kids activities Archives ⋆ Budgetpantry | Singapore Mummy Blog on Food, Recipe & Baby https://www.budgetpantry.com/tag/kids-activities/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:58:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 Busy Mat SG – Reusable Silicon Activity Mats: Review & Giveaway! https://www.budgetpantry.com/busy-mat-sg-review-and-giveaway/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:50:40 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=11107 Now that Cbb is 3.5 years old, it is getting harder and harder to keep her occupied! I try to keep her off screen times but you gotta admit that the television is a convenient babysitter. With my 34-week tummy, it’s incredibly tempting to switch on YouTube and let Alex and Gaby entertain her while I rot away on the couch dreaming about her bedtime. Luckily nowadays she has a new obsession: Busy Mat SG‘s reusable food grade dining silicon colouring mats! Yep! I really love these activity mats because she can spend 1-2 hours on them, colouring, recolouring and letting her imagination run wild! I love seeing her pink pigs, blue sheeps, red bunnies and cute little rainbow butterflies. About Busy Mat SG: Reusable Food Grade Silicon Dining Mat Busy Mat SG’s silicon dining mats are reusable colouring mats that help keep your little ones off screen times. Available in a variety of themes, designs and sizes, these activity mats are easy to care for – just a simple wipe with tissue or wet wipes and the colours come right off, ready for your kids’ next colouring adventure! The best part? Busy Mat SG’s silicon dining mats are FDA certified, BPA-free and latex-free, making them safe for kids and adults. And now that Cbb is learning how to write, spending time on colouring also help in improving her grip, fine motor skills and concentration level. She definitely prefers these to regular drawing block and colour pencils! Busy Mat SG x Budgetpantry GIVEAWAY The wonderful team at Busy Mat SG has sponsored 3 sets of premium Busy Mats with 8-pc markers worth $23.30 each for Budgetpantry’s readers! Designs will be given at random. All you need to do is: Like Budgetpantry and Busy Mat SG on Facebook if you haven’t ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ this Facebook post to ‘Public’ setting with this text ‘Win a Busy Mat SG reusable silicon dining mat with Budgetpantry!‘ Leave a comment on my Facebook post telling us for whom you would love to win this for! T&Cs: One comment per person. Giveaway ends 13 Sept, Friday at 2359h. Winner will be picked randomly via Woobox. Winner to pay $3.80 for smartpac delivery. Good luck! Contact Website: https://www.busymatsg.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/busymats/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/busymatsg/

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]]> Now that Cbb is 3.5 years old, it is getting harder and harder to keep her occupied! I try to keep her off screen times but you gotta admit that the television is a convenient babysitter. With my 34-week tummy, it’s incredibly tempting to switch on YouTube and let Alex and Gaby entertain her while I rot away on the couch dreaming about her bedtime.

Luckily nowadays she has a new obsession: Busy Mat SG‘s reusable food grade dining silicon colouring mats!

Yep! I really love these activity mats because she can spend 1-2 hours on them, colouring, recolouring and letting her imagination run wild! I love seeing her pink pigs, blue sheeps, red bunnies and cute little rainbow butterflies.

About Busy Mat SG: Reusable Food Grade Silicon Dining Mat

Busy Mat SG’s silicon dining mats are reusable colouring mats that help keep your little ones off screen times. Available in a variety of themes, designs and sizes, these activity mats are easy to care for – just a simple wipe with tissue or wet wipes and the colours come right off, ready for your kids’ next colouring adventure!

The best part? Busy Mat SG’s silicon dining mats are FDA certified, BPA-free and latex-free, making them safe for kids and adults. And now that Cbb is learning how to write, spending time on colouring also help in improving her grip, fine motor skills and concentration level. She definitely prefers these to regular drawing block and colour pencils!

Busy Mat SG x Budgetpantry GIVEAWAY

The wonderful team at Busy Mat SG has sponsored 3 sets of premium Busy Mats with 8-pc markers worth $23.30 each for Budgetpantry’s readers! Designs will be given at random. All you need to do is:

  1. Like Budgetpantry and Busy Mat SG on Facebook if you haven’t
  2. ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ this Facebook post to ‘Public’ setting with this text ‘Win a Busy Mat SG reusable silicon dining mat with Budgetpantry!‘
  3. Leave a comment on my Facebook post telling us for whom you would love to win this for!

T&Cs: One comment per person. Giveaway ends 13 Sept, Friday at 2359h. Winner will be picked randomly via Woobox. Winner to pay $3.80 for smartpac delivery. Good luck!

Contact

Website: https://www.busymatsg.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/busymats/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/busymatsg/

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]]> Steamed Brown Sugar Banana Cake https://www.budgetpantry.com/steamed-brown-sugar-banana-cake/ https://www.budgetpantry.com/steamed-brown-sugar-banana-cake/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:54:56 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=10803 This cake came about because of two bananas. Two overriped, speckled bananas which were too mushy to eat on its own but perfect for cakes. Cbb has also developed a new obsession for steamed cakes, so this naturally was our after-school adventure! My little girl helped me with sifting the flour and spooning the brown sugar, and she also decided she wanted blueberries in there. You could totally add chocolate chips if you want, or leave them out all together. This cake is super easy to make and quite fail proof I would say. It’s a perfect activity to do with your little one! I steamed this in my Panasonic steam oven (the one with a lot of functions), but you could do it over the stove too. If steaming over the stove, be sure to wrap the wok/pan lid with a piece of cloth during steaming, to prevent condensation from dripping all over the cake when you lift the cover. I used brown sugar in this recipe, but you could use regular caster sugar as well. Enjoy! Steamed Brown Sugar Banana Cake (budgetpantry.com) Makes one 7″ round cake What you need: 2 large eggs (60-65g) 100g brown sugar 130g self raising flour, sifted 2 medium ripe bananas Handful of blueberries (optional) 2 tablespoons neutral flavoured oil (I use rice bran oil) Steps: Preheat your steamer or steamer oven. With a handheld or stand mixer, beat eggs on medium speed till foamy, then add sugar in two batches. Continue beating till eggs and sugar turn pale, then turn up speed to medium-high and beat till soft peaks form (about 5 minutes). Add the mashed bananas and blueberries (if using) into the egg mixture and mix lightly. Fold in the flour with a spatula in three batches, taking care as much as possible not to deflate the egg whites. Lastly, add in the oil and give it a quick fold to incorporate. Steam on high heat for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre runs clear.

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]]> This cake came about because of two bananas. Two overriped, speckled bananas which were too mushy to eat on its own but perfect for cakes. Cbb has also developed a new obsession for steamed cakes, so this naturally was our after-school adventure!

My little girl helped me with sifting the flour and spooning the brown sugar, and she also decided she wanted blueberries in there. You could totally add chocolate chips if you want, or leave them out all together. This cake is super easy to make and quite fail proof I would say. It’s a perfect activity to do with your little one!

I steamed this in my Panasonic steam oven (the one with a lot of functions), but you could do it over the stove too. If steaming over the stove, be sure to wrap the wok/pan lid with a piece of cloth during steaming, to prevent condensation from dripping all over the cake when you lift the cover.

I used brown sugar in this recipe, but you could use regular caster sugar as well. Enjoy!

Steamed Brown Sugar Banana Cake (budgetpantry.com)
Makes one 7″ round cake

What you need:

2 large eggs (60-65g)
100g brown sugar
130g self raising flour, sifted
2 medium ripe bananas
Handful of blueberries (optional)
2 tablespoons neutral flavoured oil (I use rice bran oil)


Steps:

Preheat your steamer or steamer oven.

With a handheld or stand mixer, beat eggs on medium speed till foamy, then add sugar in two batches. Continue beating till eggs and sugar turn pale, then turn up speed to medium-high and beat till soft peaks form (about 5 minutes).

Add the mashed bananas and blueberries (if using) into the egg mixture and mix lightly. Fold in the flour with a spatula in three batches, taking care as much as possible not to deflate the egg whites.

Lastly, add in the oil and give it a quick fold to incorporate.

Steam on high heat for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre runs clear.

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