Butterfly rescue

These have been rescued off of the ground or off of a tomato 

The kids have attached a piece of cotton to hang the cocoon to hang

Very happy butterflies and children

The kids have found more to rescue.

DD and DS have spent a few days moving caterpillars from plants which had been completely eaten to another plant...very Indiana Jones with hands full of wriggling bodies.

Ladder building

Such an industrious morning. They started out with minecraft till breakfast. They started a movie but feeding chickens was more fun and we lost them outside for an hour or so before I went to check.

They made their own ladder to get up in the "special tree" (it's got a flattish area to sit in) I hope all Dave's tools get back in the right places.

Then they have been working on a pulley system to get their "blacksmiths tools" up in the tree...water and all.

Ds5 is working on his own projects throwing into a bucket.

Tools of the trade

Great sleepover!

Clay January 2015

Clay work with ds5. I've been saying all holidays they need to find their own projects...it's taken a few weeks but they have just started to settle down.

Ds5 has been collecting clay then wetting it and forming clay balls which he then works into bowls.

Dd8 has introduced the words cob to him and the idea of adding sand and dry grass.

I've had lots of clay hand prints everywhere.

Blacksmith

My wonderful daughter built a "blacksmiths" for my son. Not sure where they picked up the ideas from but it looks great.