Our In The Night Garden Stage

ART AND CRAFT


This morning we went to have a tour of another nursery. I must say that I was quite happy with this one, very close to my standards! I am thinking of sending M. to the nursery next year for the government founded 12 hours...it's free so why not, it will be fun for her.









Back from the tour we had our messy art section. We made two masks, a lion face (to scary mummy) and a butterfly.














FOR THE LION MASK


YOU NEED:




paper plate


cotton wool,


yellow paint


brown felt-tip,

scissors,


liquid glue,


yellow glitter,


elastic band,


sticky tape




Draw a lion face on the plate. Take the measurements of your child eyes and cut out the eyes of the face of the lion. Spread the glue all around and sprinkle with glitter. Spread the glue around the edges and arrange the cotton wool like a lion's hair. Pat yellow paint on the cotton wool.


Let the mask dry.


When dry, make to small holes either side of the mask on the same line as the lion's nose. Cut one side of the elastic bend half way. Put the elastic through the holes and tied each side with a nought. Secure the elastic around the nought with sticky tape.


Done!






I cooked lunch and then M. went for her nap.

IMAGINATIVE PLAY

While she was sleeping I made for her a fun In The Night GArden stage, where she can make up her own stories with the Night Garden characters. This will stimulates her imagination.



TO MAKE THE STAGE


YOU NEED:





2 A3 white paper sheet


black felt-tips


crayons or felt-tips


scissors


self adhesive hook and loop press tape


card board


cereals card board or similar






On the white A3 sheets draw a simple background with the black felt-tip. Colour in as you like.

































glue your background on two cardboards and then glue them together at one edge to form a single background.



























For the character you can draw them yourself on the cardboard or print them from the cbeebies web site and glue them onto cardboard. Colour the characters in and cut them out.































Cut the hook and loop strip into small pieces. Stick one part on the back of the
character and the other somewhere on the background. Do this for all the characters and stick some other loops around the background, so that the characters can switch

places and move around the space.

Now your stage is ready, and lots of stories can be created by you and your child.