Introducing Goldilocks and the three bears and suggestions on how to make their houses .Materials you will need: A little cardboard box eg little cereal ones or a match box ( empty or with the matches heads cut off !) This activity will need adult supervision if using matchboxes. little raisin boxes are an alternative. CardContinue reading “Goldilocks and the three bears and how to make their houses!”
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Knitted oblong turned into a Ball !
This activity is very rewarding to make and play with once finished! You will need size 3-4 mm knitting needles One colour or two or more eg rainbow colours of wool or cotton 12–20 stitches A balloon and red lentils to fill it Sewing needles to bring it altogether into a ball from an oblongContinue reading “Knitted oblong turned into a Ball !”
Rainbow Star Kit Instructions
Kit Contents 2×8 large coloured squares 8 small coloured squares 8 small white squares 8 small gold squares a demo small rainbow star 3 step sequence demonstrator Note: the large squares can either be used to make large stars or be cut into quarters to make small stars (see demo small star) Instructions (see whiteContinue reading “Rainbow Star Kit Instructions”
St Martin’s lantern craft making
St Martin’s day is a European festival with families walking through villages and woods in the November dark evening. It preempts Advent festivities with its emphasis on light shining in the darkness. St Martins did a lot for the poor and homeless. Perhaps we could all do more too. To make lanterns you need theContinue reading “St Martin’s lantern craft making”
Artists 91-100
Dates can be learnt more easily if they are linked to a visual image such as the ‘major’ memory system. Look back at Artists 1-10 to see how this is done. Note you have a key word like BAT which is your word hook. BAT is number 91 because an ‘B’ stands for 9 andContinue reading “Artists 91-100”
Artists 81-90
Dates can be learnt more easily if they are linked to a visual image such as the ‘major’ memory system. Look back at Artists 1-10 to see how this is done. Note you have a key word like FAT which is your word hook. FAT is number 81 because an ‘F’ stands for 8 andContinue reading “Artists 81-90”
In the woods – wood sawing fun
Artists 71-80
Dates can be learnt more easily if they are linked to a visual image such as the major memory system. Look back at Artists 1-10 to see how this is done. Note you have a key word like CAT which is your word hook. CAT is number 71 because a hard ‘c’ stands for 7Continue reading “Artists 71-80”
Autumn Harvest and Craft Scenes
Blackberry Autumn Craft ideas
Blackberrys are fun to use as an ink ,find a feather and cut the end into a vee shape and dip into the juice of a blackberry . Or just hold the blackberry and smudge it on the page ,write your name or shapes ,rhythms etc Blackberries are very tasty when added into any muffinContinue reading “Blackberry Autumn Craft ideas”
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