This is an all time favourite poem! Every kid in my family in the last ten years has had his hand printed beside these beautiful lines written either on a card or a small poster. This is a quick keepsake that’ll stay with you forever but takes only a few minutes to make. Here’s how…
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This year at the Trade Fair I happened to visit the Kenwood Home Appliances stall. It was a delightful experience. I was thrilled to discover the Breadmaker which makes much more than just bread. It’s a smart piece of appliance which has several pre-programmed options for making different kinds of breads: wheat, multi grain, French [...]
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When I first laid eyes on the Apple iPad it was love at first sight! After we bought it, I was fiercely protective towards it. It had to be protected at any cost from my son who had already damaged the keypad of my laptop. So for about three months he did not even know [...]
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I love browsing the internet for new ideas and what I like to call mind openers. They give you new ways to look at everyday things. Here’s me sharing one of them with you…how to re-use an old CD. You’ll need:
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Food is a sensitive issue with most kids, at one age or another. They always want to snack and you mostly want them to have proper meals. Unfortunately, there are very few locally available brands of healthy kids’ snacks, so we have to rely on imported stuff like cereal bars and other munchies from Gerber, [...]
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I came across this party game while scouring around party organizers’ lists of fun activities to do for a toddler’s birthday party. This is an interesting version of the classic balloon shooting game that we used to have at carnivals. It’s called Shoot the Chocolate. And it’s literally that! Kids shoot at chocolates hanging from [...]
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For this one, lay your hands on a fresh uncut loaf of white bread. Get a sharp long knife or a baker with one. Get the loaf cut into long horizontal slices instead of the regular vertical small ones. Take one slice and evenly spread butter on it.
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If you don’t want to use an actual egg for the traditional Easter-egg-painting part of the festivities, here’s an easy to do Easter craft that doesn’t require much in terms of materials. You’ll need: Some coloured kite paper strips Fevicol A blown up balloon Paints
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A minor accident has forced my husband stay at home. He loves watching movies and that’s what we did for the first few weeks to pass the time. But then after a while that got boring too. We had tired of playing our regular board games. We needed something new – enter Scattergories by Parker [...]
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When I was in school I was tagged the prankster of my class. I loved pranks. [Confession: Still do!] So here’s one of my Holi pranks that I have gotten away with.
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