I can’t tell you how much fun I have with the wee laddie when we craft together. It’s been more of a challenge recently to find fun activities to do outside, especially when it’s so freezing cold. During his young life I’ve always tried to encourage his awareness of nature on our many adventures and to nurture his appreciation of the incredible environs of the lake that he is blessed to call home.
I showed up at his house yesterday with trays and string, ready to go foraging at the park or along the shore for some interesting bits and bobs that we could use to make an ice sun-catcher. It turned out that this was perfect timing for this little project as it actually coincided with one of his online schooling assignments for this week.
We tried to collect items with different textures and colours, talked about seeds and how the wind carries them. He also thought it would be nice to make one for his baby brother, carefully arranging the treasures. Then of course the fun bit, ‘carefully’ adding the water.
It was great to see him using his observational skills of ‘sink’ or ‘float’…a game we play in the summer when finding little things like twigs, leaves or shells and hypothesize the outcome when they are thrown into the lake.
Here they are this afternoon, covered in snow. Hopefully there will be a little sunshine tomorrow to see the final result.