Instead we discovered Hama beads... I've never really understood what they are about before and had no experience with them whatsoever, so a little learning curve for us both. Actually it turned out to be quite a good exercise in concentration, since following the pattern wasn't that easy and the beads were quite small - especially hard as I had the board upside-down, who knew there was a 'top' to a circle.
It turns out they are quite clever and a simple process of ironing after the beads have been placed means you can create some interesting things...
This is our first attempt:
And of course with a few leftover beads you can also make lightsabers
I've found a few Star Wars bead pattern online, so I think we might have another go at this. Check out the Storm Trooper: http://queverdestas.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/creatividad-hama-beads/enhanced-buzz-2807-1301930841-6/
We also made some finger print trees today. Knowing that mucky hands is not something that sits well with little fingers I thought this might be expecting the impossible. However, with a little coaxing, and by getting stuck in myself to show how it's done, we made these :
We drew the tree trunks yesterday and coloured them in felt pens, and then just mixed up a load of green paints slightly different shades for the leaves which we made today with finger tips.
Not a bad morning considering the house is all full of lemsip and tissues...
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