Fingerprint Trees

   

Elfin was really inspired by all the love on Valentines Day and wanted to do something with a heart on, so I suggested a fingerprint heart tree.

 

She drew a tree and some branches.

Then she got out her Christmas paint set, some water and a wet sponge (to wipe fingers and keep the paints from getting mixed up) and started fingerprinting her heart tree.

I left her to carry on....

...and when I returned this is how it looked. Lovely. x

Beachcombing Part II

Following on from this post I finally got round to photographing the kids other beach-combing collection. Not only did we have fun searching for colour amongst the pebbles but we also did our little bit for the beach, It's amazing how much rubbish there is lying around after just a few days of rough weather. I was just about to deposit this little lot in the recycling bin when I realised we could them another day for something creative. I'm thinking robot feaures or stamping. Watch this space.

Beachcombers

Last Sunday the sun finally shone so we headed to the seafront for a spot of beach-combing and a few silly games of hat attack (more about that another time). The kids really got into the beach-combing especially Zeph who seemed to love the idea that we were hunting for treasure. Even Stevie had a go and of course her slightly more interesting selections had to go into the bag. When we got home we dunked them in a bowl of water to get the sand off and they all had a go at arranging what they'd found. What a lovely day. Above all it was just so nice to get out of the confines of the house and run around like loons. Roll on summer we say!