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One of the kid’s magazine that I subscribed for my children featured a story about the Titanic. They seem to be very intrigued about it. I guess it sounded like a fairy tale coz’ my son asked “Mom, is this real?” After our little reading session on the Titanic, I found this great video explaining how the Titanic sank. If you want to add a little Titanic into your children’s homeschooling, you’ll like this video.

Here is an activity that you can give your children to do when they get restless or bored: fun with paper cups.

So happened I had some paper cups around the house and they were getting a bit dirty cuz’ we hadn’t used them for a long time. I gave them to my kids and said “see what stuff you can create out of them”. And this is what they made:

They made binoculars, flowers and a gift. They also drew pictures on some. This would make a good activity for toddlers too. It will build their pre-writing skills. Gives them something to scribble on besides paper.

Here’s my boy cutting away. I didn’t give them any instructions. Well… I did show them one thing and that was to cut it so it would look like flower petals. That was it. The rest was up to their imagination and creativity.

Flowers for mommy!

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Looking for a nice, homemade gift for Mother’s Day? Let me show you how I put together a candy flower. Candy bouquets make very special gifts. Nice to look at and yummy to eat.

Step 1: Attach 2 candy sweets of your choice to a bamboo stick. I used cellophane tape to hold it in place.

Step 2: Cut out colored or patterned paper into squares (measurement about 4″ x 4″). This is the “petals” part of your candy flower. Use 2-3 pieces of paper. You can also use different colors for a nicer effect.

Step 3: Cut a little hole in the middle of the paper and put it through the bamboo skewer. Bunch up the bottom of the papers a bit. Just look at the picture, you’ll get the idea.

Step 4: I used a green cloth tape for the bottom. It is stickier than cellophane tape and holds the candy flower together better. However, a better alternative is green floral tape (I think that is what it is called). I couldn’t find it here so I just made do with what I could find.

Step 5: I cut out a long piece of ribbon (the one that you can make curl). It was too thick so I shredded it into 4. Just tie them to the bottom of the flower and then curl it.

This is what it looks like in the end.

Bunch them all together and this is what you get. Of course, it would be nice to find an appropriate container, put some styrofoam or floral foam at the bottom and then stick them in there to form a nice arrangement.

Hope I have given you an idea of how to make a candy bouquet. Now have fun making one yourself. Happy Mother’s Day.

p.s. My 9 year old daughter could make this. May not look very pretty at first though. Hahahah. But I’m sure with practice, your kids will start to churn out beautiful candy flowers.

p.s.s. For more candy bouquet ideas and illustrated instructions on how to make candy bouquets, there are 2 excellent step-by-step guide called “How to make beautiful candy bouquets for fun and profit” and “Candy bouquet designs”. You will quickly learn how to make memorable candy bouquets for any occasion. Click here to check it out: Candy Bouquet Instructions.
And if you want to make some money on the side, you can even start a candy bouquet business. The guide includes notes on how to start the business.