{"id":1013,"date":"2014-06-17T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/17\/a-bagful-of-corks-2\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:29","slug":"a-bagful-of-corks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/a-bagful-of-corks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bagful of Corks and some messy hands!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corkspin-650x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corkspin-650x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:worddocument>   <w:view>Normal<\/w:view>   <w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>   <w:compatibility>    <w:breakwrappedtables><\/w:breakwrappedtables>    <w:snaptogridincell><\/w:snaptogridincell>    <w:wraptextwithpunct><\/w:wraptextwithpunct>    <w:useasianbreakrules><\/w:useasianbreakrules>   <\/w:compatibility>   <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:browserlevel>  <\/w:worddocument> <\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\nA friend gave me a large bagful of corks last week.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>She works as a waitress and she has been collecting them, as she thought they d be handy for me to use with the kids to make something with. I m getting such lovely support from friends and family after embarking on my blog journey, it\u2019s really helping to keep me motivated and to keep thinking up new ideas for us to explore.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-039-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-039-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">The first activity which came to mind was to do some cork painting with them.\u00a0\u00a0I sat down with my 2 and 4 year old for this activity.\u00a0\u00a0I m really looking forward to the kids breaking up for the holidays next week, as it will give me more chance to get my 6 year old involved in a few more of our activities. He seems to have missed out on quite a few this month.\u00a0\u00a0He s full of ideas though, so I m sure he ll make up for it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To begin the activity I squeezed out little blobs of red, yellow, green, blue, pink and orange paint onto a paper plate. I always give each of my children their own set of paints as it generally cuts down on one argument at least!<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-031-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-031-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0We then set to work making flower pictures.\u00a0My 4 year old really got into this activity but after a few stamps with her corks, my 2 year old daughter then had her own ideas.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 \u201cLook Mummy, hand painting!\u201d she called, as she mixed her hands into the<\/span> plateful of paint turning it into a lovely mucky brown colour. She then proceeded to slap her hands all over the paper I had placed in front of her for her flower picture.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Now I was very grateful for this, as she did have paint all the way up her arms by this point and it wouldn\u2019t have been unlike her to have made a dive for a lovely piece of furniture!<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-043-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-043-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0Even though she didn\u2019t complete the task we had set out to do, she had had a great time exploring the texture of the paint with her hands and she was so proud of her handprints, I really couldn\u2019t begrudge her the ten minutes I had to spend cleaning her up.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-045-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-045-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0Whilst my daughter had been busy getting messy, my 4 year old son had been painting some lovely flowers and had even added green grass and a blue waterfall to one of his pictures.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-040-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-040-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">He also painted a lovely flower onto a card to send out to a family member we needed to thank for something. It actually worked out quite well for him as his little sister didn\u2019t try to get in the way of his work at all. She was too busy having her own fun.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-047-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/corks-047-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0Our activities often move in different directions than those planned, but that\u2019s the way we like it.\u00a0 There is nothing better than watching your own children\u2019s imagination\u2019s at work and seeing what they can come up with themselves, rather than just expecting them to follow the script each time.We still have a good few corks leftover, any suggestions on what we can do with them?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend gave me a large bagful of corks last week.\u00a0\u00a0She works as a waitress and she has been collecting them, as she thought they d be handy for me to use with the kids to make something with. 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