For Parents and Children

Decorating Food Ideas

It sometimes happens that a child doesn't want to eat some food, but if you make a dish in a special way, it will suddenly become exciting and tasty. Another way to attract a child is to cook the dish together: you can ask them to wash vegetables and fruit, cut the dough and made some shapes of it. Children adore bright and unusual tableware, so why not serve the food in one of them?

Here we suggest you some interesting ways of decorating children food, which you can make together with your child every day or for special occasion like a Birthday or Christmas.

20 Simple Ways to Entertain a Toddler

Special developing toys, sets and other children accessories are great, but you also can use anything available at home to entertain and develop your child. Find 20 different ideas what to do with your toddler in our article.

Recipe: Mini Pizzas

Children love pizza, so why not make it together? Combine playing and learning, involve your and children's imagination and make something funnt and unusual! Here we suggest you very simple recipes of mini-pizzas.

Sand Drawing

Sand drawing is a very useful activity for your children, first of all, it develops fine motor skills, speech, thinking, imagination and spatial perception. It can also be a calming activity for children. There is even a special area of psychotherapy which, using sand drawing, helps children and adults find harmony, calm down and get rid of phobias and fears.

Noodle Art

The simplest way to entertain your children is to use the items you already have in your house. We offer you to look into your kitchen and grab some noodles for he Noodle Art.

Modeling with kids

Modeling helps children discover basic forms and how how to make them. This multi-sensory experience develops hand-brain coordination, fine motor skills, agility, creativity and longer attention spans.

Modeling can also be a calming activity for children since squeezing and pounding the clay allows them to release aggressive feelings they may have. They can press and pound, knead and pinch and even dramatise scenarios.

Speaking as a Parent… The Perfect Children’s Furniture

There is an interesting new range of children’s furniture with solid consideration for exactly what it is like to speak as a parent. Each piece finds new ways of engaging children, using space and encouraging creative learning. These have already had parents drooling at their sheer innovation and supreme functionality. Everyone who has had kids – even some of those who have only ever been kids – delight at how suited they are to the desires and needs of little ones.

Finger Painting

It is known that tactile sense (i.e. touch) directly affect the development of the human nervous system, particularly the brain. Drawing is a huge experience in colour perception, fine tactile sense and a true pleasure. Than what can be better than a sensory art for kids' development and learning?

Activities in the Kitchen (1.5-5+ years old)

Kitchen could be a good area for playing and learning, there are so many things children can do! Don't be afraid to involve them in different activities, at least let them observe how you cook.

Recipe: Banana Cupcakes

Children of all ages adore stirring-up the batter! To prevent ingredients from spilling on the countertop, give your child an extra large mixing bowl. Put a wet cloth under a bowl to keep it from slipping. Premeasure some of the ingredients, so children can start mixing quickly.

Body Tracing & Finger Prints

Trace your child's body and let them paint inside it. They can be interested in drawing internals (heart, veins, stomach, etc.) or painting beatiful dresses or faces, or making themselves a cartoon characters.

How To Choose a Desk for Your Children

Kids need a work area as much as adults – remember the piles of homework, not to mention the hours spent staring dutifully into space... Not to mention that fact that today we have to make space for computers. Although children's desks acts similarly to that of adults', there are a few differences that must be taken into account. For a start, the size of the desk must be adjusted to fit the smaller stature of your kids. Next think about the function and style of the desk – is it appealing? Will this desk encourage your children to do their homework on time? If you think about a few simple factors such as the desk user's needs, choosing the right one should be as easy as pie.

Recipe: Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Tuna and Rice

It's a very cheap and eye-catching dish. You can ask your children to help you swipe cut ingredients from a chopping board and assort into different bowls. The most interesting task for them will be filling the tomatoes (you may use an ice cream scoop for this purpose).

For Parents and Kids