High Tea

Take time out for an ever-so-elegant tea with your besties and spoil their tastebuds with these delicious delights!

The perfect recipes for a high-class day with your besties!

Marlow-meringue kisses What you need: * 100g packet petite vanilla flavoured meringues * 10 pink marshmallows * 2 tablespoons multicoloured sprinkles What to do: 1. Count out 24 meringues. 2. Place marshmallows in a small microwave-safe heatproof bowl. Microwave marshmallows on high (100 per cent) for 20 seconds or until marshmallows double in size and soften. Stir until smooth. 3. Spoon 1 heaped teaspoon of melted marshmallow onto a meringue and sandwich together with another. 4. Place sprinkles on a small plate. Gently roll the kisses in sprinkles until the marshmallow centre is coated. Place the kisses on a tray lined with baking paper for about 30 minutes to allow the marshmallow to set. Jiggly jelly custard tarts What you need: * 12 sweet pastry cases * 1 1/2 cups smooth and creamy vanilla custard * 85g packet raspberry flavoured jelly crystals * Strawberries, to decorate What to do: 1. Place custard in a small saucepan. Stir over medium heat until hot, not boiling. Add jelly crystals and stir over a low heat for about three minutes or until jelly crystals have dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool for 20 minutes. 2. Pour custard filling into a pouring jug, and pour into pastry cases. 3. Refrigerate overnight or until filling has set. Just before serving, arrange sliced strawberries prettily over the top of the tarts! Chicken and cucumber sandwiches What you need: * 10 slices white sandwich bread * 1 large Lebanese cucumber * 1/3 cup mayonnaise * 100g shaved cooked chicken breast * 1/2 bunch chives, finely chopped What to do: 1. Using a vegetable peeler, cut thin strips of cucumber by running a peeler from one end of the cucumber to the other, until you come to the seeds in the middle. 2. Spread mayonnaise over one side of each slice of bread. Top with cucumber strips and chicken. Top with remaining slices of bread. 3. Get mum or dad to help you trim the crusts from the sandwiches using a serrated knife. Cut each sandwich into three fingers. 4. Spread a small amount of extra mayonnaise on one long side of each finger and coat in chives.

Packed Lunch Scrolls

Your school pals will want to ditch their lunches and dig into yours when they see these yummy scrolls!

These lunch box snacks can even be eaten regularly

Cheesy Ham Scrolls (makes 12) What you need: * 2 cups self-raising flour * 100g cold butter, chopped * 1/2 cup milk * Extra self-raising flour, to dust * 1/4 cup pizza sauce * 3/4 cup grated tasty cheese * 100g shaved leg ham, finely chopped * 1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce What to do: 1. Place flour and butter into food processor bowl. Process until mixture looks like sand. With the motor running, slowly add the milk. 2. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball. 3. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough to form a 30cm square. 4. Spread the pizza sauce evenly over the dough, leaving a 1cm border around the edges. Sprinkle with cheese and ham. Roll up dough firmly to form a log. 5. Cut about 2cm off each end of the log. Cut the log cross ways into 12 equal spirals. Place scrolls flat on two oven trays lined with baking paper. Brush the spirals with sweet chilli sauce. 6. Cook in a hot oven (200 degrees C) for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Allow scrolls to cool on trays. Enjoy the scrolls warm, or allow them to cool completely and take them to school in your lunch box.

Trick or Treat!

Make your own Trick or Treat bag so that on Halloween night you have an original, extra spooky bag to collect all of your goodies in!

No-one else will have a bag as cool as yours!

WHAT YOU NEED: - Plain cloth bag - Coloured felt - Craft glue - Scissors - Sequins - Googly eyes - Felt alphabet letters GET CRAFTY! STEP 1 Using scissors, cut out some spooky Halloween shapes from the coloured felt. You can use stencils, or just create your own shapes. Cut enough shapes out of the felt so that you can decorate your bags back and front. Ideas for shapes: bats, pumpkins, ghosts, witches hats etc! STEP 2 Apply a small amount of the craft glue onto the back of each felt shape. Stick down each shape firmly on to the front and the back of the bag. STEP 3 Once the glue has dried, get your googly eyes and put some craft glue on the back of them. Place the googly eyes on top of the felt shapes where appropriate. Then apply a small amount of craft glue on the back of the sequins. Stick down the sequins to add some sparkle to your design! STEP 4 The next step involves using the felt alphabet shapes. Spell out the words'Trick or Treat' and apply glue to the back of them. Then stick down the letters onto the front of the bag. TG BONUS: With the left over felt letters, spell out your name. Then glue down your name in one of the bottom corners of the back of the bag. You now have finished your very own and personalised Halloween goodie bag!

Total Girl Party Book: Buy it now

Total Girl's Party Book is now available to buy online!

Are you wondering what you can you do this year to make your birthday extra special? Well, we've got you covered with Total Girl's first ever party planning book. We've got cool themes, invitation designs, party game suggestions, lolly bag ideas and step-by-step instructions showing you how to make the most amazing birthday cakes to fit with the theme of your party! This amazing party book also doubles as a personal party planner. Mum can jot down all the details and keep on track with a party checklist of things to do when planning the big event! Now, you can buy Total Girl's Party Book online. If you want to plan the PERFECT party for your friends, then the Total Girl Party Book is for you!

New Wood WorX Sugar & Spice

Sugar and spice and all things nice, that's what girls are made of! With the new range of Sugar and Spice Wood WorX, there's now an extra ingredient!

Give your bedroom a makeover with Wood WorX!

Perfect for bedroom decorations, Wood WorX for girls is a fun way to make, paint, stick and create a host of fabulous new wooden accessories. Choose from three exciting new designs: a Tiara Door Hanger, a Money Bank and Bookends! The Sugar and Spice Tiara Door Hanger lets you create your own tiara-shaped wooden door hanger with a built-in white board for leaving messages. "Stay Out" or "Come In", make your own statement! Bookends have never looked more glamorous than with the Sugar and Spice Bookends! With feather boa and glitter, they are totally adorable. And for budding financial controllers, the Wood WorX Sugar and Spice Money Bank helps make your money even yummier!

Prep Time: 5 minutes

What you need:
• 1 liter of unsweetened seltzer water, such as lemon-lime or orange flavor
• Cranberry juice (look for 100% juice; cran-grape or cran-raspberry work, too)
• Lemon or lime wedges
• Ice

Equipment and supplies:
• Spoon for stirring
• Four large glasses for serving

What to Do:
1.	Put ice in each glass.
2.	Pour about a cup of seltzer water into each glass until they’re ¾ full. Go slow – it’s fizzy.
3.	Add cranberry juice – enough to make it pink.
4.	Add lemon or lime wedges.
5.	Add ice.

How much does this recipe make?
4 servings

Glamorous thongs

Glamorous thongs!

WHAT YOU NEED:

- Scissors

- Pair of thongs

- Craft glue

- Material/ribbon daisy chain

- Crystals/jewels

GET CRAFTY!

STEP 1 Using scissors, cut the flower ribbon so that you have lots of individual flowers to decorate your thongs with.

STEP 2 Apply a small amount of the craft glue onto the back of each individual flower. Stick down each flower firmly onto the thong straps. Hold each flower down firmly with your fingers for about 30 seconds. Once you have stuck down all your flowers in a design you are happy with, put the thongs aside and let them dry.

STEP 3 Bedazzel your thongs by adding on some crystals and jewels! Put some craft glue on the back of each crystal/jewel and place them in a design that you like on the thong straps. Hold down the crystal/jewel firmly and then leave aside to dry.

TG BONUS: With the left over flowers, crystals and jewels why not decorate your pet's collar! Glue down the flowers and crystals/jewels in the same way that you decorated your thongs, then leave it aside to dry. You now have finished your pets very own individual collar to match your thongs!