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Dinosaur Poetry Box

April 19, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Dinosaur Poetry Box

Each year we make a poetry box for the boys. It contains a poem, often based on the theme of their birthday. This year A has requested a dinosaur themed birthday. Here is how we made the box. First we covered a blank matchbox using a dinosaur napkin with decoupage glue. On a piece of…

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Filed Under: Celebrations, Découpage, Poetry Tagged With: Celebrations, Découpage, Poetry

Spring Poetry Journal: “Daffodowndilly” and Our Daffodil Fairy

April 8, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Spring Poetry Journal: “Daffodowndilly” and Our Daffodil Fairy

Each season we aim to learn a new poem and keep these in our poetry journal. We may explore the poem through art, nature and reciting throughout the season. Building on the success of the Acorn Fairy from the Autumn we introduced a Springtime Daffodil Fairy to explore the poem “Daffodowndilly” by A A Milne,…

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Filed Under: Fairy, Flowers, Poetry, Poetry Journal, Spring Tagged With: Fairies, Fairy, Flowers, Gardens, Poetry, Poetry Journal, Spring

Flower Fairies

April 5, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Flower Fairies

Over the last year we have been making flower fairies from felt, fabric and wooden pegs and using them with our poetry journals. My sister has also been experimenting with some wire and bead based fairies and today we made some together. We started by covering some florists wire in masking tape to make the…

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Filed Under: Beads, Fairy, Flowers, No-sew, Sculpture, Wire Tagged With: Beads, Fairies, Fairy, Flowers, No-sew, Wire

Using slate as a canvas

April 2, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Using slate as a canvas

Grandad found some old pieces of roofing slate and thought we might like them. Using the Spring flowers in our garden on a wet and windy day, we made some Spring inspired pictures. The finished pieces, complete with a ribbon through one the of holes. S wanted to add a person to his, wishing Grandad…

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Filed Under: colours, Drawing, Easter, Flowers, Slate canvas, Spring Tagged With: Drawing, Flowers, Slate canvas, Spring

Easter Bonnets 2018

March 7, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Easter Bonnets 2018

The boys have been asked to make an Easter Bonnet for a parade at school. A couple of years ago we made these beautiful woollen hats but they are too well loved to be worn this year. Inspired by the twigs and natural treasures that birds weaves into beautiful nests we used our stick fairy…

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Filed Under: Birds, Celebrations, Crown, Easter, Natural Materials, Sewing, Sticks Tagged With: Birds, Celebrations, Easter, Sticks

A celebration of reading on World Book Day

March 1, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

A celebration of reading on World Book Day

Here are some of our reading highlights from the year.

Filed Under: books, stories, World Book Day Costume Tagged With: books, stories, World Book Day

World Book Day Dragon Costume

February 24, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

World Book Day Dragon Costume

S was very excited about his phoenix costume and A is just as excited to be a dragon “that breathes out fire Mummy!” A plain top and leggings was the base for this costume, along with some more felt, elastic and bubble wrap. I started by cutting a long strip of triangle shaped spikes from…

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Filed Under: Fabric costume, Sewing, World Book Day Costume Tagged With: Fabric, Sewing, World Book Day

World Book Day Phoenix Costume

February 17, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

World Book Day Phoenix Costume

World Book Day will soon once again be upon us. As many schools do, we will be celebrating by dressing up as book characters. Our theme this year is “Journeys to Fantastical Lands”.  S is going to be a phoenix bird. Here is what we used and how we put together his costume. We began…

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Filed Under: Birds, Fabric, Fabric costume, Masks, Sewing, World Book Day Costume Tagged With: Birds, books, Fabric, Sewing, World Book Day

Twilight at the Museums 2018

February 13, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Twilight at the Museums 2018

It was a cold and wet evening but lots of people braved the elements to explore Cambridge’s museums after dark. Our journey started at The Museum of Zoology where we were greeted by the amazing skeleton of a Fin Whale. Next we did a scientific trail, following the path of historic explorers in The Whipple…

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Filed Under: Animals, Hunt, Light, Museum, Plants Tagged With: Animals, Gallery, Gardens, Light, Museum, Plants

Drawing a Story

February 4, 2018 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Drawing a Story

We recently created some magic bean pictures at The Botanic Gardens. The children were encouraged to draw a magical plant sprouting up from a bean. A took his time, being very deliberate with each line and colour he chose. Then I noticed some ‘big black scribbling lines’ going across his picture. I very nearly launched…

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Filed Under: Drawing, Flowers, Plants, Spontaneous Tagged With: Drawing, Flowers, Plants

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