Showing posts with label For Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label For Fun. Show all posts

Saturday 31 August 2013

Bee Crafty Kids {Crystal Snow Flakes}

Today I am guest posting over at To The Moon and Back where I am sharing a tutorial on making Crystal Snow Flakes. This post has been deleted so I've shared it on my blog you can find the full tutorial here: Crystal Snow Flake {Tutorial}


A couple of years ago Sir N and I tried our hand at growing crystals from a kit set.  While this was fun to do it took a L.O.N.G. time.

On my many Pinterest travels I discovered a wonderful pin on Pinterest on making Borax Snow Flakes.

Pop on over to see a tutorial on how easy it is to grow crystals in 24 hours at home.

For those of you who love Snow Flakes the Twisted Sifter has the most amazing macro photographs of snowflakes to look over.


Blessings
Chareen

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Thursday 22 December 2011

Christmas Lights

This week we took Sir N to see some Christmas lights.  I loved seeing his delight and pleasure !

This home is new to us but started our journey off to find the lights


This lady had such a generous heart and blessed us so much chatting.

This house won 2nd place in the Australian National Christmas Light competion in 2006.



Thinking about and talking about Jesus





blessings

Friday 9 September 2011

Nails, Wood & String

"Daddy I want to make something with wood, nails and string" came the imploring voice of Sir N on Thursday morning. Daddy's are wonderful they come up with all the solutions.

Look what Daddy and Sir N did together yesterday:

Our Supplies
Colorix crayons, string, nails, hammer
I dug out the Colorix Crayons because they are easy to use.  My paint is packed away at the moment and this was the next best thing.
The String Art Fun Techniques page  suggests using cork tiles from your local hardware store.
"Daddy I want to use the drill to make a hole"
Daddy drew a picture of a sailing boat on a piece of wood.
Next he nailed some nails for the string to be attached.


Sir N then used colorix crayons to colour in the yacht picture.


Paul then spread the colour using water and a paint brush.


All ready for us to add the string.


The finished item.

Free String Art Patterns are available from String Art Fun.  There is a fee one for a boat and a circle that once it is strung makes a picture of a heart.  I really would like to try that one. 

Blessings

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Homemade Flubber

Somewhere along the line during my internet surfing I discovered a blog post by Laura at Come Together Kids about Gak and decided I would love to make some with Sir N.  Well we ended up creating flubber instead! How to make Flubber


Ingredients:

Bowl 1
  • 1 cup of PVA glue
  • 3/4 cup of warm water
  • food colouring

Bowl 2
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 2 teaspoons of Borax (available in your laundry isle at the supermarket)


Photo story of our unintended journey to .... 
Flubber
Add glue, water and food colour to one bowl
Mix well
In a separate bowl mix borax and water
Add borax water to glue mix
"Yuk Mommy it's slimy "
Then it became lumpy
Carry on 'kneading' and water will separate out
Flubber! When it breaks apart it is straight. Squeeze back together. Form things etc and play.
Store in a zip lock plastic bag in the fridge.

When left alone it will 'relax' and spread.
Have fun with some flubber in your home







Warning : This activity involves the use of Borax which is harmful when swallowed. Please ask an adult to help you. Borax is a form of soap and is used to clean clothes. It can be found in the laundry section of your supermarket.
Note that this is not a recipe for human consumption 
It is for play purposes only.  
Make sure to supervise young children.

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Tuesdays Treasures (vol 1 - 4)

Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper - Lynley Dodd 

Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Capers - © Lynley Dodd
I don't know who loves the books by Lynley Dodd more my children or I ! Lynley Dodd writes with the most beautiful rhythmical alliteration. If you can find any of her books at the library or bookshop grab them they are worth their weight in gold. Her illustrations are marvelously mischievous being  closely observed from life and enjoyed by young and old alike. The pictures and words combine to tell the story, each picture contains vital information contributing to the story and invites exploration by the reader. 

Details
  • First published in 1987
  • Pages 31
  • ISBN 9780140508734
  • Author: Lynley Dodd
  • Language: English
  • Age: 3 - Adult
To read more about Lynley Dodd you can have a look at Christchurch Library interview with NZ children's Author Lynley Dodd as well as to read about her awards and career history you can look at New Zealand Book Council: Author Lynley Dodd

Other books we have enjoyed by Lynley Dodd:
  • Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy
  • Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus At The Vet
  • Slinky Malinki
  • Hairy Maclary’s Showbusiness
  • Slinky Malinki Open The Door
  • Schnitzel von Krumm’s Basketwork
  • Schnitzel von Krumm Forget-Me-Not
  • Hairy Maclary SIT
  • Slinky Malinki Catflaps
  • Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers
  • Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks
Blessings



Saturday 18 June 2011

Just for fun :)

Ode to English Plurals

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,

But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England .
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,

we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and
get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it out,  and
in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

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The first five verses are from a poem “Pluralities” written in January 2006 by Eugenia A. Nidia (EFITA Newsletter). I haven’t been able to determine who wrote the second part -

This poem really illustrates some of the interesting things that our children need to learn in order to grasp the English language ! 

I think as adults we forget just how much our students still need to learn.