ALL ABOUT ME

My Name is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My Birthday is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My Favourite colour is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My Hobbies are: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My Favourite food is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My sporting team is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My Pet’s name is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Draw a picture of yourself with all your favourite things below:

MARSHMALLOW SPRING FLOWER CUPCAKES Makes 12   Ingredients

● 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted ● 3/4 cup caster sugar ● 2 eggs ● 3/4 cup milk ● 125g butter, melted ● 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Icing

● 1 1/2 cups icing sugar ● 1 tablespoon water ● Food colouring (optional)

Flowers

● 12 marshmallows ● Sprinkles ● Choc chips (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C or 180C fan forced. Grease a 12 capacity muffin pan. Alternatively line holes with paper cases. Combine flour and caster sugar in a bowl. Make a well in the centre.

2. Add milk, butter, eggs and vanilla to the flour mixture. Using a large spoon, stir gently to combine .

3. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool

4. Make icing: sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add food colouring and water. Stir until smooth and well combined. Spoon icing over cupcakes.

5. Make flowers: cut each marshmallow into 4 pieces. Sprinkle each slice with sprinkles. Arrange the slices on the cupcakes in a flower shape, add a choc chip to centre.

 

MUSIC AND SOUNDS

Pop on your favourite song and complete these movements to it:

1. Marching your legs up and down, swinging your arms 20 times 2. Star jumps 10 times 3. Reach up to the sky and then bob down and touch the floor 10 times 4. Shake your hips from side to side 20 times 5. Roll your shoulders backwards in a circle 5 times 6. Roll your shoulders forwards in a circle 5 times 7. Jump from side to side 10 times each way 8. Skip around in a circle 5 times each direction 9. Draw circles with your arms 5 times each directions 10. Do your own dancing until the end of the song!

What sounds can you make? What can you find around your house to make these sounds?

1. Something loud

2. Something soft

3. Something that rattles

4. Something what “Whooshes”

What sounds can you create?

Find items around your house and use them as well as yourself to create these sounds

1. Rain

2. Thunderstorm

3. Spaceship taking off

4. Music performance

SPRING WORD SEARCH

A Q W I N D Y E W R D G J K V L

S P C Z H K N U O B J I B O E D

F L O B E S J Y U A D Q T C I C

J O P M V S P R I N G Z P T L D

A G S G I U Y T E W Q F K O P D

J R D A F C J U T F H I U B P L

D E S N O V E M B E R D H E A S

U E H G F S D W D A S H E R D G

A N X P Z C S E P T E M B E R F

O P J I F L K U K A D C X S K L

K P A C X L J E N H J V P S A J

S Y T N A O O I V S P R O B R B

A R A I N B O W Q C H K D P U I

W O A C K L N C E S U I N J S R

W D P C P L A Y G R O U N D F D

J Y U S J A Z V N M S E B E E S

● Spring ● Rainbow ● Green ● Flowers ● Bees ● Windy ● September

● Birds ● Sunshine ● Clouds ● Playground ● November ● Picnic ● October

Spot the Difference! Oh no! The royal family are meant to be throwing a party tonight, but they’ve noticed strange things happening outside - everything is changing! Disappearing, reappearing and some even changing colour! Can you spot the 15 differences between the two pictures below

and save the royal party in time? You can write them all here: 1. ________________ 2.________________ 3.________________ 4.________________ 5.________________ 6.________________ 7.________________ 8.________________ 9.________________ 10.________________ 11. ________________ 12.________________ 13.________________ 14.________________ 15.________________ Answers are at the back of the booklet!

SALT DOUGH Salt dough can be used to create great creations, ornaments or jewelry and best of all it is made from items in your pantry!

Ingredients: 1 cup salt 2 cups flour ¾ cups water  

 Instructions:

1. In a large bowl mix salt and flour together. 2. Gradually stir in water. Mix well until it forms a doughy consistency. 3. Turn the dough onto the bench and knead with your hands until smooth

and combined. 4. Make your creations using the salt dough. You can use cookie cutters

to cut out shapes. If you are making ornaments remember to poke a hole in the top so you can thread ribbon through to hang it later.

5. Place the salt dough creations into the oven at 180C. The amount of time needed to bake depends on the size and thickness of the salt dough creations. Alternatively you can air dry your creations. When they are hard and dry they are ready to decorate.

6. Decorate using paint, textas or glue items on.  

MINI WORKOUT ACTIVITIES Find some time each day to complete one of these mini workout activities

WEEK 1 ✔ WEEK 2 ✔

MONDAY With a ball of your choice see how many times you can

throw it up and catch it!

Create an obstacle course and time how quickly your

family members can complete it!

TUESDAY Dance to your favourite song Find a kids yoga video and stretch out your body

WEDNESDAY Get outside and go for a walk

Go for a bike/scooter/skateboard

ride

THURSDAY See how many push ups you can do in a row!

Have a race with someone, this may be running, skipping, hopping etc.

FRIDAY Create a hopscotch and see how well you can hop

Bounce on the trampoline, or alternatively do 20

jumping jacks

SATURDAY Play your favourite sport with your family

If you have a hula hoops or skipping rope, see how many times you can go

without stopping!

SUNDAY See how well you can juggle with things found in your

house e.g. tennis ball, ping pong ball, oranges

Play an active game with your family e.g twister,

musical statues, tag

WHO AM I? I am hot I live in the sky Don’t look straight at me I disappear at night I am ______________ I change colour in different seasons I live for a very long time I need rain Kids love to climb me I am ______________ I come in many colours Please don’t touch me with anything sharp I only last a day or two I am at many birthday parties I am _____________ The ocean is my home I blow bubbles I am commonly kept as a pet Sometimes i am gold I am,_____________ I am a home for kings and queens I have a ring of water around me I am made from stone I am found in many legends I am_________________ Answers are at the back of the booklet!

  EXPLORE AND DRAW Time to go for a walk or into your garden and explore the outdoors. Find your

favourite things outside and draw them!

Draw something that is green Draw something that flies

Draw something that is soft Draw something that has legs

LETS MAKE SLIME!

INGREDIENTS:

1. ½ a cup of shampoo 2. ¼ cup of cornstarch 3. Food colouring of your choice 4. 6 tablespoon of water

METHOD:

1. In a bowl, add shampoo and cornstarch and mix well 2. Add 3 drops of food colouring 3. Add 1 tablespoon of water and stir. Slowly add 5 more tablespoons of water

stirring after each one 4. Knead with palm of the hand for 5 minutes

MARS BAR SLICE 20 serves Ingredients

● 1/3 cup butter ● 4 Mars bars, chopped ● 1 Tablespoon golden syrup ● 3 cups rice bubbles ● 1 2/3 cup milk chocolate ● 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or coconut oil

Method

1. Grease and line an 18x22cm rectangular slice tin with baking paper and set aside. 2. Melt the butter, 3 of the mars bars and golden syrup on low heat in a saucepan

(or in 30 second bursts in the microwave). Note: the mars bars will not completely melt. Mix until the butter and golden syrup are smooth.

3. Stir through the rice bubbles and the last mars bar (chopped). 4. Press mixture very firmly into the prepared tin. 5. Place milk chocolate and vegetable oil/coconut oil in a heatproof bowl. Microwave

for 3 minutes, or until just melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. 6. Spread over slice and refrigerate until firm (minimum 3-4 hours or best -

overnight). 7. Remove the slice from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before cutting into

squares with a warm knife.  

 

 

 

STORY MAKER

Your challenge is to write a short story that includes these words below: fireworks dog pasta runaway bridge help family excited __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Draw some pictures to go with your story:

QUIET TIME ACTIVITIES Find some time each day to complete one of these quiet time activities

WEEK 1 ✔ WEEK 2 ✔

MONDAY Write or draw three reasons why you love someone in your family

Make a piece of art using recycled materials in your home

e.g. newspaper, bottle lids, toilet roll

TESDAY Go outside and create a tower using natural materials e.g. rocks ,

sticks, leaves

Draw a portrait of one of your family members and give it to them!

WEDNESDAY Find a quiet place to read a book

Complete a puzzle

THURSDAY Put some headphones in and listen to some

relaxing music

Draw a picture or write a letter to send to a friend or family

member

FRIDAY Practise some yoga moves and stretch out

your body

Look through a photo album and share some favourite memories

with your family

SATURDAY Watch your favourite movie

Create your own comic book by using words and pictures

SUNDAY Build something using Lego, Duplo, boxes or

other times in your house

Make a list of all the things in your house starting with a certain letter

e.g. T: t-shirt, teapot, tap

BRAIN TEASERS Riddles

How many months of the year have 28 days?

________________________________________________________

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

________________________________________________________

What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?

________________________________________________________

I have keys but no doors. I have space but no rooms, I allow you to enter but

you are never able to leave. What am I?

________________________________________________________

What never asks questions but is often answered?

________________________________________________________

What letter of the alphabet has the most water?

________________________________________________________

Answers are on the next page!

 

RIDDLE ANSWERS How many months of the year have 28 days?

All of them!

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

Lunch and dinner!

What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?

A Teapot!

I have keys but no doors. I have space but no rooms, I allow you to enter but

you are never able to leave. What am I?

A keyboard!

What never asks questions but is often answered?

The Door!

What letter of the alphabet has the most water?

The letter C!  

  

EYE SPY Can you find some of these things around your house? Write or draw what you found!

Something that is loud?

Something that does not make any noise?

Something invisible?

with corners?

Something that has a smell?

CHALLENGES Try saying the COLOUR of each word as fast as you can! It's harder than it looks.

Help the Tortoise find his shell!

  

CODE BREAKER

Lets see if you can crack the code to find the answer to our question:

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the dance? 

    

 

 

 

WORD JUMBLE The following words have been jumbled up! Can you write

them the right way? Some of the pictures will give you a clue

1. coscer: __ __ __ __ __ __

2. ysadloih: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

3. reohs: __ __ __ __ __

4. cedna: __ __ __ __ __

5. trobo: __ __ __ __ __

6. osuctpo: __ __ __ __ __ __ __

7. alfbotol: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

8. cieraemc: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

9. mimwsgni: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

10. agiminaiton: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _

DIY COMIC STRIP Colour in the comic strip below and add your own text in the speech

bubbles to create your very own comic strip story!  

      

  SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS Magic Milk You will need:

● Milk ● Food colouring ● Dishwashing liquid ● Baking tray ● Cotton swab

Method

1. Pour the milk into the baking tray with enough milk to cover the bottom 2. Fill the top of the milk with drops of the food colouring 3. Touch your cotton swab tip to the dish soap to coat it. Bring it over to

your milk dish and gently touch the surface of the milk with the soapy cotton swab

4. Watch the colours burst!

Fireworks in a Jar You will need:

● Warm water ● Vegetable oil ● Food colouring ● Glass jar or cup

Method

1. Fill most (¾) of your glass jar or cup with warm water 2. Then fill the top of the jar/cup with vegetable oil 3. Add drops of food colouring to the top of the jar 4. Watch closely as the drops fall into the water and fireworks appear!

MAGIC PAINTING You will need:

food colouring candle

paint brush water paper cups

Instructions:

1. Fill you cups halfway full of water 2. Put in a few drops of food colouring to each cup to make your

colours (one colour per cup) 3. Using the candle draw secret pictures on your paper

4. Choose a colour and dip you brush in and paint over your candle drawing. Watch the magic painting appear

5. Rinse your brush in clean water and choose a new colour. Paint over another part of the candle drawing.

6. Try writing your name using the candle and watch it appear with the magic paint.

 

 

ANSWER SHEET Spot the difference

1. Missing bird 2. Different coloured flowers 3. Extra grass on the pond 4. Direction of the spiral on the snail 5. Missing door handles on the castle 6. Missing pattern in the sun 7. Missing decorations on the castle 8. Colour of the butterfly wings swapped 9. Missing bricks on the castle 10. Missing stripe on the lizard 11. An extra fish 12. Missing faces on the fish 13. Pink and purple swapped place in the rainbow 14. An extra jewel on the prince/princesses crown

Who am I?

1. Sun 2. Tree 3. Balloons 4. Fish 5. Castle

Acknowledgments Thanks to the awesome Holiday Program teams at Mordialloc Community Centre and Cheltenham Community Centre for designing the content of this activity booklet. Front Cover Design: Zoe Woebeken (MCC) Editors: Emma Green and Hannah Harvison (MCC) Content: Emma Green (MCC)

Hannah Harvison (MCC) Tammy Rowed (CCC) Kevin Sharpe (MCC) Eliza Anderson (MCC) Tamika Sheehan (MCC) Tara Graves (MCC) Ruby Fallon (MCC)