We've had a newsletter from school asking for the children to make hats for an Easter Bonnet Parade at the end of term. "Hurray!" I shout. "Not many mums say that when asked to make Easter bonnets" says my other half, "Not many mums did a course on millinery at college!" I reply.
I made the girls hats from cardboard as the base. We attempted a wool nest as shown by Mister Maker. We got really gluey making them and the girls loved it - dipping the wool in PVA glue and wrapping it around a clingfilm covered bowl. After a day of drying it still looked like a big pile of wet wool but after another two days in the airing cupboard we were able to remove the bowls and the shape remained - phew! The girls made pompoms which we made into chicks and I even found some plastic eggs amongst my craft supplies. We've spent this afternoon making tissue flowers and gluing it all together.
And after all that work, no Sunday afternoon is complete in our house without Silly Sandwiches...
Those are great little hats!
ReplyDeleteThe hats are brilliant and a well deserved silly sandwich to follow sounds wonderful. :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, looks like you've had a great day. Love those hats, they'll be the envy of all of the other kids :) Love the idea of silly sandwiches!! :)
ReplyDeleteOh I want to come and play at your house. It sounds brilliant,
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The hats are adorable, it takes me back to being at nursery when we used to make our own easter bonnets then were paraded around the local shops!
ReplyDeleteAren't these the coolest Easter bonnets ever :-) Love the silly sandwiches too .
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