Please note this is fiction and any similarity between real people is purely coincidental. Anna stifled a sob as she lay on the cold ground assessing the damage and the imminent danger. She was lying face down in the dirt after tripping over some unseen protrusion in her haste to escape the taunting
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – spooky art for Halloween. This is actually a collage and a great project to teach kids how to achieve balance in an artwork. I cheated when I did this project with my art students, many of whom do not have the fine motor skills for
I was very tempted to leave this page blank. I mean, do you really want to know anything about toilet paper? It’s one of life’s necessities (except for the four billion people in the world who don’t use it) that we don’t really think about. Yet, a survey that asked what people would
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – easy to make mummies and monsters for Halloween. These fun crafts are the perfect way to help your little ones get into the spirit of Halloween. The mummies are so easy even the three-year-old Goddess enjoyed the fun. Who doesn’t like making scary monster faces? This
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making apple head monsters for Halloween. If you want to create this craft you will need to start really soon to make it in time for Halloween, as the apples take several weeks to dry. Other than that, it’s a simple craft that doesn’t require any
“Please, will you just shut up,” I pleaded/yelled as all chaos broke out with four Goddesses all vying for my attention. This was my Grand crime. I imagined how my reputation with the neighbours as a dedicated Grandy had just gone down the gurgler. The Goddesses looked at me in shock. Grandy doesn’t
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making a Mandrake. Mandrakes are Mediterranean plants of the nightshade family. They were made famous in the Harry Potter movies because their forked, fleshy roots resemble the human form. Formerly used in medicine and magic, these remarkable plants are said to shriek when lifted from
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project- making a flowering seat. Spring had sprung in Australia and we’ve been doing the annual spring clean for a few weeks now. Part of the process is getting rid of things or transforming them, that are no longer useful. If you read my post Trash to Treasure,
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – a collage that shows the story of the butterfly’s journey from humble caterpillar to spectacular flying insect. In last week’s project, Making these Fairy Furniture Projects is a Walk in the Park, I shared a park adventure that resulted in many nature treasure finds, and
The furious woman started screaming incoherently, spittle settling on her lips, and it took me a moment to realize the rant was aimed at me. As other shoppers stopped to determine what all the fuss was about, a few of her words started to become clear. She was talking/yelling about baby pigs. Even
