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in Embrace Imagination

Prehistoric Ice Age Meltdown Challenge

5 Apr

We decided we were going to make our own prehistoric ice age scene and attempt to save our prehistoric friends from the big freeze. We had lots of fun and messy play with a little scientific education thrown in… Here’s how we got on.

in Embrace Imagination

Capturing Flower Fairies

20 Mar

We decided we were going to head to the river bank in the hope of catching a glimpse of some flower fairies.. We took with us some jars with the slim chance that we may even capture our own! Here’s how we got on. Armed with a small bottle if fairy dust I set about discreetly dusting some flowers along… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun

Building Fairy Houses

20 Mar

We decided we wanted to build some natural fairy houses so we set about gathering materials.. We built a frame using sticks & string.. And then we set about decorating the inside, we used pieces of stick which we tied string around to make our ladder. We pushed sticks into an apple to make a window frame for an apple… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Outdoor Fun

Hunting for Shed Fairy Wings

20 Mar

Did you know that fairies shed their wings at seasons change? This is done as the night turns to day whilst the sunshine delicately chases the dancing moonlight away and if you are really lucky you may just be able to find these elusive fallen wings that have fell intact onto beds of glistening morning dew drops…. Our magical adventure… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Outdoor Fun

Dragon Hunting in The Woods

5 Mar

With the aid of a few duck eggs which i paid 40p each for and a handwritten sign we embarked on a dragon hunt…The bigger children (7&9) were in on the Dragon hunt set up today & did really well making believe for Mila (4), they were rewarded with a find of some ‘real’ eggs from something unknown 🙂 Our… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Outdoor Fun

Searching for Frost Fairies

5 Mar

Todays walk was just that, just a walk with no real plan, just going with the wind 🙂 But we did have one mission in mind and that was to try to find evidence of frost fairies & ice queens. We set out early morning as the sun rose & passed lots of frost whilst in the car but when… View Post

in Embrace Imagination

Kids Rap Battling

28 Feb

The kids decided they wanted to have a rap battle, so we set about making our own boom box and decks, we used empty boxes to do this. We took our guitar, play station microphones & our decks (play station dj hero & our original 1970’s FISHERPRICE record player)…. We found a perfect spot for our battle… Here’s how we… View Post

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