Kids

Basic Raw Chocolate Recipe Cut 80g of raw cacao butter into small pieces Place the cacao butter in a bowl over a pan of hot water and melt gently Add in 80g of raw cacao powder and mix using a spoon And 3 tbsp of yacon syrup or your favorite sweetener Once completely melted and blended, pour the mixture into …

Call for Creativity Liudmila, a Moldovan art teacher and artist, facilitated the creation of hundreds of postcards for the project. She even accompanied us to the Basel Postkarten Festival on November 4th. Take a look at the artwork submitted by over 150 children from Moldova, Georgia and Switzerland. Vote for your favourites postcards in our galleries.

On MyDrawingTutorial YouTube channel there are lots of drawing tutorials on portrait and figure drawing. You can learn from different artists and teachers. The goal of the creator of this channel is to create a community on YouTube where artist can learn and share ideas. Brandon Schaefer on his channel SchaeferArt explores concepts of art and life. He posts videos …

Citrus Peel Garland Cut peels into geometric shapes and string them into a decorative garland when they’re dry! You will need: oranges, a knife to cut the oranges in half (adults only), scissors, baker’s twine, a baking/cookie sheet, hand juicer, spoon. Scrape the orange peels clean with a spoon. Flatten the orange peels out a bit then cut them into …

Color with broken crayons Difficulties with fine motor skills can make it tough to grip a pencil. Coloring with small, broken crayons encourages your child to hold the crayon correctly—between her thumb and forefinger. Small pieces of chalk and the pencils used on mini-golf courses work well, too. No matter what you use, this activity a fun way to challenge …

Read together throughout the day, everyday. Both as a part of your daily routine (for example, a book before bedtime) and at other times just because. This quiet shared reading time helps your child to learn that reading is pleasurable and relaxing. Continue to make time to read aloud together even once your child begins to read independently. When reading …

Gardens give children the opportunity to explore nature, get a little exercise, and unleash their creativity. In this age of smartphones many parents feel it’s nearly impossible to get their children excited about the outdoors—and we won’t even talk about their lack of enthusiasm for veggies. But kids are interested in nature—they just might be too over stimulated to notice. The …

Here are some tips on cooking together with kids. Take your time — expect everything to take longer than it usually would so set aside extra time for cooking and be aware, that particularly for younger children, the journey is as much fun as the destination! Expect a lot of mess — cooking is a messy business and when kids …

The team of the Red Tricycle believe the best memories are created when families do fun things together and they believe every day is an opportunity to create new stories. The mission is to help every parent feel like a rock star by inspiring them to do fun things with their kids. They offer ideas that are aspirational and actionable …