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Art and Craft, Cooking with kids

Christmas craft-activities for kids

Prepare for the festivities with fun projects for kids! From making a gingerbread house to diy wrapping paper, from cardboard tube elves to handmade Christmas tree ornaments.

16 Dec 20215 Nov 2025Art and Craft, cardboard, cardboard crafts, cardboard tube crafts, Christmas, Christmas activities, Christmas crafts, Christmas decor, Christmas decorations, Christmas ideas for kids, Christmas ornaments, DIY, Diy Christmas, diy holidays, gingerbread house, handmade, holiday crafts, holidays activities, kids activities, kids crafts, recycilng, recycled crafts, recycled material, tp roll crafts, wrapping paper
Art and Craft, Cooking with kids, Fancy Dress - Costumes

Halloween fun activities and crafts for kids

Full immersion in Halloween atmosphere making creative themed activities with kids, from creepy decorations with recycled materials to spooky cooking, from dressing up to pumpkin carving.

20 Oct 20215 Nov 2025Art and Craft, cardboard, cardboard castle, cardboard fun, Cooking with kids, craft ideas for kids, crafts, crafts for kids, DIY, face-painting, Halloween, Halloween activities, Halloween costumes, Halloween craft, halloween crafts, Halloween decorations, Halloween dress up, Halloween food, Halloween for kids, Halloween fun, haunted castle, kids activity, kids crafts, party food, popup castle, pumpkin carving, recycled crafts, recycled material, recycling
Cooking with kids

Making homemade pasta and tagliatelle with kids

One of the best known and tastiest pasta shapes in Italian cuisine, tagliatelle. Enjoy making them with your kids!

16 Oct 202120 Nov 2022authentic Italian food, cooking from scratch, Cooking with kids, easy recipe, food, fresh egg pasta, hands-on recipe, home cooking, homemade, homemade food, homemade pasta, homemade tagliatelle, Italian food, Italian pasta, Italian recipe, recipe, tagliatelle, tagliatelle recipe
Cooking with kids

Homemade pizza with kids

The most loved food, not only at parties: pizza! Even more special if you make it with your kids.

8 Jul 202120 Nov 2022Cooking with kids, food, hands-on recipe, homemade, homemade food, homemade pizza, Italian food, Maths cookie, party food, pizza, pizza dough, pizza from scratch, pizza recipe, pizza with kids, recipe
Cooking with kids

Tigelle for your picnic bag

Ready to pack a picnic bag? Donโ€™t forget the tigelle, tiny delicious savoury treats without leavening, perfect for picnic as well as birthday parties or garden parties.

18 Jul 20191 Oct 2025birthday food, Cooking with kids, food, hands-on recipe, homemade, Italian food, party food, picnic food, tigelle, tigelle recipe2 Comments
Cooking with kids

How to make fresh egg pasta dough and Ravioli

A traditional Italian first course, ricotta and spinach Ravioli, a hands-on activity in your kitchen to do with your kids.

9 May 201918 May 2022authentic Italian food, cooking from scratch, Cooking with kids, easy recipe, food, hands-on recipe, home cooking, homemade, homemade food, homemade pasta, homemade ravioli, Italian food, Italian recipe, pasta from scratch, ravioli, recipe
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Easter egg recycling โ€“ choc chip muffins

Choc chip muffins: quick and easy recipe to do with your kids andโ€ฆ for recycling Easter chocolate eggs!

26 Apr 201919 May 2025baking, baking with kids, cake decoration, chocolate, cooking from scratch, Cooking with kids, Easter egg recycling, Easter eggs, food, hands-on recipe, homemade, homemade food, muffins, recipe
Cooking with kids

A dessert for Carnival – Frappe

Pancakes or a traditional Italian dessert for Carnival? My Italian origins won today. Here is a recipe from my grannyโ€™s cook book.

27 Feb 201923 Apr 2025Carnevale, Carnival, Carnival dessert, chiacchiere, chiacchiere recipe, Cooking with kids, dolci di carnevale, food, frappe, frappe recipe, hands-on recipe, homemade, homemade food, Italian dessert, Italian food, Maths cookie, traditional Italian food
Cooking with kids

(Almost like) Tao’s brownie

Loved by kids and grown-ups, brownie is an irresistible temptation, a truly choc-shock! Easy hands-on recipe to do with your kids, have fun with them in decorating its surface with icing sugar or sugar paste.

28 Jan 201918 May 2022baking, baking with kids, basic cake recipe, cake decoration, chocolate, Cooking with kids, food, hands-on recipe, homemade, icing, sugar paste3 Comments
Cooking with kids

Halloween Sweet and Savoury Treats

Add a spooky touch to the food for a Halloween party or impress your family with a themed dinner.

25 Oct 20181 Nov 2023baking with kids, brownie, Halloween, Halloween activities, halloween cake decoration, Halloween food, Halloween for kids, Halloween fun, Halloween savoury treats, homemade, icing, muffins
Cooking with kids

A traditional Italian cake – Crostata

Let yourself be tempted by a traditional Italian cake, the Crostata, an "open" jam filled pie. Have fun to make and decorate it with your kids!

10 Aug 201818 May 2022baking, baking with kids, basic cake recipe, cake decoration, Cooking with kids, food, hands-on recipe, homemade, Italian cake, Italian dessert, Italian food, Italian recipe, jam, pasta frolla, recipe
Cooking with kids

Pasta Frolla – a classic Italian cake base

Learn how to make a traditional Italian cake base, the Pasta Frolla dough, and use it with your kids to make tarts, pies, biscuits or cookies.

5 Jun 201818 May 2022baking with kids, cake base, cake base recipe, Cooking with kids, food, hands-on recipe, Italian cake base, Italian food, pasta frolla, pasta frolla recipe, recipe
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Making gnocchi with kids

An authentic Italian homemade first course from potatoes and flour dough, a perfect hands-on activity for kids... and with Bolognese sauce!

11 Apr 201818 May 2022authentic Italian food, Cooking with kids, food, gnocchi, gnocchi dough, gnocchi from scratch, gnocchi recipe, hands-on recipe, homemade, homemade pasta, how to make gnocchi, Italian food, recipe, traditional Italian food
About, Cooking with kids

Cooking with my children – hands-on recipes

I love cooking, every day I cook fresh food for lunch and dinner for my family. The first year we were in the United Kingdom we missed so much Italian cuisine...

19 Mar 201818 May 2022cooking from scratch, Cooking with kids, hands-on recipe, home cooking, homemade, homemade food, Maths cookie

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