Whipping and Whacking!

Another Webster's Pictorial Transformation. Here's the starting picture:

And here's the end product...

Poor Giant... mean Princess!

Groot Dances: Saturday Night Fever Pose

Do you remember the iconic pose of John Travolta on the Saturday Night Fever poster?



Well here is a local tree (relative of Groot, obviously), secretly caught dancing in a field near me!

and if you want a side by side comparison...
                    

Planning a Cartoon Assault

Another Webster's transmutation.

From start...

To finish

If you're not sure what I mean by 'another's Webster's', just scroll back a few pages of the blog and you'll see where it all started  = )

Evil Jerboa

As promised, here is the Evil Jerboa.
Before...

And after...

Frosted Sunflowers

Do you remember the sunflowers I grew in the summer?
http://socklet-world.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/sunflowers-in-all-their-glory.html

Well this was their fate when the winter frosts came.

A different kind of beauty.

Favourite Pictorial Websters so far

This is a very unprepossessing start... a tie

But it became such a cute little picture that I felt it had come out of someone else's pen, not mine.

Mind you, its now a close call between that one and the evil Jerboa! More to come...

Growing a Cress Garden

I don't claim any credit for this. I came across an image on the internet and, as I had to do a craft activity with a group of kids ages 4-12, this is what I chose.

Get an empty matchbox (I bought packs of ten for speed as I had a large group to work with). Bought ones for craft are plain but if you are using one that has contained matches then just wrap paper round to cover the print.

Measure how far up the tray part comes against the outside and draw a line, everything you draw above the line will show when the two parts are put together at the end. Draw a house (some of the younger kids drew an animal face so the tray in front would be a feeding bowl!).

Line the tray with an offcut of plastic bag to try and keep it waterproof (didn't work well for me so stand it in a saucer when finished so it doesn't damage polished surfaces).

Half fill the tray with folded tissues or cotton wool.

Scatter cress seeds in the tray and place it in front of the house. Water liberally to start with and then about a teaspoon of water a day to continue. Place it on a windowsill (in the saucer to protect from any leaks or careless watering) and watch your garden grow.

An advantage of this kind of lawn is that you only have to cut the grass once!