This weeks awesome animal is a Echidna.
Facts
Scientific name: Tachyglossidae
Lifespan: 15-40 years
Length: 14-30 inches
Height: 2 inches
Diet: Termites and Ants
Fun facts
There are 10,000 Echidna's in the world.
Echidna's can run 2.3 kilometres per hour.
Dingo's, Goanna's, Snakes and cats all eat Echinas.
* Credits to wiki and livescience.com
This Christmas, i got a lot of presents including a magic 8 ball, a Fuggler, a pool table, a lot of books, a book how to blog and lots more. In my stocking i got a lot of sweets and toys. But the best part is, the dinner had pigs in blankets. Merry Christmas from me Milo.
2 days to go. This weeks amazing art is for my best friend because it's his birthday. So Oscar, this weeks art, which is a hand print Arctic fox is for you!
Includes:
a glue stick
black card
paper
a black colouring pen
Instructions
Step 1: Place your hand on paper, and cut around. This will be the body
Step 2: Cut out a big triangle with the paper. Make sure not to make too big
Step 3: Cut out 2 small triangles with the paper, and stick on the straight line of the big triangle, as the Arctic fox's ears
Step 4: Draw the Arctic fox's face with the black pen
Step 5: stick the head on the body with the glue stick. Then stick that on the black card
If you get stuck, look at the picture
* Credits to ourkidthings.com
4 days till Christmas, so this weeks awesome animal is a polar bear.
Facts
Scientific name: Urtus Martimus
Lifespan: 30 years
Length: 2.4-3 m
Height: 1.8-2.4 m
Diet: Arctic fox
Fun facts
Polar bears are actually black, not white.
Scientists can extract Polar bear DNA from just their footprints.
Less than 2% of Polar bear hunts are successful.
* Credits to wiki
6 days till Christmas, so this week i will show you how to make Mince pies!
Ingredients
1 jar Mincemeat ( about 600g )
2 Satsumas, segmented and finely chopped
1 Apple, finely chopped
Zest 1 Lemon
Little icing sugar, for dusting
For the pastry
375g Plain flour
260g Unsalted butter, softened
125g Caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
1 large egg, plus 1 beaten egg for glazing
Instructions
Step 1: Place 375g Plain flour and 260g softened Unsalted butter in a bowl and rub together to a crumb consistency.
Step 2: Add 125g Caster sugar and 1 beaten egg, and mix together
Step 3: Tip out onto a lightly floured surface and fold until the pastry comes together, be careful not to over mix
Step 4: Wrap the pastry in cling film and chill for 10 mins
Step 5: Scoop the large jar of Mincemeat into a bowl and add 2 segmented Satsumas, 1 finely chopped Apple and zest of 1 Lemon
Step 6: Heat oven to 220/220 fan /gas mark 7
Step 7: Roll out the pastry to 3mm thick
Step 8: Using a round cutter (about 10 cm), cut out 16 bases and place into muffin trays. Put 1 1/2 Mincemeat mixture into each. Brush the edge of each pie with a little beaten egg.
Step 9: Re-roll out the pastry to cut 7 cm lids and press them on top to seal. Glaze with the beaten egg, sprinkle with the extra Caster sugar, then make a small cut in the tops
Step 10: Bake the mince pies for 15-20 mins until golden brown. Leave to cool before releasing them from the muffin trays and dusting with a little more icing sugar before serving
*Credits to wiki and bbc good food
11 sleeps left till Christmas. This weeks awesome animal is a Penguin.
Facts:
Scientific name: Speniscidae
Lifespan: 15-20 years
Length: 10 to 12 inches
Height: 14 inches
Diet: Krill, Squids and fishes
Fun facts:
Penguins have flippers, not wings.
Penguins cant swim.
Penguins have an unique call each.
This week, i will show you how to make gingerbread men!
Ingredients
225g plain flour, extra for dusting
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 heaped tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
50g unsalted butter
100g soft brown sugar
100g golden syrup
Instructions
Step 1: Heat oven to 190C/ 170C fan/ gas 5 and line a baking tray with baking parchment.
Step 2: Sieve the flour, salt, bicarb, ginger and cinnamon into a large bowl. Heat the butter sugar and syrup
until dissolved.
Step 3: Leave the sugar mixture to cool slightly, then mix into the dry ingredients to form a dough.
Step 4: Chill the dough in the fridge for 30 mins.
Step 5: On a surface lightly dusted with flour, roll out the dough to a 1/4- inch thickness.
Step 6: Stamp out the Gingerbread men shapes with a cutter, then re-roll any off-cuts and repeat.
Step 7: Place your Gingerbread men on the lined trays, allowing space for them to spread.
Step 8: Cook for 10 to 15 mins, then remove out the oven and leave to cool.
Step 9: Decorate your yummy friends.
* Credits to joyofbaking.com and bbc good food
16 days to go to till Christmas so this weeks amazing art is an Elf spoon.
Step 1: paint the handle green
Step 2: at the top of the handle, add two buttons
Step 3: on the head of the spoon, draw a mouth, add to googly eyes and a pink pom pom as a nose eyes and a mouth
Step 4: make a hat out of green card and add white fluff to the hat
Step 5: add the hat onto your elf
* Credits to thebestideasforkids.com
20 days to go till Christmas so today i will tell you 10 Christmas jokes.
1. What type of bug hates Christmas?
a humbug!
2. Where do Santa's Reindeer stop for coffee?
star bucks!
3. Why does everyone love Frosty the snowman?
because he's cool!
4. What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
snowflakes!
5. Who is Santa's favourite singer?
Elfis Presley!
6. What two countries should the chef use when he's making Christmas dinner?
Turkey and Greece!
7. Where do snowmen go to dance?
the snowball!
8. What do fish sing during the winter?
Christmas corals!
9. What do Santa's Elf's learn at school?
the Elfabet!
10. What do you call Santa when he stops moving?
Santa pause!
* Credits to istockphoto.com and scoutlife.org
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