Three fun and cheap ways to keep kids fed and entertained during the holidays

The Sun

4 days ago

KEEPING children both fed and entertained during the holidays is often a challenge.
But you can achieve both at the same time by turning snack creation into a fun, cheap activity.
Try some of these ideas…
FRUIT LOLLIES: Kids will love the end result of this treat, plus it can be adapted in loads of different ways.
If you have a couple of ripe bananas to hand, wedge a lolly stick into each.
Melt a small amount of chocolate in a bowl — popping in the microwave for a few seconds and stirring.
The children can then dip the bananas in the melted chocolate.
Have a bowl of sprinkles for dipping too, or add them to the wet chocolate.
Pop on baking paper and put in the freezer for a couple of hours and the frozen lolly is ready to eat.
Alternatively, cut up chunks of fruit, such as strawberries or tangerine segments.
Dip in the melted chocolate and sprinkles before popping in the fridge for an hour or so until set.
Then add to a child-friendly kebab stick for a healthy and delicious snack.
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FLAPJACKS: A filling, easy and adaptable snack.
Following this Tesco recipe, you will need to melt 90g of salted butter, plus 90g of light muscovado sugar and 90g of golden syrup in a pan over medium heat.
Then get the kids to help by adding ingredients such as raisins and other chopped dried fruits, chopped nuts, seeds, and even chocolate chips to 150g of oats.
Stir this into the melted butter mixture.
Put it in a baking tin lined with non-stick paper and flatten out.
Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown then cut into squares.
PIZZA: Making pizza with kids is an easy win.
Asda 's pizza base mix is 92p — just add water to create a soft dough.
You can get kids involved in the kneading or roll out into circles and let them decorate with passata sauce, mozzarella and any other ingredients you have in the cupboard or fridge, such as sweetcorn, mushrooms, onion or pepperoni.
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