Here are three ideas for this week which are simple to do and don\u2019t require much in the way of specialised equipment or ingredients.<\/p>\n
Eezi peezi paper puzzles<\/h2>\n
Making their own puzzles is a fantastic and inexpensive way of keeping children busy and entertained because they can make as many as they like, and Now here\u2019s creativity on the run.\u00a0 Next time your children have ice-creams or ice-lollies, keep the sticks (or ask you GP for a couple of tongue Surprise your children with a fascinating, no-bake treat.\u00a0 They will just love watching you create these Marshmallow Sandwiches.\u00a0 Do try one first so that you can judge when they are cool enough to eat.<\/p>\n Have fun!<\/p>\n Note: If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the uniquely detailed free weekly newsletter for parents in Gauteng \u2013\u00a0Jozikids<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There are a number of benefits to being a proactive source of magic, wonder and surprise for your children every now and again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":353551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[42,43],"class_list":["post-1930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-activities","tag-free-kids-activities","tag-kids-activities"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/paper-puzzles-1.jpg\" "\\"paper")
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Stick puppets<\/h2>\n
<\/a>depressors at the next visit, pharmacies stock them too). With a few khoki pens you can create some really fun stick puppets in just a minute or two.\u00a0 No gluing, no sewing, no cutting.<\/p>\nYou will need:<\/h3>\n
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Marshmallow sandwiches<\/h2>\n
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