Recently, on our Saturday Spot we went looking for Autumn and then we went looking for Autumn again… And this is what we found: And now that our early evenings are looking like this: cold, dark and damp… We took the Autumn haul out and we got down to some serious crafting. There was carving: [...]
Saturday Spot: The Autumn Table and Se7en Million Autumn Crafts…
June 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: House Tour · Inside · Outdoors · Saturday Spot · Tuesday Art Task
Saturday Spot: Making Kelp Horns in Se7en Steps at the Shark Center…
June 1st, 2010 · 8 Comments
A couple of weeks ago I posted all about our visit to the Save Our Seas Shark Center… and we had to go back for a little bit more!!! Well last week we went to make some Kelp Horns or Vuvuzelas as they are known in South Africa. Wander down this post to find out [...]
Tags: Cape Town · Outdoors · Outings · Saturday Spot · Tuesday Art Task
Saturday Spot: Rondevlei Bird Sanctuary…
March 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments
We live with a birdwatcher – they are a rare breed!!! So we take him to Rondevlei bird sanctuary in the heart of the South Peninsula. In the middle of a busy and bustling area is this perfectly quiet and peaceful wetland and it is always packed with birds and fascinating things to see. There [...]
Tags: Cape Town · Outings · Saturday Spot
Se7en Make Totem Poles Again and Again…
January 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments
There is something about Totem Poles that my kids just love. They have made them out of play dough, they have made them out of tin cans, they have made them out of cotton spools, they have made them out of boxes… But their favorite has been made from a pile of logs that we [...]
Tags: Outdoors · Tuesday Art Task
Saturday Spot: Enya and James in the Land of Magic…
December 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
We have been on about Kalk Bay Books before and their wonderful story times. Well yesterday we headed for Saturday morning story time and the week before Christmas promised to be something special! This is what we found: Enya and James and their mom telling us their story from their new book… This photograph of [...]
Tags: Cape Town · Saturday Spot · Shopping
Se7en Egg-stra Special Easter Craft Ideas…
April 3rd, 2009 · 7 Comments
We needed to get round to some Easter Crafts… the long weekend is looming, and as usual we have totally filled it with friends – YAY! This is one weekend we aren’t reclusive and we will be busy busy busy… Of course as this looms and the anticipation of all these visitors, four days straight, [...]
Tags: Holiday Crafts · Outdoors · Tuesday Art Task
Se7en Easy Science Observation Ideas Activities…
November 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Following on from Se7en Easy Science Notebook Ideas… here come Se7en easy Activities to get the observational juices flowing: Plants – Flower Pressing: My kids love this there is something magical about hiding a flower in a press for a couple of days and out it comes in all its splendor. And if you don’t [...]
Tags: Science · Se7en at School
