| Have you heard people say that toddlers | | | | |
| always prefer the box and the rubbish rather | | | | To make the bowling ball, scrunch up two |
| than the present inside? Fun and funky kid's | | | | sheets of newspaper into a ball and add some |
| skittles and Christmas pudding bowling ball | | | | selotape so that it keeps its ball like |
| and all made from rubbish! The ideal | | | | shape. Then apply 3 or 4 layers of paper |
| Christmas present for younger brothers and | | | | mache. Allow to dry overnight. |
| sisters. Best of all each skittle is made | | | | |
| from a Yazoo milkshake bottle, and somebody | | | | Paint the bowling ball to look like a |
| needs to drink the delicious milkshake drink! | | | | Christmas pudding with cream drizzled over it |
| | | | and with a sprig of holly on the top. |
| You will need a pack of 6 mini Yazoo | | | | |
| milkshakes. Empty the bottles and rinse the | | | | When all the paint is dry you can test it |
| bottles out and leave them to drain until | | | | out. Set the skittles out to form a triangle. |
| they are completely dry. | | | | 3 skittles in the back row, 2 skittles in the |
| | | | middle row and one skittle at the front. Try |
| Each bottle now needs a thin layer of paper | | | | to knock all the skittles over with the |
| mache. This makes the bottles easier to paint | | | | Christmas pudding. |
| and it covers the ridges on the bottle. Rip | | | | |
| up newspapers into small squares. Mix some | | | | To make the game harder you can put some sand |
| PVA glue with two parts water and with a | | | | inside each bottle to weight it slightly. |
| paintbrush, stick the newspaper pieces to the | | | | |
| bottles so that they are completely covered. | | | | You could also write points on the bottom of |
| Allow to dry over night. | | | | each skittle and make a point scoring system. |
| | | | |
| Now you can paint your bottles in festive | | | | You could make a larger set of skittles by |
| designs such as, a penguin from Lapland, a | | | | using the larger bottles of Yazoo milkshake, |
| snowman, a Christmas tree, a robin, Rudolf | | | | and then you would have more milkshake to |
| and Father Christmas. | | | | guzzle! |