Your January calendar is packed with dinner ideas, fun activities and meaningful ways to connect with family and friends. We’ve also included the daily prompts for the #365Mumtastic Instagram Community. Too easy!

Featured Dinner Ideas

Healthy Chicken Skewers: This recipe makes sticking to your ‘healthy’ New Year’s Resolution so easy. Great for the BBQ.

Homemade Tacos: Try making one of these four taco seasonings for a quick mince meal.

Lamb Filo Cigars: A hit with the kids, this one is great for taking to a summer party.

Chicken and Tomato Pasta: A recipe that’s equally good served cold for a lunch salad or hot for dinner.

Fresh Baked Salmon: A super-easy dish that is sure to be a hit.

Tofu and Veggies: This super simple vegan dinner recipe bakes up on a single baking sheet.

Lemon Chicken: Another one-dish wonder that’s a breeze to prepare.

Treats

Churro Cupcakes: Have you tried Churro? OMG, so good! Especially when all that flavour is in a cupcake. Try this one for sure.

Choc Chip Quinoa Cookies: The kids will never know there’s the goodness of quinoa hiding in their cookies.

Stuffed Cheese Pull Apart Bread: A terrific afternoon tea snack or something special to take to a barbecue.

Healthy Choc-Caramel Fudge Bites: These deliciously moreish bites are actually packed full of good nutrition.

Activities for the Kids

New Year’s Reflections and Resolutions for Kids: A free printable that is so much fun for the kids to fill out.

Adventure Jar: Make a bucket list of local places you want to visit, map them out and tick them off throughout the year.

Act Out a Favourite Book: Take your favourite book and create a play around the plot and characters.

DIY Window Paint: Quick to make and (luckily) to wash off, this recipe for window paint is the bomb.

Curly Paper Flowers: Even little kids can quickly master this fun activity.

Drawing Prompts for Inspiration

Use the Instagram #365Mumtastic daily prompts as inspiration for your child’s drawings: “What can I draw, Mum?” Try giving them the daily prompt – then take a photo of their creation for the Instagram community to see!

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Connecting with others

Bake Muffins: Make one batch of Carrot and Quinoa Muffins for afternoon tea for the kids and take the second batch around to an elderly neighbour. Stop in for a chat.

Picnic: Call a friend and ask if she’s free for lunch then take around a picnic to enjoy with her and her kids.

Pub Crawl Date Night: Go on a date with your man. Here are 101 Date Night Ideas to choose from and none of them are expensive or fussy. We like the pub crawl idea best!

Bike Ride: How long has it been since you’ve ridden your bike over to see a mate? Take the kids, or set out on your own.