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Quilt crazy!

by Ava and Cassie

This is a fun winter project to do. It will keep you warm and cosy in bed. Why don’t you try doing our home-sewn quilt?! It’s easy, all you do is gather bits of fabric with different patterns and colors. That’s step 1. Step 2 is sew them into rows and give each of the rows the same amount of patches in them. Then once you’ve got all of your patches in rows, then stitch all the rows together with the sewing machine. That’s step 3. Step 4 is find a big piece of fabric that will cover the whole back of the quilt. Lay it down on the floor with fuzzy cosy filling inside. Safety pin it all together. Step 5. Now sew some lines down the quilt, holding the back fabric and the stuffing inside. Step 6. Go and buy some bias binding and then stitch it around the edges of the quilt. And then voila! You’re done!

its time to bake some delicious cupcakes!

by Ava and Cassie

on sunday i found a cupcake recipe so i decided to try it. i checked i had everything and i did apart from some sugar so i raced of to the supermarket to get some.

here is the recipe:

2 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla essence
125 g of caster sugar
125 g of soft margarine
125 g of self raising flour

heat the oven to 180ºc / 350ºF and put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat them together until the mixture is smooth and lighter in colour.
line a bun tin with paper cake cases and half fill them with the cupcake mixture.
cook the cupcakes for 18 to 20 minutes.you can tell when they are done when they have risen up and spring back into place when pressed.

so there is the recipe i hope you try it at home!!!

( by the way we found a vanilla and butter icing recipe and put it on the cupcakes along with some colourful sprinkles! )

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FINISHED ROOM REDESIGN!

by Ava and Cassie

FINALLY! Today I went to the shops and found the last things I needed to finish my room. I got some new storage boxes and a pot plant to put on top of my drawers. It’s really awesome. At the bottom of the page there are some photos of what it looks like now.

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thats what you get when you have kittens!

by Ava and Cassie

today i woke up and saw my pompom line across my wardrobe was shredded and i saw my cat Lulu with a pink pompom hanging from her mouth when she saw me she dropped the pompom in her mouth and ran away. i looked at my floor the bin was knocked over and there was shredded pompoms every where it was a catastrophe! (by the way they always look cute and innocent but they know they did it. there is a picture of them at the bottom of the page)this is what the kittens did!

this what we have to make all over again!

these are the remaining pompoms.

can you believe these guys did it?

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Room redesign!

by Ava and Cassie

today i decided that i wanted a change in my room so i made some plans and decided to rearrange my shelves,walls and toy boxes.i sorted everything into 4 piles KEEP, GIVE AWAY,STORAGE and THROW OUT. i picked 4 main colors for my room they were white,blue,purple and green. so far i have New sheets,New art and New posters. tomorrow I’m going shopping again for storage boxes and a plant pot for my draws I’ve rearranged lots of things today and i’m going to do it all again tomorrow i hope i find some cool things.

check out some of the new things in my room!

this is a bird painting i got for $6!

i put this on my door!

these are some of my new sheets!

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Fashion!

by Ava and Cassie

do you want to make some fashion designs and create some outfits ? then you should go to your local library and search for this amazing book written by Fifi colston, its all about fashion designing and its called wearable wonders its got things you can photocopy like the dolls i made there is a picture of them at the bottom of the page. wearable wonders is full of answers,tips,and things to try at home.i made some paper dolls and decorated them with colorful paper,washi tape(colored and patterned), tinfoil and matchsticks. if you go to the supermarket there might be some extra little things you can find to create them. I found some little cupcake cases that i turned into skirts and other stuff.

give it a try and send in what you make!

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smoothies!

by Ava and Cassie

so if you want a healthy filling snack try our smoothie recipe heres how to make them

what you need:

banana or fruit
milk
honey
vanilla essence
yogurt

first you cut up the banana and put it in the blender but don’t whiz it then poor in some milk and add a tiny bit of vanilla then put in some honey and yogurt then blend it al together and enjoy your SMOOTHIE!!!

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peg friends!

by Ava and Cassie

peg friends are fun and easy to make follow these simple steps to make your own!

what you need:

old fashioned pegs
1 piece of paper
tape
pen
scissors

step1. draw some faces on the pegs

step 2. draw out clothes and cut them out

step 3. tape on the clothes and hair

step 4.draw on some shoes

AND ENJOY YOUR PEG FRIENDS

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breakfast for dinner?

by Ava and Cassie

yummy pancakes, if you like pancakes you should read this because…

on friday we had pancakes for dinner because it was breakfast-for-dinner day! it was fun and yummy too. try this at home, we’ve got a yummy pancake picture and recipe for you. If you like you can add maple syrup, bacon, banana and blueberries – just put on whatever you would like. Enjoy your meal!

2/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tbsp melted butter

Mix flour and salt and make a well. Whisk egg and milk together and whisk into well. stir in the melted butter. Cook mixture spread thinly over base of pan. Cook until edges start to colour, flip to colour the other side.

Enjoy your yummy pancakes!

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time to climb!

by Ava and Cassie

the scaffolding has been here for nearly over a week, but tonight I explored it and went for a little walk around it and when I looked down it was really high! it was really fun and scary at the same time, and my cat likes to climb up on it a lot. I was swinging and climbing on it a lot and now I’m not that sad about it being taken away. Maybe send in your own photos of you climbing on something, add it to the comments at the bottom of the page.

this is a picture of me on the scaffolding!

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