Easter time and we're feeling egg-cited! What better way to celebrate Easter than by whipping up a batch of these adorable Bunny Cookies? Get ready to hop into the kitchen with your little bunnies and let's get baking! Easter Bunny Cookies Ingredients 185g unsalted butter, chopped 1...
Visual artist and lecturer Naomi Zouwer advises how to set up a kids’ art studio at home (and learn to love the mess) Many parents want to encourage their children to be creative. This is not just about training the next Archibald Prize winner. Young people...
Kris Bordessa’s sons have a tendency towards truncation in their communication The bright, bold colours of billboards and street signs intrigued my oldest son, Brad, long before he could read. “What does that say, Mum?” he’d ask from the back seat as we whizzed down the...
Celebrating the launch of her new book, The Fast Five, join Donna Hay for a FREE online cooking class and taste your way through some of her ultimate favourite recipes. Almond And Haloumi Crumbed Schnitzels With Creamed Spinach Serves 4 INGREDIENTS 4 chicken schnitzels (600g) ¼ cup (90g) grated haloumi 1...
Sydney’s budding young artists are being urged to hop to it and put pen to paper for a 2023 Year of the Rabbit drawing competition, with the winning designs to be transformed into larger than life lunar lanterns. Colourful drawings by five youngsters aged five to...
Up to 90% of brain development occurs in the first five years of life, report Nadia Wilson-Ali and Marianne Knaus. Early learning matters, and creates a solid foundation for future development. Philosophical underpinnings in early education matter too. They influence the interactions between teachers and children,...
Melissa Cowan explores ways to get your creative mojo back. At 10 years old, I wrote a song called ‘Dreams’ that was destined to reach #1 on Rage. My girl band rehearsed it and we recorded it onto cassette. One day, someone played me the Gabrielle 1993 hit song...
Around the Kitchen Table by Sophie Hansen and Annie Herron, pub. Murdoch Books, pb. RRP$39.99 Written by food writer Sophie Hansen and her mum, art teacher Annie Herron, it celebrates the joy and sense of satisfaction that comes with preparing a simple meal to share, pencilling a...
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is delighted to announce the winners of the ninth annual Young Archie competition, a nation-wide portrait challenge encouraging children and young people to unleash their creativity. Inspired by Australia’s oldest and most-loved portrait award, the Archibald Prize, which is...
Gary Bertwistle encourages us to foster our children’s natural ability to question, explore and imagine. From a very early age, our belief in our innate creativity and capacity for generating ideas and the quality of those ideas are influenced by those around us to make us...
