After dreaming about birds (maybe because they were so noisy at night…) I took the little challenge to draw a large Australian Cockatoo (120cm by 160cm) on a piece of plywood.
I will use it for my next market backdrop, so for all the Melburnians, look for the big bird at the Arts Centre next Sunday and please come to say hello!
Wishing You a very Happy Easter!
Joyeuses Pâques à tous!
For this last part of the Circus party posts, let’s play with some good old games:
“Le Chamboultou” (with some pompoms and goggle eyes):
The spy cage:
The photo booth (clowning around highly encouraged):
The Rings of Fire:
Spinning some crayons on a potter’s wheel: (that was the biggest hit among the little guests!)
And the Grand Final: Skate Boarding to go thought a bridge of cardboard boxes!…that was really fun!
And here is the very tired dad-clown at the end:
(Note to self: 1/-take a picture of the cake before eating it. 2/-packing away is the easy part – do not complain for messy rooms anymore.)
Enjoy your day, and thanks to Pinterest for a few ideas!
Let’s play with a bit of decorations for the party:
And next week, the lawn games will make the show!
You remember that Pirate Party where the children had to catch a real hen to find the tresor?
Well now it is my daughter’s birthday and the theme is going to be fun:
Let’s the greatest show on earth begin!
After spending a bit of time on Pinterest we found cute animal jars to make. After painting the lids and the little plastic animals with acrylic , we just super-glued them together to have those beautiful Mason Jars!
We will use them as Lollybags for the guests.
Aujourd’hui c’est vendredi et on démonte un appareil photo qui ne fonctionne plus du tout. Alors les mini vis et mini éléments en tout genre, il y en plein! Un beau moment plein de curiosité, mais alors quelle galère pour répondre aux questions: “qu’est ce que c’est cette piece, maman?” heu… bin heu pfff voyons voir sur Internet…
Aller faire un tour sur le site de TODD MCLELLAN, c’est beau!
La prochaine fois ce sera au tour du grille pain, ce sera beaucoup plus facile!
Today is Friday and we are disassembling on old photo camera that doesn’t work anymore. So there was so many-tiny screws and other tiny things! A nice moment of discovery, but such a hard work to answer the question: “What is this maman?” hmm…well…let’s check the Internet.
Go and check the work of TODD MCLELLAN, it is so neat!
Next time it will be the toaster’s turn, much easier!
After reading a book about optical illusions, we made a Thaumatrope with a kangaroo wearing boots and a top hat. And who wants a bit of wikipedia to start the day? 😉
“A Thaumatrope is a toy that was popular in the 19th century. A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to blend into one.”
If you want to make the same one, here is the PDF to print: (you will then need to attach a loop of string (40cm )to each side and twist them before pulling them appart.) Thaumatrope Paris-Bourke <- Click to see PDF I couldn’t make the video go faster to be able to see the illusion on screen, but you will get the idea:
It’s summer, Let’s make bubbles!
C’est l’été, Allons faire des bulles!
We had a few plank of timber in the shed sitting there waiting to be used. So we used the drill, the saw and sanded them to make material for a very special cubby house. You can built it in different shapes and pack it away for easy storage. If you want to make one, don’t use any timber (as us…) the better the material, the better looking and the more solid it will be. But don’t forget it has to be light for the children to build it themselves.
Avec des planches de pin qui traînaient dans le garage, nous avons scié, percé et poncé pour fabriquer une cabane amovible. Bon si vous souhaitez en faire une, utilisez un bois de qualité (pas comme nous…) mais n’oubliez pas d’en prendre un léger pour que les enfants construisent leur cabane eux-mêmes.
Work in progress:
Building time:
Play time! Have a good day and a Very Good New Year!
Bonne Année 2015!
An easy project to re-use our boxes from our farmer: We just wrapped the lid with fabric just like you would do to cover a book or a gift:
Next time we will try with some paint or wallpaper.
That’s it, the game is in the shop! We made a little video with the children to show you what we have been working on:
A force d’y travailler le voici enfin dans la boutique!Nous avons fait une petite video, avec les enfants, pour vous le présenter:
The Map Game Australia.
So, do you think the children still have a french accent?
Alors, les enfants ont-ils toujours un petit accent français?
La découverte du site internet -Royal Institution- nous inspire tellement sur les activités du moment, qu’il faut absolument qu’on partage ce lien: http://rigb.org/experimental/rubber-band-cannons
Nous avons fabriqué des cannons à élastiques très simple et parfait pour jouer au chamboule-tout.
We just discovered a great website from the Royal Institution of Great Britain. We’ve made their Rubber band cannons and had so much fun. Here is the link: http://rigb.org/experimental/rubber-band-cannons
Un petit project facile à faire avec les enfants: mettre des aimants derriere des puzzles, des cartes ou des lettres en bois. (il faut juste trouver des feuilles d’aimant souples et adhésives)
An easy project to do with the children: glue magnets behind puzzles or wooden letters.
De quoi décorer (ou cacher) le réfrigérateur…
Good to decorate (or hide) the fridge…;-)
Etre si loin de notre pays d’origine et regarder cette jolie video de Olive Us intitulée -Saying Goodbye- nous a tous fait monter les larmes aux yeux. Pleine de poésie et montrant un petit coin de paradis, voici un petit bijou de video. La bonne nouvelle c’est qu’il y en plein d’autre sur leur site.
Being so far away from our own country and looking at the video from Olive Us -Saying Goodbye- made us all quite emotional. Full of beauty and featuring a little piece of heaven, this video is a little jewel. This family made other videos that you can see on their site.
http://www.ulive.com/video/saying-goodbye-to-france
Enjoy and have a nice day!
We are letting the last colours of Autumn go…
Nous laissons partir les dernières couleurs de l’automne…
Painted Helicopter Seeds, Landing Video:
Paris-Bourke 
