Amazing Mazes!!

The introduction of some mapping work has sparked Mr Ed on a Map frenzy. He cannot get enough of reading and making maps and mazes. After the rain finally stopped and I got to mow the lawn, Mr Ed was straight outside with scissors in hands, creating this work of art.

He snipped and snipped day after day for about 3days. The entire time he was chatting about the different features of ‘the maze’ (that actually turned out to be an underwater kingdom).

 

On day four Mr K joined in and the Maze now became a ball game. Toss your ball and see how far it lands.

 

Then they added nearly every ball they had and played a ‘follow the leader’ game with the balls in and out of the maze. It kind of reminded me of those marble run games. I couldn’t have pulled them away from it if I tried.

Easter Tree

It's that time of year again... That time where Mr K wants to do all things Easter and the excitement of the approaching chocolate day is filling our house.

This past week has been filled with Easter activities galore. From Easter baskets, little chickens, egg decorating, bunny masks to our all-time family tradition, The Easter Tree.

 

 

We make an Easter Tree every year and the kid’s absolutely love it. I love watching them create their own Tree that they can touch and explore. It’s all theirs and the amount of pride that show’s once they’ve finished is gorgeous!

 

Cabin Fever and making boats

Like nearly everyone here in Queensland we have been getting a little bit of Cabin Fever from the constant rain. I know that I have never, ever seen so much rain and I really hope there is no more to come.

One of our favourite things to do on a raining day is to race boats. There is a great little stream that flows straight through our closest school. So this is where we head to race our handmade speed racers.

We created our boats out of Kitchen Foil. This is a fairly easy activity but time consuming, which is exactly what we wanted on a rainy day!

We raced and raced and then we jumped and jumped. By the end of our journey we were pretty much swimming. Along the way we played with the mud clay and made some awesome sculptors. We usually bring the mud clay back home to play with, but this time we just wanted to say out of the house.