At home with Sunny and Django

We love making and playing with the waterfall!!

Messy cornflour goo is another favourite. Now Nelson is back at school, Django keeps me busy!

Hooray a milestone is reached. Django can now swing. Hooray for swinging!

Cool Colouring In

I just found this cool site with lots of free downloadable colouring in patterns.  It is called Patterns for Colouring
(of course, what else would it be called?).

Pretty birds

Before I forget, I must remember that a week or so ago whilst enjoying a cup of tea and a read in the sun on the veranda one of our local, pretty little birds - a blue wren, landed on my foot.
 
 Nelson and I made these blue birds out of paper mache.

We found this bower bird nest whilst on a walk.  The boys often collect blue bits and pieces from it.

Another collage - this one a bird.

I like this embroidery.  Might have to try to do something similar!

from penguin and fish

A cool song - "I like birds" by the Eels.

 from Geninne's Art Blog, she draws and paints lots of pretty little birds.

I love these drawings of birds by Joel Henriques.  And these....

There is a really good website called Birds in Backyards with lots of information, pictures and bird calls.

hula hoop rug

I just noticed this cool rug made from old t-shirts using a hula hoop.  Instructions are here.  Looks cool I think i might have to try it...

This looks cool too...

Things that would be cool to make with the kids

from Mini-Eco

from recycling at school

from Almost Unschoolers

I wonder if this would work with bamboo?  Saw it here.

These are some ideas I want to remember.  I especially like the pop stick river houses. 

What's been going on....

A new bag is nearly finished....yet another tree.

During the rain we got into a bit of paper collage using old magazines inspired by this great book.

This is the huge Winter Solstice bonfire.

I didn't have my camera for the exciting lighting of the fire and the subsequent spark shower, but here it is after it had mellowed out.

On a cold and frosty morning.... We have only had a few frosts this year....too much rain!

Cold at night and in the morning but beautiful during the day!

A BIG day at home with django

First we made pumpkin scones.

Then it was golf ball & marble painting.

Look at the concentration!

Then we made a box cubby house.

It was so beautiful out on the deck in the lovely autumn sun. 

Activities to inspire a reluctant artist

 Masking tape painting - put lots of strips of masking tape over a painting board (paper will rip).  Then cover the whole board with paint.

 Wait for the paint to dry and then peel off the masking tape.  Cool stripes!

 Trace around  a cup using a crayon then with water colours paint the circles and then paint the background.  Django and I did this together because painting makes him "tired". (You do it mum, I'm tired!)

Bubble blowing painting - Django quite likes this one! Just mix paint and dish washing liquid. Blow bubbles and hold the paper over the bubbles.