SALT DOUGH HALLOWEEN

Yet again Cobble Stone Farm come up trumps with

her Halloween salt dough ornies.

Off to have ago, will post pics soon.

Have fun with your family!!!

STORY SACKS

I thought  as it is Children's Book Week (4th-10th Oct)I would share another one of our favourite pastimes from when Liam was younger.

STORY SACKS

A story sack is a cloth bag containing a favourite children's book

with associated games and activities in the bag.

Look here to get the best use out of your story sack

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/3210/Story_sack_guide.pdf

Sorry but you will have to cut and past, as the link wont work.

We made our first one based on one of our favourites when Liam was little:

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.

First we got a sack, a pump bag will be fine.

Decorated this with a felt picture of the hungry caterpillar.

We read through the book and found the main characters and highlights and features of the book.

(The time is here to get your thinking caps on and find / make toys, games, and activities that you can use to use when reading the story and for activities to do after reading the book.)

We made bunting,

 I photocopied the butterfly from the book onto card

stuck this to the end of a length bright red ribbon

on the other end of the ribbon,  the caterpillar (a straight picture of the caterpillar)

Then I printed a picture of everything the caterpillar ate
I made hole in each one that was big enough for Liam to feed the caterpillar through each piece of food.

Also two small copies each of a caterpillar, butterfly and everything he ate, and played matching pairs.

I found some printable colouring pages from here                  .

Also I found the life cycle of the caterpillar printable book here.

There are also some lovely ideas on this website

And we had a caterpillar cuddly toy, which came with Liam's book.

He loved reading the book then playing with the things in the story sack.

Have fun with your family!!!



HALLOWEEN BOOING / GHOSTING

Here's a fab way to kick start the Halloween season of alittle early.

We had great fun sneaking round to family and friends homes, to spring our sweet surprise on them.

And their response was fantasic, trying to guess who had Boo-ed them.




Right you need send two sets of prints out (we send about five to get things going)
you send a poem flyer (which explains what they need to do next)
 and a poster for them to put up in their window, so people know they have been boo-ed
With a small Halloween neat or sweet treat for the child.

This is last years.

Actually looking at the photo it looks like we sent more like ten not five. LOL

I just get carried away in all the excitement.

Which was really easy for Liam to do.

But this year I want a go myself,

so I am going to try out these fab designs from

Tom Kat Studio

But if you need a simple design you can just photo copy try this one from
Sara Stars



Both are free to download for personal use.

Then after you have delivered these see how may pop up around the nieghbourhood!


Have fun with your family!!!



FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

We are going have a movie night with a couple of Liam's friends.
We sent out invites....

Right click on images, save to your computer and print.

I found these fab invites on triciarennea.blogspot.com

or for you family try these from family fun


You will need to copies of this.

and also these printable pop corn boxes on nataliejost.com also available in red, which I used.

Set up a pic and mix station with bowls and sundae of sweeties.

(put the sweets into clear plastic cups)

I  served drinks in paper cups with lids and straws.
Pop corn and drinks were serve on a white wooden tray with ribbon attached and hung around my neck
like in the old days. LOL but i didn't get a photo of it, next time tho'.

Close the curtains, turn off all the lights and torches to lead the way to the sofa.

Sit back and enjoy the movie!

Have an intermission, then small tubs of ice cream.

~*~*~*~*~*~Also check out our SIMPSONS MOVIE NIGHT here~*~*~*~*~*~

Have fun with your family!!!

BREAST CANCER AWARNESS MONTH / OCTOBER



Breast Cancer Care is encouraging people nationwide to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month on the most relaxed day of the working week throughout October.

By taking part in the charity’s Pink Fridays fundraising campaign, you will support the 46,000 people who are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.

    Soel, South Korea.

Getting involved with Pink Fridays is easy to do and can include anything from a tea break in the office with pink food and drinks, to wearing something pink to your morning meetings.

To find out more click here.

PINK CUPCAKES

PINK CANDY FLOSS

PINK BALLOONS

PINK CLOTHES