Make your own Apple chips

We love apple chips! but buying them often can be expensive and may contain preservative. This cheap and simple method makes YUMMY appel chips with nothing nasty added, and only 2 ingredients (ok 3 if you do the cinnamon & sugar seperate. It is also a great way to use up the last of last weeks apples, or when apples are really cheap.

What you need
apples (I used 2 green apples)
Apple corer
and cinnamon sugar (or cinnamon and sugar) OPTIONAL
knife to slice apples.

wash and core apples, Slice so that each piece has the core as the centre.
place on lined baking trays (or sprayed trays)
sprinkle the cinnamon sugar
place in a 95 degree C oven for 2 hours.

all items gathered

Apples sliced, placed on baking paper and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar

2 hours later.....

DIY Drive in!

It's another wet ground, potential to rain (heavy...again) kind of day, With a 3 year old Lumpy to entertain.  I remembered seeing "Drive in" movie ideas and went hunting for supplies!

What you need
1 box (strong enough to support toddler sitting in it),
some paper to cover box (optional),
Glue,
paper/plastic plates for wheels,
colouring pencils/felts.

Adding some finishing touches

Getting a little impatient for it to dry on the other side!

Finished! parked in prime position!

Making this an even cheaper/budget friendly activity - home made air popped pop corn (diluted juice) and Madagascar movie hired free from the library!

Rainy day

With an active 3 year old and again more rain, I needed new and exciting activities so we made edible jewelry!!!
1 pack of on sale at cheerios, some pipe cleaners and away you go!

Soap crayons

With all this horrible wet weather we have had. I have had to find things to do and make that are low cost and indoor. I wanted something different and fun for both Lumpy and I.

An amazing friend gave me a great book Small fry play (Susie Cameron & Katrina Crook, Written by Sue Cant). It has a recipe for soap crayons - I thought I would give it a crack.

1 cup of soap flakes to 1 tablespoon hot water (I grated my own!)
Mix until paste like add food dye
put it in a mould for 2 days.

can be used as soap or a crayon - Lumpy colours in the tiles in the bath room. She then also uses a washer to erase it!

I really enjoyed making them. The more time that passes the more "set" the crayons become.

1 cup of soap flakes

a chunky paste (i got impatient!)

In the mould ready to set.

not too bright but visable

easily removed!

Give it a go! they really are quick to make and make bath time fun and easy - plus your tiles get cleaned!