I made some very primitive weaving looms for the girls. Four A5 pieces of hardboard, with 18 holes drilled in a straight line at each end. One each for Teresa, Hannah, Ali and Sofi.
Ali and Sofi showed me this pretty cool ‘keychain’ stuff they have. You make a picture, on this plastic sheet, using acrylic paint pens. This is then cut out and heated in the oven at 150° C for a couple of minutes, which causes it to shrink (and thicken up).
Here’s a little rainbow heart ear-ring Sofi made:
And here’s one I made, Penfold, from Danger Mouse:
I’d quite like to make a Popeye!
The plastic side of these doodads is probably the display side. But I prefer the ‘back-side’! Can you see why?
We also had homemade pizza. Which was lovely! We’re stopping over the night. I’m doing a shift for Amazon Flex tomorrow, out of Cambourne.