Beeswax ‘echidnas’

Yesterday morning was quite humid so we played outside in the fresh air. Master D’s crystal monkeys (we made crystals on pipe cleaners and for some reason they are now monkeys!) and gnome had tree climbing adventures 🙂

After a while he drifted back over to where I’d been making some gnomes, and near where Little Miss Q was lying on her blanket looking at our springtime blooms. There he discovered some beeswax I’d left out to soften.

We both worked the wax in our hands, enjoying the warm feel and honey scent. His beeswax then turned into a sun egg (we’ve been reading The Sun Egg by Elsa Beskow), before turning into the sun.

The other wax became an ‘echidna’ – ‘this one is the daddy one with a big spiky tail!’

Not long afterwards a great storm came over and we sat under the patio and watched!

Thanks for reading, Kelly

November 8, 2011 by

Ribbon wands

When I was little my great auntie came to visit and gave me some beautiful ribbon. For some reason I’ve always remembered the ribbon and how pretty it was. I think this is partly why I love ribbon wands so much – they are ribbon magic!

To make Little Miss Q one I cut some dowel to around 20 cm, sanded it until it was smooth and then ‘drilled’ a hole in the end (I just used a drill bit and twisted it by hand). Next I screwed in a hook before threading on a key ring, together with a bell.

For the ribbon I chose 4 colours and cut them to around 50 cm. I lightly singed the ends to stop them from fraying. Then I tied them onto the key ring tightly. For Master D I made a longer one – the dowel was around 30 cm and the ribbon was about 90 cm.

We love playing with them outside in the wind 🙂 (ok, I love playing with them outside in the wind – although I’m pretty sure the kids do too!).

Thanks for reading, Kelly

November 6, 2011 by