DIY Tutorial: Christmas Crackers!

Hi students!!

Christmas is just around the corner! It is time to start preparing Christmas gifts and treats. Remember: you can Do It Yourself!

Do you know about Christmas Crackers? 

Christmas Crackers are a tradition in holiday celebrations in the UK and other Commonwealth countries. Christmas crackers are party favors that consists of a  cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper with a prize in the central chamber, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The cracker is pulled by two people, which causes the cracker to split unevenly, with one person holding the centre chamber of the cracker where the prizes are contained

Would you like to prepare your own Christmas cracker? Follow this tutorial from: http://thesecretyumiverse.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-christmas-cracker-0140612/

DIY tutorial: Make a book with a single piece of paper

What do you think you can do with a single piece of paper? Do you want to try?
Here it goes! A quick tutorial for making a mini book or notebook from just a piece of paper. Will you dare to try?

Here you have the steps:

1. Start with an A4 piece of paper
2. Fold the paper in half, long ways
3. Then unfold
4. Fold the paper i half the other way, top to bottom
5. Take one layer of paper and fold it up
6. Turn it over and do the same to the other side
7. Open out the folds a little and cut through the centre fold, following the creased line. Cut through two layers of paper and stop at the cross fold
8. Holding each side of the cut section, bring them down and fold along the vertical crease
9. Now you have the four pages of the book. Fold them flat and YOU ARE DONE!

Share your opinions and pictures of your books! Enjoy!!
Tutorial taken from: http://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activities/how-to-make-a-book-with-a-single-piece-of-paper

If you are going to cook, you will need some cooking utensils...

Are you able to find out how are these cooking utensils called in English? Here you have the pictures and the vocabulary. You can do it!!

P.S.: You can keep this new vocabulary in the vocabulary section of your notebook ;-)

Recipe time! Be creative!

Look at this picture and try to write a short recipe using some of the vocabulary in the picture! You can do it!! Remember that we use the imperative form when writing recipes!!

More cooking verbs

Here comes another picture dictionary. Will you be able to complete this one? Match the pictures to the verbs. Try it!

a) chop - b) break - c) mix - d) grate - e) wash - f) stir - g) beat - h) peel - i) slice - j) crush - k) grease - l) cut

Good luck! :-)

Yummy! Which is your favourite dish?

Hi students! How are you doing?

Feeling hungry? Now that we are talking about homemade dishes, tell your classmates about your favourite one. Write a short paragraph talking about your favourite homemade dish; that dish that your grandma or daddy usually prepares specially for you (50 words).

Here some extra vocabulary for you ;-) YUMMY!!

Crêpes recipe

Hey folks!

Do you fancy a couple of delicious crêpes?! Surprise your friends and family following this easy recipe of homemade crêpes! Yummy!!! DELICIOUS!

Don't forget to post a comment sharing your experience! You can also share your own recipes!
Here you have the link, where you can watch a step by step video:

http://www.marthastewart.com/335089/simple-crepes

INGREDIENTS steps

• 1 cup all-purpose flour 
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
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  STEPS

  1. In a blender, combine flour, sugar, salt, milk, eggs, and butter. 
• 2. Puree until mixture is smooth and bubbles form on top, about 30 seconds. Let batter sit at least 15 minutes at room temperature (or refrigerate in an airtight container, up to 1 day; whisk before using). 
• 3. Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium. Lightly coat with butter. Add 1/3 cup batter and swirl to completely cover bottom of skillet. Cook until underside of crepe is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. 
• 4. Loosen edge of crepe with a rubber spatula, then with your fingertips, quickly flip. Cook 1 minute more. Slide crepe out of skillet and repeat with remaining batter. (Coat pan with butter as needed.)