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Friday, July 24, 2009

~Winter Adventure~


I heard there is a train around here......................
TOOOT TOOOOOT !!!!!!!!!!



Here it comes.....LOOK Its Thomas THE Tank Engine................


ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Watch out for railway crossings................



and Big Black Engines.....................................


secrets discovered this great model railway....
by the cheers of excitement I say a new interested just started......



chips by the sea and a play at the playground..............

day coming to a end as we head home again
for a warm fire.......................


~Paper folding and cutting~


Kite paper rainbow stars basic forms
bringing smiles to our faces and rays of sunshine
through our winter days..................................





We cut out shapes from cardboard
used contact and torn pieces of kite paper
to make these window hearts.........................



This is the view of the playroom from the outside................
it looks so magical on a winter`s day*
*to know we are warm inside being creative making & doing*
................in our little cave...................................

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

~Winter Handicraft~


learning to master a knitting nancy......................

~Stone Soup~

a beautiful storybook..........................





"Bring what you`ve got
put it in the pot
every bit counts
from the largest to the least
together we can celebrate
a stone soup feast''.........................



We need bread for our feast


pour all the ingredients in............and we placed it in the breadmaker....



now we have bread for our stone soup......


wait lets create a special dinner table.................
we folded napkins................


placed a special candle we made on the table............
a Stone Soup celebration we had..................

~~Woodwork~~

~Wooden Blackboard~
Oh no mums been to the hardware store............
she has come up with a idea.................
I wonder what we are up to now................



lots of cuttting....rasping....sanding..............
and wait for it.......................





Its a blackboard............................
Ready for a new stage in creating in our art & craft area
I am going to start sharing the Alphabet with Jaiden.......
at the moment it sits unused just waiting
and creating some anticipation and wonderment
until the morning when A appears on it if by ~magic~

~Candle Making & Painting~

~There`s a little candle~
glowing in the night
helping to give some light
if more little candles
shone around the world
they`d make the world so bright!







Stained glass Candle Windows



We cut out circles from cardboard.........
then circles from contact and attached to the back
we stick on our designs.....................
then stick on pieces of torn up kite paper.






To warm up our spirits on cold days................



OK mum`s got a inspiration !!!! Lets make a snow candle.......

here we go..............................
I need a base?
look what is in the bottom of the saucepan from yesterdays candle making.
great...............we have a base now.


just as the wax is starting to set
we whip it with a fork ............
and then spoon on to a ready made pillar candle......




We drip wax over our base to form icicles.......
children very curious about what mum is up to here.....




............... ~Snow candle~..........................




~Candle Dipping~

We melted different colours of wax into cans
then we started dipping our wicks in.................
I found the children having two wicks to do
helped them to wait between dippings.........................


these are the beautiful candles we made....
It was truly magical as the candles dried
the colours changed if by magic...............................





~ Glass Lanterns ~


lots of painting..........the gold was very enchanting....


~ Beautiful lanterns to warm our Winter nights ~



~Floating Candles~


we melt the wax................
which the kids loved breakingup with hammer and srewdriver.



then poured the melted wax into moulds & cookie cutters
the children put the wicks in when the wax started to set.



~ Enchanting candles on a Winter Day~




~Star hexagon star Lanterns~

(( At night when the candle is lit stars appear))
~all in amazement to the children~



~Paper Star Lanterns~
water colour painted paper




Let dry over night then the fun begins................


we traced circles then folded following instructions
how does that go mmmm......
lets unfold the one given to us...........
rrrrrrrrrr Stephanie I wish u were here...
then we kept trying and all of a sudden...
it just started folding into place..................
we were so happy we kept trying and didn`t give up..

~They are trully beautiful~


A star lantern alight at nightime



~Rolled Beeswax Candles~


I find the beeswax sheets I bought at the steiner fair.........
we unfold them
a sweet smell fills the air
we cut the sheets and start rolling...........
our candles ~come to life~ by our hands.