How to make a window box on the last day of the summer holiday.
1. Find all the buttons, glue, pieces of felt, scissors, tape, shoeboxes you can find. Cover the table entirely.
2. Make some playdough (first ever solo trip to the shop to get the cream of tartar optional here).
3. Press down and fill the shoebox with playdough. Observe dyed-brown fingers. There may be some reminiscence about making playdough in days gone by. This is ok.
4. Make some flower stems from tightly-rolled tissue paper. Draw some petals on felt and cut them out.
5. Choose a button. Negotiate with the button owner. Re-negotiate. Glue the button on to the petals with a gluestick. It falls off. Glue it back on with PVA.
5. Chat about school, about new beginnings. There are butterflies.
6. Display with pride. Over the coming days it's fun to water the playdough soil. It's less fun to wipe it up.
I hope summer is ending gently for you and yours. Good luck with all new starts.
1. Find all the buttons, glue, pieces of felt, scissors, tape, shoeboxes you can find. Cover the table entirely.
2. Make some playdough (first ever solo trip to the shop to get the cream of tartar optional here).
3. Press down and fill the shoebox with playdough. Observe dyed-brown fingers. There may be some reminiscence about making playdough in days gone by. This is ok.
4. Make some flower stems from tightly-rolled tissue paper. Draw some petals on felt and cut them out.
5. Choose a button. Negotiate with the button owner. Re-negotiate. Glue the button on to the petals with a gluestick. It falls off. Glue it back on with PVA.
5. Chat about school, about new beginnings. There are butterflies.
6. Display with pride. Over the coming days it's fun to water the playdough soil. It's less fun to wipe it up.
I hope summer is ending gently for you and yours. Good luck with all new starts.
Out of chaos (that table top) comes beautiful creativity! An important lesson for life.
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