Summer holidays are well and truly here but in Great British style the weather is not! The hot summer days seem to be over now and we are left with windy, rainy days instead. Weather like this makes it hard for us parents to keep the children entertained outdoors, especially when it comes to keeping the budget at a low cost.
Since the children have finished school for the summer we have had pretty crap weather, I don’t want to keep the children indoors (otherwise my house looks like a bomb site) I want to see them outdoors enjoying the time that they have off school, playing with friends and making new ones.
I came across a Facebook page called ‘Love on the rocks uk’. It’s a page where people paint on rocks then hide them for others to find. All they ask of you is to get creative as you want with a rock and some paints and then write on the back “love on the rocks” with the Facebook symbol then hide the rock within your community; a park, forest or a beach promenade. Take a photo of it and share it on Facebook for other rock hunters to find it. Once found, the hope is that people will look up the Facebook page and join in with the fun.
This activity is cheap and fun. Not only are you getting creative but also getting out and about in the great outdoors.
We visited Hanningfield Reservoir in Essex for the Wind in the Willows Trail and whilst we was there we found some rocks to paint on. We took some felt tip pens and sharpies with us. Found a quite spot to sit down at and got drawing
That’s what is great about this activity it keeps the children busy, it’s fun and they get to explore at the same time.
The eldest drew a sunset onto his rock, using tippex for the shadow on the sea
Our little collection of love on the rocks
We found a few spots in Hanningfield to hide them and left them feeling very happy with ourselves, that maybe we can put a smile onto someones face.
Would love to see the face of the child/adult that finds these rocks. They’re not a work of art but they are fun
A shadow of a cat sat in front of a sunset
Love on the rocks written on the back
Why not join in on the fun. Wouldn’t it be fun to spread the love of rocks further afield. I am thinking of hiding some abroad
To celebrate Starwarsreads Egmont have invited along 10 bloggers to participate and help promote the Star Wars books during the month of April ready for Star Wars Day on May the 4th. Egmont have asked us to join them.
With a house full of boys this campaign seemed like an ideal one for the boys to get their teeth stuck into, especially when I found out that one of the books that we would be receiving was a ‘Make & Do’ book. I am always encouraging the children to not only read a good range of books but also to become more creative in their artwork.
We was sent 3 books to read and look through
Star Wars: Make and Do £7.69
Star Wars: Rogue One: Book of the Film £6..99
The Force Awaken Illustrated Storybook £7.99
The Star Wars Make & Do book is ideal for budding artists, young and old. I love a good craft and this book has some amazing crafts to try out. My son and I couldn’t wait to make up a finger puppet from the book.
Joseph is a Yoda fan, he is, so obviously this was the first activity we tried. The instructions are easy to follow, numbered and illustrated. It tells you the list of materials you will need.
Yodas body
Yodas Head
Firstly we drew around my sons finger on a piece of paper to get the size of the finger puppet. We cut it out and used it as a template to get Yoda’s body and cloak. I drew the shape of Yoda’s head using the picture on the book as a template. Using the template we cut out two heads on green felt. The only thing we did differently to the instructions was to use a glue gun to attach the body together and a material felt pen for the face instead of using a needle and thread.
Once gluing all the pieces together we added on Yoda’s hand, eyes and lightsaber
What do you think of our mini Yoda Finger Puppet? We love it and so does Big Yoda
I couldn’t wait to attempt in a drawing so decided upon trying to draw Obi Wan. Following the step by step instructions, I summoned my skills to sketch the wise warrior.
The Art Pad is on the right hand side of the book and the activity book on the left hand side.
Starting with Obi Wans body , head and arms
Adding on the Jedi Robe
Next was the facial features
My final image
I am pretty chuffed with myself. It was a quick sketch and only took me about 10 minutes. I absolutely love activity books like this
Check out this flippy
It truly is an awesome book that will help you create cool crafts, design your own masterpieces and bring your own ideas and drawings to life.
Relive the story of Star Wars with The Force Awakens Illustrated Story Book. In The Force Awakens, Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister first order has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed. With the support of the Republic, General Leia Organa leads a brave resistance. She is desperate to find her brother, Luke, and gain his help in restoring peace and justice to the galaxy.
This book has beautiful illustrations, at first I thought they were photographs from the film but when you look closely you can see that they are drawings
Every page has an illustration on it, making it an ideal book for children to follow. It is intended for children from 6 through to 8. My children are 5 and 9 and they both enjoyed flicking through the pages and looking at the cool pictures. This book consists of 125 pages, which doesn’t have many words to read but that’s just what a story book is.
The Star Wars Rogue One Book is aimed more for the older children, a junior Novel that doesn’t contain any images leaving your children to use their imagination when reading it. Relive the excitement of the film with this action packed story. The rebel alliance has learned of the existence of a terrifying imperial weapon, capable of destroying entire planets: the Death Star. A thrilling tale of ordinary people who choose to do an extraordinary things.
These book will make a perfect addition to any child’s bookshelf.
As i said at the beginning of the post that this was a starwarsreads campaign with 10 bloggers involved, take a look at http://icklepickleslife.co.uk to read what they think of the books that they were sent, also try your luck with in their giveaway too
Egmont are giving a lucky reader the chance to win the Make & Do book as well as Adventures in Wild Space books for young readers
For a chance to win these awesome books then enter via the rafflecopter
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I recently decided that I would like to create a new logo for the blog and I wanted to incorporate the boys and the name into it. I’m not the best drawer but decided to give it a whirl.
What do you think?
I now need to know how to get it into a blog badge, anyone know?
Oliver has always shown an interest in drawing and from the moment he knew what a pencil and piece of paper can do, he enjoys sitting down and doing lovely pieces if art work for me to plaster on my kitchen walls.
He has had a busy day today drawing me four pictures, two at his childminders and two in an after school crèche.
Moneysupermarket.com new TV advert is all about Alan who jets off into space and becomes his sons hero, Tots 100 and moneysupermarket.com have teamed up together to find out who our child’s or grandchild’s hero’s are. Who do they aspire to, it could be a superhero with extraordinary powers or a celebrity that they look up to whoever it is all they have to do is to draw a picture of their hero and explain why they love them so much.
Jak my eldest who is 10 years old loves to draw and couldn’t wait to put pencil to paper to enter this fabulous competition, I was quite surprised with who he chose as I really thought that he would say that I was his hero lol but no my son has chosen another women, this women is a remarkable lady who has brought imagination and creativity to just about every child.
Jak says ” My Hero is someone who has entertained me through thick and thin. My hero has served millions of eager readers. My hero has an imagination as magical as a unicorns universe. My Hero is the amazing author J.K Rowling!”
“Most of my writing is fiction and I try to think of her writing to inspire me at school, when reading her Harry Potter books I am always filled with wonder and delight and can never put the book down. I like her imagination and her creative skills and one day I hope to be like her”
Who is your Hero?
This post is an entry into the Tots100 Moneysupermarket That’s My Hero Competition
By entering this post into That’s my Hero Jak could get the chance to win up to £500 in Toys R Us vouchers, by coming first, second or one of the three runner ups.
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