Here is our summer nature table. We couldnt decide if we wanted it to be a beach, pond or grass scene so it ended up all three (the water is beach or pond depending on who you ask:)
The sun banner was made the same way as 'people chains' are made' The flowers below the banner are water colour painted doilies cut into flower shapes. We also stuck up a picture one of our penpals made (she painted us an australian summer!)
We have been enjoying decorating the doll house. We made rainbow flags out of a pretty crayon drawing and blue tacked them on to the doll house for a 'party' that the dolls and animals were having (its a bit hard to see that the flags are coloured as I over exposed the photo, oops) Ive also cut some felt to size to make carpet and crocheted a little rug. Two of the children made pictures out of doilies for the people to look at
I havent actually posted a picture of the doll house since its had its make over here it is
before and
during. I sanded off all the paint and varnish, my dad rounded the corners of it for me (my favourite part) I then gave the roof and chimney a coat of watercolour paint and the whole thing a beeswax polish. The colour didnt turn out quite how I wanted it but its finished for now. I also planned to burn a tree on the inside and a leaf design on the roof (to make it into a bit of a tree house) so that may happen at some stage.
Zoe has a new dress that I knitted during our river trip the other week. The 'lace' isn't how its supposed to be as I didn't take stitch markers and apparently cant keep count very well! Im sure Zoe wont mind:) I also added to the pic some wool fruit and veg pieces that I made a few years back and recently found at Mums. The dolls eat these pieces many times a day so id like to make some more.
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