Halloween Paper Lanterns

Milk bottle lanterns lit up with tea candles.

 

This huntsman has taken up residency at our place.  He lives between the window and fly screen and creeps out scaring the little one.

  
   
 

 
 

Tissue paper lanterns - they were a bit thick and not so transparent so we gave them pumpkin faces. To see the beginning of  these creations: http://landcare.blogspot.com/2011/10/making-mess-balloons.html

More visits from the ravens

 

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!


Edgar Allan Poe

Halloween Craft and happenings

A week of creating

 A rainbow spiders web - see here for it's beginnings

 

 He's lurking in there.

 Family art night making scary shadow puppets templates from

http://chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com/2011/10/make-this-halloween-shadow-puppets.html and

http://www.minieco.co.uk/halloween-shadow-makers/

 dad got sooooo into making these

 Home made memory game from here

http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/Halloween/1HALLOWEEN.html

  

Just because she's cute, which lets me forgive her for this.

Our little bowerbird mouse is forever eating - and leaving bits behind. The fruit bowl is in her reach and she looves fruit, but it's not always a good thing.

The most delicious eggs from our neighbours chickens - pumpkin eggs for Halloween.

A murder of crows (well Australian Ravens actually) hanging around our house stealing our neighbours eggs and our strawberries. Just in time for Halloween. 

More craft and creations to come. Have you been getting into the spooky spirit? Of course it's all back to front here, being Spring, but I love spooky stuff and can't resist getting involved.

Last day to enter my Blogtober giveaway today.

Thunderstorms and Rainy Songs

Saturday was at first a fine Spring morning, then the sky turned grey, then black, then a pelting down, red on the radar, cats and dogs rain came down. Lightning flashed through our windows and the thunder rolled over. I love a good storm, as long as the lightning doesn't strike too close. The plants got a much needed drink, and I like to think they are getting an extra fix of nitrogen with each flash of lightning.

Needless to say it wasn't an adventuring outdoors, jumping in puddles with the kids, kind of day. We even turned off the electrical appliances.

The middle one played with milk bottles making Halloween lantern creations.

 These are the doors for the candles, we'll put some sand in the bottom to hold them still.

Little one danced. She is very keen on her music at the moment.


The Bowerbirds played with Friday's op shop buys. Middle one read Tickle My Nose to little one, actions and all.

The big bowerbird and I sorted through her clothes, a whole lot that won't fit this summer, putting aside favourites for the little one and other's to pass on to friends. She's almost as big as me now, we share the same shoe size. She's old enough to choose her own music too, and as we culled clothes she put on some Sal Kimber and the Rollin' Wheel 'Sounds Like Thunder' as the storm rolled through. Lovely she still shares some of her mum's musical tastes, we could sing rainy songs together. http://www.myspace.com/salkimber/music/songs/tempt-the-rain-64893558

Today was warm and sunny, a breezy hay fever sneezy kind of day. Tomorrow is forecast 17 and rain, crazy all over the place Spring weather. The kids will walk to school together, probably with umbrellas, in the rain tomorrow, they like it, a bit of extra adventure.

Not a very outdoor wet rainy post to play along with The Playlist, more indoor imaginative play! We had more water play with our sandy post last week. 


On Thursday, I did spray 25 hot students with the hose whilst watering the garden after working in the school vegie patch.  I got the teachers permission for the first Junior Landcare class we had, and held the hose high, waving it about and watching them squeal and run under the spray.  I think it was the highlight of their day.  The poor second class had a much sterner teacher who wasn't even happy with the kids using mattocks, so I didn't dare ask if I could wet them too.


For more fun in the rain check out 1000 Homes of Happiness



For more fun ideas on things to do with kids visit
http://learningwithmouse.blogspot.com/