Making lanterns

This week we made some fabulous lanterns.
There were jam jar lanterns, and willow sticks & tissue paper lanterns.

You can find a good tutorial for the willow ones on the Nature Detectives website.

      

Autumnal crafts

Today was our busiest session to date! 

We had a go at a couple of autumnal crafts.

The first one was making imprints into air-drying clay. We collected and brought various natural things, acorns, conkers, pinecones, twigs etc, and made some lovely tiles and other 3D creations.

We also had some great autumnal collages going on, with tissue paper leaves.

Autumn leaves

Our meeting last week was a usual mixture of crafts, play and chatting.
We had a go at making leaf rubbings, leaf crowns and masks.
The children also enjoyed playing games with a parachute and ball, playing tag and making the most of the little park by the hall.
And as usual it was lovely being able to chat with other parents who have made the choice to educate their children outside of school. It can be a lonely path at times, and a group like this one really helps us feel part of a community!