We have had some beautiful branches trimmed from a weeping willow tree in the garden. We used the branches and some florist wire to make some heart shaped hanging decorations for our workshop door. Here is the finished heart.
Clay Workshops
S took part in a clay workshop at Courtyard Arts during the Summer Holidays. He spent the morning exploring clay and perfecting the technique of making a pinch pot. After several attempts (the teacher informed me) he had mastered it and turned his pot into a bird. They will soon be ready to collect…
India Unboxed at The Fitzwilliam Museum
We spent a lovely day at The Fitzwilliam Museum working on an Arts Award as part of the India Unboxed exhibitions. There were different activities to complete based on the artefacts on show. We made a mask based on some of the Indian animals. We got to handle some Indian animal skulls – here is…
Polar Story Writing
When we visited the Polar Museum to make our narwhal tusks we also had a go at writing a Polar story. In the Museum we were told about polar winter nights where it is dark all day and all night. We experienced the darkness by putting on a blindfold and using our other senses to…
Stick Fairy Crowns
For my birthday in August we are going to watch “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as part of the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, performed in the gardens of Trinity College. We are all going as a family and they are encouraging children to come dressed as fairies. So with our Summer capes from last year we have made…
A Day at the Roald Dahl Museum
I last visited The Roald Dahl Museum about 12 years ago and have been looking forward to going back again. Today I went with the boys which was even more fantastic. S has just started reading some of the books and is enjoying “The Twits” at the moment and we have listened to many more…
Polar Storytime and Play
We spent a lovely morning at the Polar Museum in Cambridge. We listened to the story “A Symphony of Whales” by S Schuch (ISBN 978-0152165482) . We then got to explore a narwhal’s tusk. It was enormous! The boys made their own narwhal tusks by cutting paper and rolling it into a cone. They twisted a…
Book Bricks
We have some old bricks in our garden which we plan to turn into outside book ornaments. First we brushed them down to clean them up a bit. Then the boys painted a base colour for the cover on three sides, making sure the smooth side would be the front cover. Once dry we painted…
Pyrography Firepit Seating
I am so excited to share the logs I am creating for our new fire pit area. First I stencilled the shape onto the log, marking the outline with a pencil. Next, using a pyrography tool, I traced over the pencil lines, burning the design into the top of the log. Here are some of the finished logs. I am really…
Charcoal Exploration
We explored some charcoal and large paper. A used it as a pencil, drawing a picture of Papa. and a washing machine. S also initially used it as a pencil, drawing a picture of some safari animals, “because zebras are black and white”. He then worked out it could do different things and explored the…
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