Pools of light, winter wonderland and Stay & Play

Below is some interesting things going on in our patch.  Stay and Play will be OPEN at KHCC this Wednesday 9:30 to 11:30.  Older children welcome - we are making extra provision/ activities for older ones.

Lacewing Hotels

The last garden club this season.  Thanks to all those who have come along and supported our free fun-in-the-garden experiment.  We are making an application to buy some kit and make things better and more long term for a garden club at KHCC.  I will post when ready to start again in the new year.

Photos below are of lacewing hotel making - I did something similar at Evergreen.  I will post to Bugmen Ad Bates and Nick Williams (OPALWM and Butterfly conservation who both visited earlier this year) to check they will work, but they look pretty in our trees anyway.

We finished off with a Mole story, the Giving Tree and Not a stick.

Searching for sticks

Attaching wings

Decorating tins

Knights and Wands

Willow and Stories, witches and crowns, weather still fantastic!

Seeking, counting and sorting garden treasure

Homes in the garden

Today's theme was 'Home'.  First we searched for homes already in our garden.

'The bugman showed us where to look'

We looked at wormcasts, cobwebs and other homes in the garden.  The we made our own homes, ready for 'Three Little Pigs' and other stories.

Looking at a spider's web

At home under the picnic bench

Building a home for the three little pigs

I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!

More stories of building

Pirate Potato Treasure

Great day of pirate shinnanigans, Aaargh!

Maps, check, Hats, check

We're going this way, that way , forward, backward, over the Irish Sea!

Pebble treasure here.

Digging for potato treasure

Pirates always share their treasure!

Fair Food Art

First of a couple of food art workshops at the stay & play in the garden.  A mix of fairtrade and locally foraged fruit and nuts rolled, cut, printed.