You get a potato and half it. On one half you put any shape you like.

Then you get some paints. Now you dip the shape in the paints.

You get some paper and put the shape on the paper. Now leave it to dry.

And when it is done you will have a potato print.

You need some strings and paper and paint

You get some paper. You put some paint in a container. And paint the strings and put

The strings on the paper and leave it to dry and then you have string paintings

Cora and Aislinn.

You go by the person’s interests if they like perfume then buy them perfume or if they like soap then get them soap. It is nice to rape it in their favourite colour paper but if you do not have raping paper then you can put it in a plastic bag.

You can buy a card but it is also nice to make a card or even make a card on the computer if you have a computer but if you don’t then you can make a card with pencils, markers or crayons.

And these are some ideas on what to get for your mother and your father, but we are going to begin with your mother.

Perfume, Chocolates, Biscuits, Soaps, Bath Foam, Bubble Bath, Earrings, Lipstick, Hair Brush, Rings, Jewellery, Chains, Eye Shadow, Nail Set, Watch

For your Father you should also go by his interests.

Tools, Tie, Shirt, After shave, Watch, Links, Sweets, Hanker chief, Hat, Socks, Chocolates,

If you want to make something for your father or mother go to the Art and Craft section.

Hope your mother and father enjoys their present.

By Siobhan and Emer.

Sleeping lines

One person is up and every one else lies on the ground. Every one on the ground has to stay very still and if you an inch, you’re out. However you can blink and cough. The first person to moves is up and the person who was up, may now lie on the ground.

Pass the Parcel;

First you get a little packed of sweets or a bar and put little layers of wrapping paper around it. Do a lot of them. Then get all the children into a circle. Get the parcel and give it to a child that is sitting in the circle. Start pacing it around and each child will tack a layer of wrapping paper off. Then the person who takes the last piece of paper off, gets the bar. Do this and get another parcel each time somebody wins one.

Musical chairs;

If there were four people playing, you would have three chairs. You would run around the chairs with the music. When the music stops you would try to sit down on the chair. The person who did not get a chair is out. Then you would go again, removing one chair as each person is eliminated until all the others are out but one person, and the person remaining wins.

Susan G. and Sharon T.

Children Recipies Book.

Rum Truffles.

You will need 125 5-½ oz dark chocolate small knob of butter 2 tbsp of rum. 50/g or 1¾ of shredded coconut 100 g/ or 3 ½ oz of cake crumbs. 75 g/ 2 ¾ oz/ 6 tbsp icing sugar 2 tbsp of cocoa powder.

First break the chocolate into pieces and place it in a bowl with butter. Set the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water stir until the mixture is melted. Remove from the heat, and beat in the rum. Stir in the shredded coconut cake crumbs and 50g/1 and three-quarter oz of the icing sugar. Beat until combined. Add a little extra rum if the mixture is stiff. Roll the mixture into small balls and place them on a sheet of baking parchment. Leave them to cool down until they are firm. Strain the remaining icing sugar on to a large plate. Strain the cocoa powder onto another plate. Roll half of the truffles in the icing sugar until coated and roll the remaining truffles in the cocoa powder. Place the truffles in cases and leave to chill until required.

You’ll need

150g plain dark chocolate

25g butter

100g shortbread biscuits

1 tablespoon orange juice

1 egg white

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

25g caster sugar

chocolate vermicelli.

1.Chrush the biscuits by putting them into a polythene bag and rolling firmly over them with a rolling pin.

2.break up the chocolate and melt it in a microwave oven in a suitable bowl, or in a heatproof bowl over a pan of hot water on a stove

3.Stir in the butter and when

it has melted and add the crushed biscuits and orange juice. Mix well together.

4. Form it into small balls, dust your fingers with icing sugar if it seems sticky

5.Mix the caster sugar and ground cinnamon in a dish and put some

chocolate verimicelli in another. Paint egg white onto each truffle and roll half of them in vermicelli, half in the sugar mixture. Leave to dry for several hours, then pack them and give them to a friend with instructions to eat them within two weeks.

Enjoy!

This page gives tips about how to make Christmas decorations.

First you will need a small matchbox, Christmas wrapping paper, a nice ribbon, scissors and tape.

Wrap the wrapping paper around the matchbox and then tape it.

Then get the ribbon and tie it around the box with a hoop at top to put it on your Christmas tree.

Sweet Christmas Crackers

You need the cardboard insert of toilet paper, a scissors, sticky tape, ribbons, sweets and wrapping paper.

1. Cut a section of wrapping paper bigger than the insert of the toilet roll.
2. Roll the cardboard in the wrapping paper and stick it together covering the roll, with the ends of the wrapping paper sticking out over the ends of the roll.
3. Then tie one end with a piece of ribbon.
4. Put a few sweets into the roll and tie that side with some ribbon.
5. Now you can put them in your Christmas stocking or under the Christmas Tree.

How to make a Bell;

First of all you will need an empty cherries carton, tin foil, some wool and some paints.

Put a hole in the bottom of the empty carton with a nail.

Then put the wool through the hole and tie a knot. Then get the tinfoil and wrap it around the carton.

If you want to you can paint stars, moons or anything you want to on it

Paper chains;

What you will need is some A-4 paper (lined if possible), a scissors, colours and a stapler.

1. Colour your paper.
2. Cut it the width you want it.
3. Make a loop with one piece and then staple it.
4. Then put another piece through it and staple it.
5. Continue this until the chain is the length you want it to be.

By Leona F. and Louise F.