Have fun making these super cute fudges to then enjoy at a indoor picnic with the family!

They are also a fun way to talk about emotions whilst your child is creating the faces on the fudge.

And make a perfect Christmas gift for loved ones!

Here’s how you can make yours:

Ingredients:

450g Icing Sugar

100g Marshmalows (we used pink)

2 tbsp milk

Half a tsp vanilla essence

Small cutter

Sprinkles to create the faces

Recipe:

• Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl.

• Cut the marshmallows in half and pop them in a pan, add the milk, butter and vanilla essence.

• Gently heat the pan until the mixture has melted.

• Pour the mixture into the bowl with the icing sugar

• Leave the mixture to cool, then flatten it and leave for up to 3 hours in the fridge.

• Roll out the fudge with a rolling pin until around 5mm thick and cut into small shapes using little cutters.

• Decorate the fudge with the little sprinkles to make fun faces!

• Share with friends and family! Can last up to a week in the fridge.

For inspiration for your indoor picnic here’s some of our fave pretend play toys:

Animal Macarons

Afternoon tea stand

Little Bears Picnic

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Here’s a festive craft for your child to make and hang on their bedroom door. Simply print out the wreath below, then colour it in. Then all you need to do it create a loop with a pip cleaner and attach it onto the reverse ready to hang up, super simple!

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If you fancy being even more creative you could glue gold coin wrappers or sequins on the top. To make the wreath super sturdy glue onto thick card before sticking the foil coins. We also used sweet wrappers for extra colour!

We have lots of festive crafts coming up over the next few weeks, including how to get your dolls house Christmas ready with some cute little miniature decorations you can print out and make so watch this space!

And did you know our best selling Dovetail dolls house comes with it’s very own wreath! So it’s Christmas all year round! Check it out here:

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Here’s a selection of decorations you can make to give your Dolls House a festive feel this Christmas! Simply print out this page, colour them in, then ask an adult to help you carefully cut along the black lines. You can then tack or stick your decorations in your dolls house!

To make the paper chain see below:

Mini Paperchains

Once coloured, cut out each section, then glue the ends together to make your first loop. Repeat but thread through original loop. Continue until all have been used up. You can make a longer paper chain by copying this page a few times too!

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We have a lovely paper angel you can make today to either stand on a shelf or hang from your Christmas tree! Just print out the page below and colour it in then follow these instructions:

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Carefully cut along the grey lines, slot the wings along the cut lines, then gently bend the wings into the desired shape. Make a small hole above the head where marked

with a black dot and feed a thread through to hang onto the tree.

We'd love to see your finished angels! Please tag us on facebook or instagram! And did you spot our little wooden fox toy? We think this wooden toy set makes a wonderful Christmas decoration too with it's 3 simple fir trees in various greens and a cute little fox you can arrange around your Christmas cards and decorations to create a lovely winter display! And if you are feeling even more creative why not add a mountain range or train set into the scene? Check it out here:

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Notebook

Indoor picnics and funny faces fudge!

Bedroom Wreath Craft

Dolls House Christmas Decor!

Make an angel!