March Break is quickly approaching, and we are pleased to bring you camp and event ideas, to help you plan a memorable holiday for your family.

PLAYDIUM THE ULTIMATE PLACE TO PLAY!
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Celebrate March Break at Playdium with over 200 of today’s newest Games, Rides & Simulators. Win prizes at our Redemption & Prize Zone. New! - Spin Zone Bumper Cars & MaxFlight Roller Coaster Simulator. Visit www.playdium.com  for our Great Value March Break Specials. ULTIMATE FUN!

Contact: 905-273-9000, info@playdium.com or www.playdium.com.

 
Be a Rock Star - March Break Madness at the Bata Shoe Museum
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‘Rock on’ at the Bata Shoe Museum with your Backstage Pass for exclusive access to all the rockin’ good activities, including cardboard guitar-making, decorating cookies, tattoos, try-on costumes, funky footwear, treasure hunts and more! Special Musical Tribute to Justin Bieber on March 14.  Daily iPod Shuffle draws !

Contact: www.batashoemuseum.ca or 416-979-7799 
 

Free to Be You and Me, The Lower Ossington Theatre
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A unique combination of hilarious skits and great music, Free to Be… features many charming messages of growth, change and self-esteem that are as relevant today as they were when this cherished musical was first released in the 1970s.  A bona fide children’s classic!

Contact: (416) 915-6747, http://free2be.eventbrite.com or annemieke@lowerossingtontheatre.com

 
Make a March Break Masterpiece
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Come paint a treasured ceramic keepsake while spending quality time with family or friends.   WALK IN WELCOME.    March Break Camp (14th-18th; week long/ half day) great for crafty kids: ceramics, creative clay, beading, papier mache, multi-media, fabric fun +more - registration required.  Birthday Parties too! 279 Danforth Avenue, Toronto.

Contact: 416-466-8474, contact@theclayroom.ca or www.theclayroom.ca 

 
March Break Toy Design Camp 
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In partnership with Spin Master Toys, this hands-on design based camp for young designers aged 7 to 10 will explore the world of toy design from concept to prototype. Projects include Toys with Wheels, Stuffed Creatures and Things that Fly.

Contact: www.dx.org, 416-216-2138 or education@dx.org

 
Bring Your Kids for A Meal Assembly Session During March Break (ages 8 and up)
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Just Add Heat is a busy family’s best friend.  Come to our professional style kitchen and assemble freezer friendly meals in record time.  Choose from 16 delicious new meals each month, select a session time, then fill your freezer with nutritious homemade dinners! Or try our Done Like Dinner® service where we assemble your meals for pick up - at no extra charge. 

Contact: (905) 338-9816, info@justaddheat.ca or www.justaddheat.ca
 
 
March Break “GAME SHOW MANIA” Adventure Camp
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Adventure Camp March 14-18th. Activities based on popular shows like Minute to Win It & Fear Factor. Kids Age 4-12 can do Soccer, Basketball, Fitness, Karate, Dance, Art, Computers, Science Experiments, Music & More. 20% Bring a Friend Event. If you bring a friend, you both get 20% off your fees! (*see website or call for details)

Contact: 905-264-0094, info@Kidssummit.com or www.kidssummit.com

 
Real People. Real Stories. Real March Break Adventure!
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Discover unique learning adventures for the whole family at the quality cultural sites owned and operated by the City of Hamilton! Experience hands-on activities, crafts, games, dress-up, digital photography and videography, art and science, and much more.

Contact: museums@hamilton.ca  or www.hamilton.ca/museums
  
 
March Break Camp at Kids Time
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Kidstime March Break Camp ages 4-10 years. Book early and save $20/full week 9am -5pm. Camp includes arts/crafts, mini golf, arcade and play ground fun. Weekly, full-day, half-day, early drop-off and late pick options available. Visit our website www.kidstime.ca or call 905-820-2525 to book. 

Contact: 905-820-2525, fun@kidstime.ca or www.kidstime.ca 

 
March Break Dance Camp
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Tandem Studios is excited to host another year of Dance Camp. Campers will experience a wide variety of styles; jazz, hip hop, musical theatre and more! 9-4pm March 14th-18th and a weekly showcase. Contact us to register as spaces are limited! 

Contact: 647-348-4953 or tandemstudios@hotmail.com


Sleeping Beauty & Robin Hood, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts
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Join us this March Break for Sleepy Beauty and Robin Hood! Just when the audience becomes enthralled by the story - a twist is created! Before your very eyes, members of the audience are asked to come up on stage and join in the action. Tickets only $15, Toronto Centre for the Arts, Studio Theatre. 5040 Yonge Street.

Contact: 416-733-9388 or www.tocentre.com  

Steeles West Gymnastics March Break Camp
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Come to Steeles West Gymnastics for a fun gymnastics and fitness experience over the March Break.  Active games, trampoline, bars, beam, vault, floor and tumbling all taught by certified, friendly and experienced coaches. For ages 4 and up. 

Contact Ruthy Dunec at 416-277-1626,ruthy@fitforlifegroup.com or www.steeleswestgymnastics.com and click on Camps.

Have you ever made a fantastic recipe from a favourite recipe book, magazine, newspaper or friend just once, and never again? The recipe is then forgotten, or you can no longer locate it?

We have an idea to solve this problem … the family recipe binder!

Take a binder and keep it on the book shelf with your other recipe books. Use simple dividers to organize appetizers, salads, soups, poultry, fish, meat, pasta, side dishes, cakes and cookies etc.. When you make a recipe that you want to cook or bake again, copy it into the binder, even if it is in a book. You will be able to access it and find meal inspirations quickly.

Bon Appetit!

Every four to six weeks, six girlfriends and I get together for our Gourmet Club. It started off as a much larger  group of twenty individuals brought together from different places. Our common bond at that time was our love of cooking. We all had binders, and after choosing a theme for each get-together, we would sign up for the different parts of the meal to eat together and bring the recipes we made.

Over eight years later, we have great fun and the bonds are real. The binders and recipes are long forgotten, and our club is more like potluck along a chosen theme. We bring dishes and we dish. It is a night out. Tonight’s theme was ’six ingredients’ or less (I made Ricotta Gnocchi from Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros - so easy and tasty).

I recommend choosing an interest and finding friends to enjoy a regular night out together, whether it be a book club, cooking, sports, games, beading, scrapbooking or other activity. It is important to take time for yourself (even if it is after children’s bedtime), and can be as good as a holiday.

FYI: The Cooking Club Cookbook: Six Friends Show You How to Bake, Broil, and Bond (which post-dates the start of our group) apparently explains the concept of creating a cooking club and provides starter recipes. You can find reviews at http://www.amazon.ca/Cooking-Club-Cookbook-Friends-Broil/dp/0375759689/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226030586&sr=8-2.