I’ve recently been on holiday with Grandchildren and in typical English fashion it rained much of the time. But this didn’t spoil our fun. Not least because, for once, I’d gone prepared!
Nb: Grandparents have much more time for this sort of thing than parents!
A visit to a couple of the local charity shops produced further treasure in the shape of a large bag of barely used crayons…
Using these mainly recycled materials we set to, making egg box flowers, cork bugs, and a useful tin – this last having been produced prolifically in our household as desk tidies, since reading a Pooh Bear story when our own children were no more than knee high to grasshoppers in which Eeyore, received a burst balloon, and, as was his way mournfully intoned, a very useful tin to put it in.
Repurposed baked bean tin.
(Owl paper saved from a birthday present)
Egg box flowers made by cutting the tall dividers out of the box and glueing together along the sides. Paint.
(centre made from wool oddments sourced from charity shop)
All the same art has long been recognised as a way to express human emotion, love, fear, joy, concern, and in this instance the conversation amongst us adults naturally turned to the question of our natural resources and the sustainability of the planet. Now I’m not sure how much of this a
three year old really takes on board, but I can tell you, enough for them to observe, “Look Nanna, I’m helping save bees too” as they proudly showed us their handiwork.
And so with fingers crossed we hope that from the humble beginnings of egg box flowers, and a handful of crayons our future eco warriors shall grow!
