Our last 'hurrah' to autumn!
As it is 'Mothers Day' today, Ian was expecting a busy day in the restaurant. I'm recovering from a nasty cold and the thought of being stuck inside with a two year old all afternoon by myself made me shudder. So I thought I had better arrange an activity to keep him occupied for the afternoon.
As winter closes in, we decided to have our last 'hurrah' to autumn. Ian and I took the children down to the park to collect various foliage such as leaves of different colors, pine cones, sticks etc. My plan was to do some collage using the things we found in the park.
This image felt very 'Japanese'
Stuff of fairy tales, Fly Agaric toadstool, extremely poisonous, but also extremely beautiful
Basket fungus, very alien looking
We took our small treasures home and I dried the leaves out on newspaper while Charlie had his afternoon nap. When he woke I gathered the leaves up into a basket, put out paper, sticky tape and crayons out onto the floor and we went to it, creating our collage tributes to autumn. Something that started out as a distraction turned into a full blown afternoon of fun craftiness!
Our materials
Charlie putting pieces onto his collage
Leaf rubbing's
Adding the finishing touches
Crowning Glory!
I also listed some new 'Heart Felt' knits today on Trade Me, including this lovely crochet cot blanket with felt hearts and a raw edged appliqué fabric rose. Don't forget that I always have more items listed on Felt and Etsy.

































































