The walk to school in the morning is getting darker each day....but the snow bounces any available light so that really helps!
As a complete contrast I'm sitting by a very warm wood stove , listening to Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie while working on a project for the youngest's class.
If you are ever asked to cut out 18 pairs of felt bears and then punch holes around the edges so the kids can sew them together ..just make sure you have something interesting to listen too (and don't forget to oil the punch!)
and this is what they are supposed to end up like when the children have a go!
I used to be a Brownie Guider and we made lots of stuff like this- I still have some tree decorations that I use every year. We sewed small bags and made raffia handles to hang them.
ReplyDeleteI love Agatha Christie and still have the boxed set of books I received for Christmas when I was about 13 I think
I think an Agatha Christie was one of the first grown up books I read...and I still enjoy them even when read for the umpteenth time.
ReplyDeleteI think now I'm an 'experienced hole in felt puncher' I should try making tree decoration kits for the girls
Good idea THANKS!!!
First off, Rattling On, aren't you so, so lucky you 1. were given them and 2. still have them! Val, I'm so impressed. I can't sew period. I enjoyed Evil Under the Sun though I didn't write about it. Wonder why? Do your kids walk on that street? Are there sidewalks? Geesh, here I am a zillion miles away and worrying. :<)
ReplyDeleteYes there are sidewalks Nan,
ReplyDeleteyes we do walk! We wear Carhartts
High Visibility Fleece hats(and yak tracks when it's icy) ...general consensus is that the small planes flying into Merril field can use us as flight path indicators! lol
I love the photo of the walk to school. It's dark here, too, when I arrive at school, and getting darker and darker now when I leave at the end of the day. It's good that there is so much light and fun inside! You're terrific to cut out all those bears and hole punch them. That's a lucky teacher to have you as a volunteer! Happy listening!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun listening Robin and after the Agatha Christie's I made it to James Herriot...good fun
ReplyDeleteThe art work your class created is lovely..beautiful Holiday mandalas. I've never seen that idea before they're lovely!