Holiday Activities

Summer is here - we have put together some activities and ideas for you to enjoy during the holidays.

What to do in the summer by Alessia 6R

I bet most of you are excited about the summer holidays, but do you know what you are going to do? Well if you don't know here are some ideas! 

First of all, you can have fun by having a water balloon fight with your friends and family. All you have to do is get some water balloons, fill them up with water and have fun!

If you are craving fruit ice cream but can't go out, here is how to make it at home! First of all, get 500 hundred grams of frozen fruits and blend them. Next, add 60g of sugar to the fruits and 120g of whipping cream.

After that, blend everything until it’s at an ice cream texture. Finally, serve it in a cup or a cone and enjoy!

Another idea is to get together with some family or friends and go to a green space or it could just be your garden and have a picnic. If you are not a social person and want to do something fun an idea is to learn an instrument. If you have a random instrument just lying around in your house all you have to do is pick it up and search for how to play it on YouTube.

Brain Teasers:

Please try to solve the problems below. Let your mind go and use your creative thinking skills! Good Luck!

Answers at the end of this page - do not cheat

1 - All of my flowers except two are roses. All of my flowers except two are tulips. All of my flowers except two are daisies. How many flowers do I have, and what are they?

2 - How far can a dog run into the woods?

3 - How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?

4 - What goes up and down but never moves?

5 - What is square, sits in a corner, but goes all around the world?

6 - What is light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it more than a few minutes?

7 - What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

8 - Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each of them caught a fish and put it in the bucket. When they went home there were only three fish in the bucket. How is this possible?

9 - Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?

10 - How can you make seven even?

11 - What has hands but cannot wave?

Games:

Answers at the end of this page - do not cheat

Recipe:

Easy Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Ingredients:

Quinoa Salad:

- 2 cups fully cooked quinoa

- 14.5 ounce can chickpeas

- 1 cup cucumber, diced (from about 1 medium cucumber)

- ½ cup shredded carrot (from about 1 medium carrot)

- ½ cup crumbled feta (or diced mozzarella or cheddar)

- ¼ cup roasted sunflower seeds

Lemon Vinaigrette:

- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 fresh lemon)

- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest (from 1 fresh lemon)

- ⅓ cup olive oil

- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

- 1 teaspoon dried oregano (optional)

- ¼ teaspoon salt

- Freshly ground pepper

Instructions:

1 - Prepare quinoa according to the package directions. (It’s usually a 2:1 water to quinoa ratio.) Let cool slightly or fully. You can do this step up to a day ahead.

2 - Mix together the quinoa, chickpeas, cucumber, carrot, feta, and sunflower seeds in a large bowl.

3 - To make the dressing, stir together the lemon zest and juice, olive oil, Dijon, oregano (if using), salt, and pepper. Toss into the salad and mix thoroughly. Serve or store for later.

TIPS:

- Serve immediately or store in the fridge for up to 5 days.

- Add strawberries, blueberries or sliced apples or pears to this salad if serving to kids if you think they might need more enticement to try it.

- Serve the different ingredients next to each other if your kids prefer their food side-by-side.

- Toss the salad well to ensure that the dressing coats the ingredients well.

- Season to taste with salt to ensure that it’s the right level for your own particular taste buds.