Really
wanted to ‘festivise’ some of the boys’ Halloween and Star Wars masks. We chose
Darth Maul because we have a lot of his ‘sayings’ to manipulate. Hard work
trying to make Darth Maul’s sayings 'Christmassy', everything sounded dark and
disturbing or just didn’t make any sense! Good fun though. “At last I shall
reveal myself to the Jedi, at last I will have revenge.” Lo wanted to add “Jedi
scum” but I decided to leave that bit out. Think we were influenced by the
baddies: Drill X, Noodles, Chaos and Chompy Mage in the Skylanders’ Christmas
song. (I’m sure I didn’t spell their names right!)
Saturday 28 December 2013
Friday 27 December 2013
Cat and Eilir Day 11
This was a long-term project started at the end of
November/beginning December when we were away in Ironbridge. We took away with
us oranges and cloves to start these smelly festive decorations off. It was one
of the first things Eilir had said he wanted to do for the twelve days
challenge (remembering them from two years ago). This time I did a bit of
research on the 'proper' way to do them, i.e. rolling them in a fixative spice
mix etc and leaving them to dry for a couple of weeks.
Initially I did two and Eilir one - he again modelled his
one on one of his 'happy face' characters. When we got home Eilir loved mixing
up the pungent spices (ground cloves, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and orris root
powder) and rolling them around in the concoction.
We then left them to 'fix', getting a lively waft of Christmas
spices every time we passed. Unfortunately two of them developed
some neon green mold after a fortnight and had to go in the compost - so much
for preserving them properly!
The last one is still going strong, so today
we decided to make a couple of fresh ones to add to it to make a table
decoration for a festive get together tomorrow. Team work was employed here
with Eilir making the holes with a toothpick and me filling them with cloves.
He broke up the toothpick to make eyes to finish. The little one is supposed to
be a hedgehog.
Thursday 26 December 2013
Silver and girls Day 12
Snowflakes
So simple and yet very effective. I made up some different
sized pieces of square and circular paper and Nim randomly cut pieces
out. She had a lot of fun exploring the way a lot of the shapes were
made, using different shaped paper and using different ways of folding it too!
For a finishing touch, you guessed it! More glitter glue!!
Silver and girls Day 11
Handprint Wreath
We started by pouring out some bright neon green paint into a
small bowl, we then took a large piece of paper and started splatting!
Nim had so much fun making one of these at school, that she wanted to make
another at home!
After the splatty handprints had dried, she very carefully cut
around the shapes. I took a spare paper plate and cut the middle out of
it, which left an outer ring which Nim then painted green too! She then
glued the hand prints onto the card ring, added a hanging ribbon and once again
used glitter glue, this time to make the red berries.
Silver and girls Day 10
After being inspired by how easy the kits were to make, Nim
decided she would like a stocking. I got her some felt pieces, drew a
basic shape & cut it out of the red felt and punched along the edges to
make holes for her. Nim then chose some green wool and did a basic over
stitch all of the way around the sides, leaving the top open.
Next I cut out the letters of her name and she decorated them
with glitter glue, which we glued onto the main body of the stocking. She
then glued on some felt "fur" and finished the stocking off with a
little holly decoration.
She is already looking forward to using it again next year, hehe
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