This weekend, I had a burning desire to make a needle felted dragon. With St David’s Day not far away, our season’s table could do with a red version. He was fun to make. The shape formed quickly. The detail took time to decide on. I found myself picking him […]
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We have a nature table. The children love to add their nature finds. Every now and again, the area has to be sorted and carefully cleared of the items that are no longer suitable. Today I uncovered the dunnock’s nest from last year. We had the best view imaginable of […]
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Sometimes two craft ideas collide. One is a sample to take into school for a Candlemas craft activity. The other idea uses felting. I started off using the classic tissue paper glued onto a jam jar. I used a battery tealight to test the effect of the light through the […]
Read moreCelebrating the season with cake
So. I had three activities lined up to celebrate the halfway point of Winter. Hardly surprising that it was the edible one that caught the children’s imagination. The one we’ve done before. Youngest even rushed out to the hen house to collect the eggs we needed. There was talk of […]
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