We celebrated by making crowns for our very own May queens. The maidens washed their faces in the morning dew. Even the young master gave it a try. Couldn’t notice any difference in the snail, but maybe you have to be a snail to notice! We made garden goddesses as […]
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May Day Well Dressing
I love May Day. As a child, I remember being taken to a local village to watch the Maypole dancing. I so wanted to be one of the girls dancing. They wore beautiful dresses that swished as they danced. Their dancing wove intricate patterns around the pole. In and out. […]
Read moreMaking an ancient Egyptian pot and snail racing
This was the other part of AJ’s ancient egyptian project. Every museum, seems to have reconstructed pots, so we decided to have a go. Fortunately, I already had a broken flower pot, which I had let outside over the winter. Bedding plants had grown around it. AJ dug through the […]
Read moreMaking clay beads
I said the rain would be with us soon and it was. We had long sunny spells, interrupted by deluges of rain. Didn’t stop the children going out. Especially when we needed something to help us craft. We went out looking for leaves that were heavily veined to make an […]
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