The children have been really enjoying learning about the weather whilst in the garden. With the season changing we have seen lots of different weather recently! We decided to make suncatchers and hoped this would bring the sunshine back! Instead of just using coloured paper, we wanted to add some natural materials. We went on a walk to collect pretty blossom that had fallen off the trees and any other materials we could find!
“I’ve found some pink blossom and white!”
We used sticky clear paper to stick all our flowers and coloured tissue paper to. We then folded it over and it stuck the edges together!
“I want yellow paper like the sun!”
“Ah, it’s so sticky my fingers are all stuck!”
We cut them into a nice shapes and then used all our strength to punch a hole in the suncatchers using the hole punch.
“Look, I got it, I’m so strong!”
Finally we threaded some ribbon through the hole and hung them up in the garden! The children had great fun making these whilst developing their gross and fine motor skills.
“They look so pretty!”
Now we are just waiting for the sun to come back to see what lovely colours and shapes our suncatchers make dancing in the sun!
