Holiday Fun - 3 fun activities for kids!
If you're running out of ideas to keep the kids occupied this school holidays, it's time to get some activities lined up for the kids lest they spend time being vegetative in front of the TV.
Here are some quick fix activities to be done with kids (ranging from 4 - 12 years old). Activity 1: Shape that Dough! Activity 2: Ribbons & all things pretty! Activity 3: Do it yourself "Posh Pegs" Mind you, we've cleverly adapted this from books found in CzipLee as well as some of our own ideas, and suited it to your needs. So, we've taken time to pick activities which are simple, easy to execute and - ahem, failure proof and fool proof! Best of all: Mention any of these activities for kids (from August 23 - September 3, 2006) at our check out counters, and you'll get a mystery gift from us (limited to the first 30 customers) technorati tags: quick holiday fun ideas, crafts ,bangsar, cziplee ,activities for kidsAdd to: blinklist del.cio.us digg yahoo!Labels: crafts, school holidays
Activity 1: Shape that Dough!
Suited for kids: 4 - 8 years old
Time needed: 2 hours
Recommended because:
Kids get to mix, model, cook and paint in this "pau ka liao" (do-it-all) activity
They can easily make shapes such as: stars, duck, faces, ladybirds, letters and others
Dough Making
You need:
- water (200 ml)
- flour (300 g)
- salt (300 g)
- oil (2 table spoon)
- rolling pin/ cylindrical item
1) First, mix the flour and salt together in a bowl
2) Then, slowly add in the oil and mould the dough
3) Add in water as the consistency starts to dry up
4) Pat all ingredients into a ball, with surface being smooth
5) Then, proceed to roll it out with a rolling pin/ or any other cylindrical items
6) If the dough gets sticky, you can sprinkle on some flour to smoothen it out
7) Once you're ready to roll, you can proceed to make various shapes (adapt from items in your
house – easiest would be jelly moulds and cookie cutters!)
Bake those shapes!
You need:
- microwave/oven
- tray (heat proof)
1) Once shapes done, you can proceed to baking the shapes
2) Some tips: if shapes are big, they will take longer to cook, and if they are delicate, it can
easily break, so keep those shapes small and chunky
3) Bake the shapes for 20 minutes (180 Celsius/ 350 Fahrenheit)
4) After that, let the shapes cool for awhile ( 5 - 10 minutes)
Painting & Decorating:
You need:
poster paint
acrylics
PVA glue
You can now paint with poster or acrylic paint
Try mixing a little PVA glue with the paint ( 1 part PVA, 2 parts paint) and this will make it tough and shiny
Adapted from: The Rainy Day Book by Jane Bull, Dorling Kindersley Book (ISBN 9780751368406)(available at Cziplee, Bangsar)
Note: All art supplies (such as paint, acrylics and PVA glue) available at Czipleetechnorati tags: fun with dough ,shape mix play ,dough, fun activity, kids, bangsar ,czipleeAdd to: blinklist del.cio.us digg yahoo!Labels: crafts, school holidays
Activity 2: Ribbons & all things pretty!
Suited for kids: 4 - 12 years old (young kids & older girls, don't think the boys would be interested!)
Time needed: 1 hour
Recommended because: Kids get to dress up in pretty bows and flowers
You need: Shiny long ribbons (plastic) Paper ribbons Cloth ribbons Twist ties Glittering glue Buttons Safety pin Gold dust
Instructions:
Using paper ribbons, unfold it and combine it with plastic ribbons, cloth
ribbons (or individually to make simple bows)
Then, combine it together
- by keeping the core steady using a twist tie.
You can add in some
sparkles using glitter glue, sew on some buttons or sprinkle on some gold dust.
Experiment it with it, you should get yourself some interesting designs
and colours Combine it all together and attach a safety pin to the bow
tie/ribbon Adapted from: Original ideas from Cziplee
Note: All items above can be obtained from Cziplee Bangsar.
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Activity 3: Do it yourself "Posh Pegs"
Suited for kids: 4 - 10 years old
Time needed: 1 hour
Recommended because: Kids get to glamorize themselves with DIY jewelery It's a perfect necklace or crown when you clip the pegs on a ribbon, or a hard card (like Jughead's crown)
You need: Pegs Big brush PVA glue Plastic ribbon/ hard textured card A big bottle of glitter
Instructions:
First, fill a small dish/paper plate with PVA glue. 
Next, using the brush for the PVA glue - slather it on the pegs.
Then, roll those sticky pegs in glitter You can separately get various colours of glitter,
plonk them in various paper plates for kids to easily dip
in.Use extra glue or glitter if pegs are not completely
covered.
Next, let those clips dry (don't put it near any paper, lest it
sticks!)
Finally, clip it on a ribbon (and voila! You have a
necklace!) Or, if you feel like
a king or a queen, clip those pegs on a
strip of hard textured card to make a posh- peg crown (but make sure you staple
the ends of the cards to make it a comfortable fit for your head before you clip
the pegs on!)
Adapted from: My Art Class by Nellie Shepherd, A Dorling Kindersley Book (ISBN 9781405309349)
Note: All items above can be obtained from Cziplee Bangsar. (Except Pegs!)
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Finally..ME
 History lessons are boring, unless taught by an animated teacher. Well, that's it about me, from my very creative and animated artist - creator. Stay tune for more about my life..in this kingdom of magical books & stationery! technorati tags: history, CzipKid, kingdom, books, stationery Labels: CzipKid, CzipLand
Mouth-LESS
This is in response to Anonymous' request in his/her comment on the previous post
Our artist explained it before here:
There is a thing about cartoons, the less detail it has, the
more people will project their own emotions on to it. The lack of a mouth
invites you to decide CzipKid's mood. Like said in the movie, French Kiss: "Happy - smile. Sad - frown. Use the corresponding face for the corresponding emotion." The mouth is for you to add so well, just put whatever emotions/mouth you want on me, CzipKid ok? Remember...just have fun with it ya?! =)
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CzipKid 2.9?! (Almost there)
Ok so most of us here at CzipLee agreed that we have CzipKid in the bag but now comes the hard part again! Like most things in life, it is when we thought that we have found the answers for all the questions that another one pops up. So once again, we needed to work on the colours and make sure that we get that feel-good-factor so this was what the artist did:
 
Artist Notes:
CzipKid is the coolest kid in town, so we needed a background to show it.
in the end we went for a liquified-metal-Ipod generation kinda look.
Hip in a high tech kinda way! "I am your colours...I am!" -Quoted Fortunately-
Labels: CzipKid
We got it!
Up till this point, we at CzipLee were still just waiting for that "Eureka" moment! And when we saw it, we knew we got it....so
BEHOLD! THE DRAWING BOARD:
 Artist Notes: 2 drawings with a brush. And I got the feel of it, just need to clean up the edges. Add a bit of cuteness and sophistication. There is a thing about cartoons, the less detail it has, the more people will project their own emotions on to it. The lack of a mouth invites you to decide CzipKid's mood. Eureka, a new icon is born! "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop!" -Little Richard- technorati tags: Eureka cartoons CzipKid Little Richard Labels: CzipKid
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