Amma, from Ghana but based in the UK, shares her fufu cloud writing with us. Let’s take a look at it…
What did you do?
Fufu is a traditional food from Ghana, normally eaten with soup (it’s a bit like mashed potato rolled into a ball shape)!
My children love eating fufu and usually help out in the kitchen. This was an off the cuff activity. My son poured the fufu powder mix and started mark making and writing his name! My daughter also wanted to join in and had so much fun. She enjoyed playing with the texture.
We tend to do cloud writing with flour while baking. This time around, it was really nice to mix our culture with play.
Do you have any other projects planned?
The All about Fufu Project. There were lots of questions about fufu after this post on Instagram and my children also had a lot of questions about the content of the box. So as a follow up, we will do a print based or video based project about fufu!
Tell the Housebound With Kids community a bit about yourself…
My name is Amma, I’m from Ghana 
but based in the UK. The name Amma means a female born on a Saturday, but it also means mother in the Indian culture (so I think I’ll live up to that too)! I have two little blessings – almost aged 5 and 3.
@happy.fun.learningdone
How are you finding being housebound so far?
Interestly, for a while I’ve thought about the possibility of homeschooling so this season has given me an opportunity to get a feel of what it will be like.
Generally, it’s a blessing to connect with my children and make memories. There have also been arrays of cries, sibling disputes and wanting mummy a bit more than usual so getting out for walks, runs and appreciating nature has been very common to get us through the days!
I think the hardest thing is not having the freedom to go where you would usually go without giving it a second thought. But things are starting to ease up where we are so hopefully we can gradually get out and about to museums etc.
Do you have any tips for other parents?
No.1
Be graceful (to yourself and to the kids). There are days you just want to escape and there are days the kids are just not having a good day and all the things you may have planned have gone out of the window – or you may find that as a parent you’re snappy! Give yourself grace. You’re human. The kids are human.
No.2
Have fun! Have fun and have fun! As much as you can, find opportunities to have fun. Even if it’s as little as reading a story before bed and making silly actions and voices.
No.3
Remember that, sometimes, less is more. Through observing my children, I have noticed that it’s the little and simple things that bring them the most joy – such as coloured pens and a cardboard box to make art or a water spray bottle to spray each other (when it’s warm)!
Has this website and community helped you?
The website is a fantastic way of getting a glimpse into what people are doing with their children worldwide. There are lots of inspirational ideas on here.
