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)….
Stone/Pebble Garden Markers
We have been planting and tending to the garden now Spring is here. The seeds are in the ground and we wanted a way of labelling what had been planted. We used some pebble stones from the garden and painted a white label on them. Then, using sharpie pens we drew and labelled the vegetables. After a…
Poetry Boxes
Each year for the boys’ birthdays I make them a poetry box. This year A had a pirate themed birthday and so the poetry box is also pirate themed. The box is a covered blank matchbox. I used one of the birthday napkins and some decoupage glue to cover the outside. It was then left…
Billy’s Sunflower inspired planting
We have been inspired to plant some sunflower seeds after reading the story “Billy’s Sunflower” by Nicola Moon (ISBN 978-0590195782). First we decorated some flower pots using ceramic pens. Then we filled the pots with compost and planted our seeds. We also planted some in an old pair of boots. Now we “need sunshine and rain” said A…
May Day Maypole
To celebrate May Day this year we made our own maypole. The boys love the maypole at Hedingham Castle and were keen to think what patterns we could weave. We used the following items from around the house and garden. a curtain pole a long screw a piece of wood ribbon drawing pins scissors The…
Alternative Paintbrushes – Forks
Following on from our painting with cotton buds in The Botanic Gardens, the boys mused over what we could use to make the shape of a tulip whilst admiring a “bed full…tucked up in a row” when eating lunch. After some discussion we decided on a dinner fork and borrowing one from the cafe we set to…
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