Category: Crafts
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Bots!
Dan made these while under lockdown in March – they were shapes he made for maths and he converted them to little robots that can be used as boxes as well 🙂
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Kirigami
Kirigami means cutting paper in Japanese (kiri = cut, gami = paper). It’s a fun and easy activity to do with children and you use them for decoration or glue them on to paper or card, etc. You can also use the cut out pieces for something! Sometimes I like to make one where the […]
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Origami Paper Lantern
I made this lantern for Dan’s room with some origami paper, masking tape, pipe cleaners and ribbon. The bulb is one that doesn’t get hot so it is safe!
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The Most Important Thing
When I was walking with Dan to school the other day, we were talking about him cycling home on his own and I said, “Be careful, keep looking around for cars and people – Observation – that’s the most important thing!” Dan said, “No it’s not!” I said, “Yes it is – what’s more important […]
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Clothes Peg Bats
Organised an activity to make clothes peg bats for Halloween at Dan’s English playgroup today, think I enjoyed it as much as the kids did!
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Kitchen
I made a kitchen for Dan. We got the parts from Shimachu in Nakano. The main frames are cardboard boxes, with a real tap, shiny drawer knobs and a metal bowl for the sink. Dan calls it ‘SHIN’.
Grace Kishino・岸野 グレース 