October has had a special springtime feel this year with the addition of more tulips planted last autumn. This is the yellow and pink bed and while perennials are still abed, I have coloured chard and strappy iris leaves filling in.
Spring is just not spring without the lambs! We are bottle feeding seven little maids much to the delight of little boys on holidays. Add to that the 50 chicks in the brooding pens and we are full to the brim with babies!
The boys always enjoy pasta making
and lots of crafts too....
Collages with a definite springtime theme...
Colour and science play with bi-carb and coloured vinegar from pipettes.
More colour play with food dye in milk and watching the reaction to soap.
Check out the video to see how the colours swirl like magic....
Some lovely, squishy, swirly sensory play in coloured water beads.
Lots of games, cards, "jobs", a water fights and good appetites.
And when the sun went down....
The fairy garden under the white peach tree lit up with little lights as the fairies played and magic misted among the sleepy calendula buds.
Then off to bed for sleepy heads and goodnight fairy stories to send them off to lands far away in dreams.
Wow, Tanya, what a magical time you've created for the boys. Lovely Spring photos too. The swirly colours in milk reminds me of marbling, which I used to do. Just water down some oil paints with turps and drip onto water, swirl around with a pointy object to create shapes and patterns then lower paper onto the surface. Bring it out of the water straight away, put to dry and you've got lovely marbled paper. You can also reuse the water, add another colour or remake patterns and make lots of different ones. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the quick tutorial Eileen. and very timely, my daughter and I were talking about this very thing the other day and she said she would like to try it.
DeleteSuch beautiful colours in your garden and fun for the little ones too. I adore tulips, such gorgeous flowers! Meg🌾
ReplyDeleteAlways lovely to hear from you Meg x
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