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 hunt started at Ogmore castle, we crossed the stepping stones and headed into the woods to the ruins of CANDLESTON CASTLE/MERTHYR MAWR & it’s surrounding sand dunes. (South Wales)
Here’s how we got on…
We started at Ogmore castle where we walked across the treacherous waters via the stepping stones..
Once we had explored Ogmore castle (free to enter) we got back in the car and headed 5 minutes up the road to Merthyr Mawr…
Once there i placed a sign I had made discreetly on a tree…
The kids discovered the sign..
and our dragon hunt began….
I hid some hatched eggs in the wood
we carried on through the woods heading for the castle ruins..
As the kids explored the ruins I discreetly placed our dragon eggs!
I’d used duck eggs which i drew on and spray with hairspray and a dusting of glitter…
As we explored the castle…
WE STUMBLED ON THE DRAGON EGGS!!!
AND THEN SOME MORE AS WE HEADED BACK THROUGH THE WOODS!!
We then headed for the sand dunes to search for anymore signs…
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And we found dragon footprints..
and more eggs (real eggs this time!)
We finished our day rolling down the dunes..
We took our dragon eggs home and put them in the airing cupboard to keep warm, the next day we discovered one of the eggs had hatched and we now have a naughty dragon on the loose around the house….
So rather than take any chances we returned to the woods with our other dragon egg and made a nest for it to sit in back within its natural environment…
Out dragon hunt really was a magical adventure achieved with minimum effort for the price of a few duck eggs….
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I adore this activity! You are so inventive, best mum ever!
What a great idea – I may utilise this for St George’s Day.
That’s a great idea!
Oh how I wish I could trade places with you! My youngest son is named London because I love it over there so much (couldn’t really name him UK lol). I’m in Boulder Colorado so maybe we will try this out on the montians here. Ty!