I am so proud of Briar Rose for taking this on so independantly! She googled and chose her own play-dough recipe, and made the dough from scratch herself, with only a brief kneading demonstration from me.
It was a reasonably challenging solo kitchen project for an eight year old, but she was really proud of her achievement!
She modelled her volcano around a plastic bottle, which is going to contain lava. We debated dying or painting the play-dough, and painting was the clear winner because we hadn't yet had the opportunity to use the paints in the Christmas art set (Thanks, Renee!). Ginger Rose made a purple volcano from shop-bought play-dough.
The scene has been very carefully set with various volcano-like artefacts from the garden. As a special surprise, there are even carefully concealed vents in the side of the volcano that are designed to explode out pebbles.
It will be powered by coke and menthos - I only hope the paint lasts long enough for the desired effect!
Seriously - what a great solo homework effort. I'm so impressed!
It will be powered by coke and menthos - I only hope the paint lasts long enough for the desired effect!
3 comments:
What a magnificent job you did Issie darling. More like the work of a 9 year old, really! He he!
I'll see it and you soon! Hugs XXXX
Sorry, Mum - it's due to self destruct on Friday morning...
Ohhh we hope that we get to see video & pics of it self destructing! :) Great Job Issie-we're really really impressed with your volcano building skills! Good Luck on Friday!! xoxox
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