Recycled Castle

My 11 year old would have a great time making this and 

My 5 year old grandson would enjoy playing with it. 

Another project on my to do list!  Yahoo!

Thank you Khali of Little Lovely for the great idea

Visit here: 

http://bkids.typepad.com/bookhoucraftprojects/2009/09/project-32-recycled-castle-.html

Lilla Elephants - Mother and child

I JUst LoVe Lilla A Design site

http://lilla-a-design.blogspot.com/2010/04/en-elefant-kom-marcherande.html 

She must be a wonderfully creative mother.   You have to check it out!

She has so many great ways to encourage children's creativity.  

She found this idea for her elephant at Ferm Living here:

http://www.ferm-living.com/

Make it yourself Doll House and People

I found this great idea for a doll house at Ferm Living.com 

Four children can play with easily at the same time and it would be so easy to make myself.

http://www.ferm-living.com/dollhouse/

Then I found these wooden people for sale on Etsy, ready to paint.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/gemmielou?ref=seller_info

Or these wooden people for sale on Etsy 

Paint your own Star Wars Action Figures?

Visit Filth Wizardry here:

http://www.filthwizardry.com/2010/10/diy-star-wars-toys.html

  

Cinderella Theatre Miniature

"Recreate your own toy theatre production of the pantomime Cinderella. 

Follow the instructions on how to download and assemble your theatre which 

comes complete with characters, scenery and an original toy theatre script." 

Follow this link

http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/kids/things_to_make/toy_theatre/index.html

I've already downloaded and printed my html copy onto card stock.  

Next I'll color then attach the pieces to lightweight cardboard and assemble.  

I found this photo on wikipedia to give me direction on coloring.

Here are a few of the theatre backdrop scenes. 

And some of the puppets

This is a fun project.

Daylily Horses

Fall has officially arrived.   

My day lilies are beginning to turn brown and soon the snow will be here.

Just in time for the festive holiday season, Acorn Pies shares this clever

idea for creating with brown day lily leaves

Day lily Horses

Visit Acorn Pie here

http://acornpies.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-make-daylily-horse.html

Terrariums

The other day I ran across an article in the New York Times 

about tiny terrariums - miniature gardens 

Two women in Brooklyn New York make these wonderful little worlds. 

I searched and searched and discovered the people are hand-painted  

zero scale architectural miniatures

You can purchase them here

at Oak Ridge Hobbies (on line)

Fairy Gardens

Last summer I watched as my neighbor and her husband

built a Fairy Garden by the fountain in their yard.  

I was fascinated and wanted one of my own.

Kleas has a wonderful tutorial and beautiful pictures 

of fairy gardens she creates with her preschool students.

They are lovely and make me feel transported into another place and time 

You can see them here. 

http://kleas.typepad.com/kleas/2010/08/fairy-camp---part-three.html