With children at home due to the lockdown restrictions, keep their minds ticking with these Anzac themed crafts and activities. The perfect combination of entertainment and historical education.
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Make a Poppy.
Want to get right into the spirit of commemoration, enter our “Decorate your Letterbox” competition and be in to win some RSA themed prizes!
Get your creative hat on and decorate your letterbox or windowsill in the Anzac day theme.
Snap a photo of your poppy garden and upload it to Instagram or Facebook. Make sure to tag @RSA_National, @NZ Defence Force and use the hashtag #Standatdawn
PRO TIP: Add your poppy garden to your decorated letterbox and enter our competition for a chance to win some RSA prizes
Bake some ANZAC Biscuits.
INGREDIENTS
• ½ cup standard flour
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2/3 cup finely desiccated coconut
• ¾ cup rolled oats
• 50g butter
• 1 Tbsp golden syrup
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 2 Tbsp boiling water
- Preheat the oven to 180 C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Mix together flour, sugar, coconut and rolled oats.
- Melt butter and golden syrup. Dissolve baking soda in the boiling water and add to butter and golden syrup. Stir butter mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Place level tablespoonfuls of mixture onto cold greased trays and flatten with a fork. These don’t spread as they bake so you can place them close together.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden. Leave on the tray for 5 minutes then place on a wire rack to cool.
PRO TIP One: Heat them in the microwave for 10-15 seconds and enjoy them warm, soft & chewy.
Change your profile picture on Facebook
Add the Facebook profile frame to your Facebook profile.
Either click here and search #StandAtDawn or go to your profile on the Facebook app and tap “Edit” on your profile picture. Then tap “Add Frame” and search for #StandAtDawn.
Research a Family Member
Most New Zealanders will have veterans and members who have served for New Zealand in their family. This Anzac day especially, people around New Zealand will be reminded of their family members that fought or served in the many conflicts and operations that new Zealand has been involved in. Click here to find out more about the Anzacs in your family.
Lay a Virtual Poppy
Online Cenotaph is our digital social space where enthusiasts, families, and researchers can share and contribute to the records of those who served for New Zealand. You can search Online Cenotaph for biographical and service details for more than 235,000 New Zealand servicemen and women, who have served this country on active service from the 19th century until today.
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