Johana and boys Day 1

I'm not sure how 'Christmasy' our first project is, but it is crafty and collaborative and perhaps the glitter will come later! My oldest son T was invited to an fancy dress 80's hip-hop themed 4th birthday party.  As a kid growing up in the 80's it was the clocks around some rappers necks that really stood out to me and I thought that by making a clock I could sneak in a bit of learning too!

I love Addy's project for lots of reasons, but a big one is that this is an opportunity to recycle our waste, rather than consume more things, as we do in epic proportions at this time of year in particular.  

So the evening before the party I found a bit of cardboard packaging and T drew around a cd to make a circle, we then used his stickers to put the numbers on.  I helped him make the cardboard clock hands and he had a great idea to make the time 4 o clock, as his friend was to be 4 years old.  He then set about painting the pasta gold for the 'chain' part and whilst we were waiting for the pasta to dry made the card.  We used the cardboard we cut the circle out of to make the card and also drew on the present's wrapping paper (recycled paper packaging).  When the pasta was dry he threaded it through some twine and his 80's hip hop accessory was complete!