jubilee

Last day of the half term today - we had a bit of a jubilee theme. Did a couple of quick sketches.

''Even 'bots like a jubilee''

pen & ink on paper.

page palz

A pic of some of the most recent 'Page Palz' (bookmarks) we've been making to sell in our school bookshop. The original batch sold out within minutes! They are made from large craft sticks with wooden shapes stuck on. Painted and sealed they sell for 50 cents apiece - a bargain!

'nother sale

Peggy has been sold! Listed and gone within the week. Trying to juggle lesson preparation, marking and report writing at the moment whilst still striving to be creative! Maybe the summer hols will allow me a smidgin of time to 'make stuff' but they're still a couple of months away! Too many ideas that I've got floating and simmering in my noggin for my own good. You can bet your bottom dollar that when I finally get a chunk of time, I'll have lost the spark!

greek shipping

As part of our Ancient Greek studies we've been learning about ships. Rather than just draw and label a pic I made a quick template to create a moving version. The tab moves the oars back and forth by means of a hidden linkage and the flag lifts to reveal a 'fascinating fact'. This is my 'here's one I made earlier' example - the template was very basic and left a lot of creativity open to the children.

latest idea

Have been tinkering with the 'Keep Calm....' concept. I came up with what you can see in the pic - a card/notelet where you add a doodle using part of the text. I'm thinking of offering these as undoodled blanks in packs of 5/6.

I've thought of posters that have doodles already drawn on them and even considered trying toget celebs/personalities to do versions which would then be auctioned/sold for charity.
Would love to know your thoughts. A big thumbs up or 'think again Fidz' ?

peggy

Here she is all finished. I think she's turned out much as I envisaged. I like the primitive style and lack of fussy detail. She's about 13cm long. Might end up making a few of these before my attention switches to something else!

I've listed her in my Folksy shop (please click the button on the right to visit).

latest peggy

Been making the pieces for a new peg doll. This time I decided to see if I could carve a simple face, much like the peg dolls of old. The easiest way to do it was to file and sand away part of a wooden bead and attach this in place of the top of the peg. The joints are secured with embroidery thread and vintage French hand-cut nacre buttons. Will give it a simple paint job, attach some string 'hair' and list it in my folksy shop when it's complete. Not quite sure what to charge though.