Happy New year to you all. I hope 2011 brings you happiness. Hope you had the holiday break that you were hoping for. Our time off seems to have flown passed and there is only one more day until the children amble back to school. All too soon. To take […]
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Totoro and the advent truck
So I made the polar bear. I made the wolf. With three children, I had to make a third. Options included a tractor, dinosaur or a Totoro. All would have provided a great shape for the millet bag, but due to an (imaginary) Totoro accompanying us on several adventures over […]
Read morePeace on Earth… and a few extra bits.
School is out. Yeh! Its been busy and I have loved it. We’ve had costume making, one pantomime, one nativity play and two carol concerts. We’ve had successes. One spoke clearly in church so I could hear her, one joined in with all the singing and actions and one danced […]
Read moreElf points
Busy making magnetic felt Elf points. I’m not using a pattern. I’m doing it freehand. Wherever the needle and thread take me. This is an experiment. Simple idea. Each child can earn Elf points during December, in the same way stickers are handed out for good behaviour or a kind […]
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