We are in the last week of Summer, and I still attempting to make vacation at home a little less boring (or a little less focused on the computer games).
One of the ideas I had was making a camping fun in our backyard, using mostly what we had at home.
To make it more real, we made this sign with chalk in a little piece of wood leftover from the school art show. I had these branches drying in the yard, that held the sign well.
The bag of old water balloons were hanging on the closet since someone's birthday. So I filled them a third way with water, and the rest with air, to make some "fishies". I made little faces with a
Sharpie, to make them float in an old baby pool. Then I tie a rubber band in the end so they could be grabbed with a hook.
The fishing pole was made with some more old tree branches, with a string tied in a hook made from our
pipe cleaners(sorry I didn't take a close up picture of that).
For some camping inspired food I made these little camp fires, using pieces of celery on top of a dollop of hummus, and the fire was made out of turkey bacon, that I cut up after baked.
Then I also used the celery to make fishing poles, cutting a very thin piece also to use as a string. In the end I tied a
Goldfish Cracker.
And that was our quick camping in the yard. We didn't have enough to make the S'mores, but it was a few hours of making believe fun.
So I cut up the basic shapes, cutting to make a sheep and the fence.
Then I attached the shapes to the front of the pencil case.
The technique used for stitching is very well explained, with nice pictures on this blog The Future Girl.
And this is the final product. With an old button and some pom poms I had in the box.
And my son even found an old snowman that I made, with a few pom poms, so he wanted it on the other side.
And I think finally I am ready.
The bag of old water balloons were hanging on the closet since someone's birthday. So I filled them a third way with water, and the rest with air, to make some "fishies". I made little faces with a Sharpie, to make them float in an old baby pool. Then I tie a rubber band in the end so they could be grabbed with a hook.
The fishing pole was made with some more old tree branches, with a string tied in a hook made from our pipe cleaners(sorry I didn't take a close up picture of that).
For some camping inspired food I made these little camp fires, using pieces of celery on top of a dollop of hummus, and the fire was made out of turkey bacon, that I cut up after baked.
Then I also used the celery to make fishing poles, cutting a very thin piece also to use as a string. In the end I tied a Goldfish Cracker.
And that was our quick camping in the yard. We didn't have enough to make the S'mores, but it was a few hours of making believe fun.
Finally all that work paid off.
So with them still in my mind,I went to my pile of paper and markers, to make some paper sharks and covered a serving dish to place some chips.
But then the sharks inspired me to make decorations for the muffins.
I thought a few flags would make more colorful for the table.
The watermelon shark was present too, like last year.
But fun stuff for the kids was missing, so the styrofoam plates gave me a good idea.
I cut up a plate with big teeth, painted and used elastic strings to the sides.
Then the plates also gave me another idea, and I cut up two pieces and glued together to make a finn.
They played shark in the pool and out in the grass.
The day was beautiful and we have the whole week to learn about sharks.
And the great sharks will always be in my head.
