgeous kids; Khumo, watch birds drinking from the water fountain Marang and Sekai. in his garden, he likes to be around his brother and sister a lot, and tries to imitate Mpumi is an actress and thespian. “I’m what they say. passionate about the arts in South Africa, and one day I would like to give back to the Their street is known for its festive Christmas community by teaching drama to children,” lights and every year they decorate their says Mpumi. Her husband, Isaac, works in house with amazing Christmas lights. “Last Information Technology. year our house won most decorated house with Christmas lights and we plan on keeping Khumo (9) loves playing cricket and rugby, the title,” laughs Mpumi. and plays the drums at school. He goes for extra cricket lessons and dreams of one day “No day is the same, there is always becoming a successful sportsman. something new to discover every day, especially with three kids and three different Marang is five, and is born for the arts just personalities. It can be a mad house but like her mommy - she loves to sing, dance that’s part of the fun and the challenge; my and act! Her idol is JoJo Siwa and she wants kids teach me to be better, to be patient and her own YouTube channel, so her friends can to live in the moment. I’m grateful to God for watch her and keep up with her busy life! them,” concludes Mpumi.

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Everyday Life

Festive Season at Greenstone Shopping Centre

Christmas time is known for its wonderful magic; bringing families together exchanging gifts and sharing delicious lunches. What better place to stock up on all your gifting and grocery lists than at Greenstone Shopping Centre? Choose from their 156 stores for simply sensational shopping or even simpler, get a gift card - available at the information kiosk on the lower level. Thereafter, have your gifts beautifully wrapped at one of the four gift wrapping stations from 7 to 24 December in support of Rotary Edenvale, New Beginnings Care Centre, Educare Foundation and Transvaal Boys Association. ’Tis the season of giving - give the gift of smiles to a little boy or girl by selecting a name from the Charity Gift tree at the Educare Foundation stand in aid of Tshepang Care Centre. Enjoy festive entertainment; create memories with Photos with Santa from 1 to 24 December at the Truworths Court, visit the Space Maze just outside Carrol Boyes for a space-themed experience for kids up to 14 years. Existing entertainment stores like

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The Fun Co. installed bumper cars recently, just in time for the summer holidays and the ever-popular, Rush Trampoline Park and the Skate Rink next to Carrol Boyes offers ample opportunity to get rid of that bottled-up energy! And of course, you can always rely on Ster Kinekor to treat you with the latest “Christmassy” releases to entice young and old!

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Home Life

Make your Own Gift Wrap Design your own colourful gift wrap. Using household items, print shapes onto plain brown paper, and create exotic patterns like these.

an even print. Dip the erasers into the paint and apply to the paper to make a pattern.

Pencil eraser: Single pencils make spotty designs.

You will need: • Sheets of brown paper • Sticky tape • Acrylic paint • Paintbrush • Plate for paint • Household items to make prints • Plain gift tags

Don’t forget to print matching gift tags and cards!

Prepare to print: Take a sheet of paper. Lay it on a flat surface and tape down the corners.

Spread a thick layer of paint over the plate with a paintbrush. Press the items for printing into the paint, and then apply them to paper. Add more paint as needed.

Cover the paper with the print design and leave to dry before wrapping.

Plastic bag: Crumple up a plastic bag and simply press it into the paint. Then apply to the paper.

Cookie cutter: Dip the cutter into the paint, and then press it onto the paper. Overlap the shapes to make an interlocking design.

Bubble wrap: Cut out a piece of bubble wrap. Press it into the paint, and then apply it to the paper to print bubbles.

Pencil erasers: Tape seven pencils together, making sure the ends are lined up to make

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Healthy Life/Beautiful Life

Bath Time Fizz

Makeup Tips to Make You Look Younger

These bath fizzes are full of fizzy fun! Watch them explode with delicious flowery scents as they melt in the bath. They’re the perfect No matter your age, there’s always a day or gift for anyone who deserves a relaxing time. two when you wish you could look a little younger. Sure, you’re already beautiful as you are, but for those early mornings after You will need: a night of no sleep, you might want to know • Blue food colouring a trick or two to turn the clock back a bit.

• Lavender scented oil • 100g citric acid Here are a few tips from professional • 200g bicarbonate of soda makeup artists: • 2 tsp olive oil • Water sprayer The Whites of Your Eyes • Sugar stars After your eyeshadow application, put a bit • Ice-cube tray/mould to make shapes of pure white on the corners of your eyes by the tear ducts. The bit of white draws Method: Combine the citric acid, bicarb and olive oil attention to your eyes and actually makes them look a little bigger. Plus, the white in a mixing bowl and mix.

Stir the food colouring into the mixture. Add brightens up potential discoloration around about 10 drop of scented oil and mix well. the eyes which makes you look more awake Spray about seven squirts of water and mix and energised. If you’d like a fancier or well. The mixture is ready when it clumps more festive look, put a bit of light-coloured together (try squeezing it together with your shimmer over the white. Then your eyes will really sparkle! hands).

Use a clean, dry Ice cube tray or similar mould. Sprinkle sugar star decorations into Go easy with foundation the mould/ice tray. Spoon in the mixture and Keep your skin fresh looking without adding press it down firmly into the mould. Leave to heavy foundations. A light mineral makeup set for two hours, then pop them out of the will balance the colour of your skin and keep mould Fill a clean, dry, airtight jar with fizzers it fresh looking. Whatever light foundation you choose, make sure you avoid really and decorate with a bow and a card. cakey products. Heavy foundation will settle into all the fine lines and pores and make you look older.

Keep it creamy As lines start to form on your face, you may want to change your makeup to suit your changing skin. One easy way to do this is to use cream-based products.

Professional makeup artist, Bustle beauty expert, and owner of Sugar Skull Makeup Marissa Hohner says, “Cream blushes, cream eyeshadow, cream highlighters will all give you a younger appearance. The more moisturised your skin looks, the younger your skin appears.”

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Kids’ Life

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Ben 10 is still at the top of the favourites list in terms of boy’s toys. Benjamin Tennyson moonlights as Ben 10, a superhero with special powers that he discovered from a young age when his signature Omnitrix device miraculously attached itself to his wrist. The Ben 10 range features all the alien figurines in various sizes and movement capabilities. Each figurine is uniquely sculpted and highly detailed, which will delight Ben 10 fans. There are also exciting playsets including the Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber and the Alien Vehicle with figure.

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Kids’ Life

DIY Gingerbread Folk

This clever kit makes a great gift for a keen cook who loves to bake. Pack up the ingredients into a fancy jar, then attach a cookie cutter and instructions on how to make these delicious gingerbread treats.

For the kit you will need: • Spoon • Clean paper • 200g plain flour • 1 tsp ground ginger • 1 tsp mixed spice • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda • 100g dark brown sugar • 100g icing sugar • Plastic bag filled with candy-coated sweets for decoration • Plastic bag for the icing sugar • Ribbon • Gingerbread cookie cutter and card tag (with instructions on reverse)

Get cooking: Heat the oven to 180°C. In a mixing bowl, add the butter, egg and syrup. Beat together with a wooden spoon until creamy.

Add the dry ingredients from the jar (except the sweets and icing sugar) and mix together well. Use your hands to make the mixture into a ball. Wrap in cling film and leave in the fridge for 30 mins.

Roll out the mixture to 5mm thickness.

Cut out the cookies and place them on a baking tray. Put in the oven and cook for 15 mins. Take out and allow to cool on a rack.

Decorate with icing and sweets.

For the icing: Put the icing sugar into a small bowl and add some lemon juice. Mix together and add a little water if too stiff. Put in a piping bag ready to decorate.

Tie a red ribbon around the neck of the jar How to fill the jar: and attach the instructions and cookie cutter Spoon in the flour and bicarbonate of soda, – and you have a wonderful homemade gift using a funnel made from paper. for someone special!

Add sugar, then spice. Press each layer down with the back of a spoon.

Add a bag of icing sugar. This way the icing sugar won’t get mixed up with the other ingredients.

Pop in a bag of sweets to decorate the biscuit, and screw on the lid.

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