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…
Treasure Stones and Pebbles
As part of A’s pirate birthday celebrations we made some treasure stones using pebbles and temporary tattoos. We cut our the tattoos to fit the size of our pebbles. Following the instructions on the tattoo packet we peeled off the protective plastic layer and put it face down on the stone. We applied a wet…
“Pirates Love Underpants” pants decorating
A brought home the story pack “Pirates Love Underpants” by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort (ISBN 978-0857072658) at the same time we were planning his pirate themed birthday. The boys enjoyed the story and we decorated some of our own underpants to add to the array of designs in the book using plain white briefs and…
Pirate crafts
As mentioned in the Poem Boxes post, A has been interested in pirates of late. He had a pirate themed birthday and I thought we should share some of the things we made and played as part of the celebrations over the next few weeks. Here is a general over view of some things we…
Bead Bird Scarers
Now that our vegetables are growing well and are clearly marked in the garden we want to make sure they continue to thrive. We made some bead bird scorers to reflect the light and deter interested birds. Using an allsortment of beads we threaded them onto strands of florist wire, ensuring the first bead was…
Peacock Costume
Inspired by the ladybird costume I made for World Book Day I wanted to have a go at making a peacock dressing-up costume for the boys. The skirt began with an elastic waistband, sewn together to approximately fit their waists. Onto this I attached lengths of tulle as I had done with the ladybird skirt. However…
Birdwatching
Often sharing a book together will spark a game or activity in our house. But, last weekend the boys decided to build a bird hide to watch the numerous birds who feed in the garden. Only at the end of the day did I find this book to share, “The Birdwatchers” by Simon James (ISBN 9780744575927)….
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