Little had a blast with this today! Following on from ‘w is for wool‘ in our touchy-feely sensory alphabet, today we made…
d is for dandelion
Our walk to school is peppered with dandelion clocks at the moment which Little especially loves to blow. Do you play ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’, counting the puffs until all the seeds have gone? We decided to see if we could get some of the seedheads home without all the seeds blowing away, to make the next letter for our alphabet – and Little had to practise great self-control not to puff them all away before we got back.
I started off by drawing out a ‘d’ on yellow paper. Little applied the glue, practising her hand-eye co-ordination to try and stay within the lines.
And then the real fun began!
Once our ‘d’ was dry we cut it out and stuck it on to a piece of card. It turned out great and feels very soft and fluffy.
A lovely project! A great book to go with this is Christopher Nibble by Charlotte Middleton – we reviewed it here:
http://www.playingbythebook.net/2009/11/12/the-overconsumption-of-dandelions/
Thanks for the book rec. Zoe – will check it out.
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Cathy i have just found your beautiful blog. i love it. I think we share a very similar ethos. Will you send me an email about a project I have in mind? Becky
So that’s what I should’ve been using all the dandelions for a couple of weeks ago. My daughter loves picking them but their season around our house is over now.