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The essential guide to easter egg decoration

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The essential guide to easter egg decoration

Five steps for blowing out eggs 1. Carefully pierce the egg by pushing a pin or safety pin in at either end.  2. Try to make the hole at the base large enough to fit a cocktail stick through. Push the cocktail stick in to the egg to break the yolk. 3. Hold the egg over a clean bowl with the larger hole pointing downwards and blow into the smaller hole. The air will push the egg yolk and white out of the shell into the bowl below. 4. Once the egg feels empty, pop it into the second bowl and fill with...

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10 Healthy Snack Ideas for Your child's Party

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10  Healthy Snack Ideas for Your child's Party

1.  Crudités, raw vegetables, such as carrots and cucumber cut into sticks are great fingerfood that can be served with dips. 2.  Finger sandwiches - small sandwiches allow children to try a little bit of everything without over loading their plate. 3.  Veggie cocktail sausages can make a healthy alternative to meat 4.  Mini fruit kebabs like these by M&S 5.  Low sugar or no sugar Jelly with fruit set into it. 6.  Banana muffins rather than traditional fairy buns. 7.  Home made flap jacks packed with oats and seeds and drizzled rather than submered in chocolate. 8.  Pop corn can...

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Why are Children's Parties So Important?

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Why are Children's Parties So Important?

Some parents feel pressured to create an amazing party but children are just excited by celebrations where they are taken into account, where their emotional needs are considered, and where they feel loved. So, simply blowing out a candle and eating a cake can be a celebration in itself.

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10 Tips to Make Sure Your Child's Party Goes Smoothly

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10 Tips to Make Sure Your Child's Party Goes Smoothly

2.  Theme It! It’s much easier to make a birthday party come together if you have a theme. Give your child a few suggestions and ask them to choose, unless they already have an idea you can develop. Don’t be scared if your child asks for a character themed birthday that isn’t available in the shops, think outside the box a bit (a Charlie & Lola party could become a craft themed birthday, a Little Einsteins party could be musical themed, a Spongebob birthday party can be underwater themed and so on).

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5 Childrens Games for an Animal Themed Party

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5 Childrens Games for an Animal Themed Party

1. Safari Animal Treasure Hunt - Kids are always most excited about the treasure hunt, which is why we built an entire business around it! We've had loads of parties and have never known a child not want to take part. 2.  Safari Stepping Stones - Based on the classic party game musical chairs we designed some animal stepping stones. Children dance around a ring of stepping stones and must find a vacant one when the music stops. 3.  Sleeping Lions - Just like sleeping logs, but children have to pretend to be asleep and the first one to move is out until one is remaining....

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