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Plant and Seed Stand

4/27/2020

If you have your own garden, this will be the time of year when you might find that you have a few extra plants and seeds. It's a shame to throw them away. Why not give them away to your neighbours.

If you decide to make a little stand like ours, make sure that you practice safe handling! When touching anything you are giving away, make sure that you wear gloves and a face mask, or leave your items to sit without being touched for 10 days before setting outside your house.

We found that we had lots of extra pumpkin plants and seeds as well as some extra rose cuttings. We labeled the plants and seeds and will set them outside our house this coming weekend for neighbours to collect.

We would love to see pics of your plant stands or any plants that you are growing this spring! Post them #GoldenToadKids

May Wildflower Spotting

4/27/2020

NOTE: Please practice social distancing with this activity! Many of these flowers might be growing just outside your house or flat!

It's almost May and time to be on the look-out for May blooming flowers! How many can you find? If you don't live in the UK, you can visit PlantLife to learn about what is growing in your area, or google the name of your state/region + wildflowers. To print out this PDF, CLICK HERE

CONTRIBUTOR: PlantLife
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Flower Pounding Art

4/20/2020

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW

Colourful flowers can making a sort of paint! What will your pictures look like? We would love to see your pictures! #GoldenToadKids

YOU WILL NEED:
paper (watercolour paper will work better, but printer paper will work too)
flowers
rock or hammer or both
paper towel

STEP 1: Find some colourful flowers and arrange them on your paper. The more brilliant the colour of your flowers, the better your artwork will look!

STEP 2: Cover your flowers with a paper towel and use a rock or hammer to pound your flowers until you see lots of colours coming through the paper towel.

STEP 3: To make sure you get all the colour out, you might want to ask your grownup to have a go at pounding, either with a rock or hammer.

STEP 4: Let the picture sit for about 10 minutes, and then take the paper towel away, remove the flowers, and you will see your masterpiece!

Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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Watering Can

4/20/2020

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW

A watering can is loads of fun, in the garden or in the bath!

YOU WILL NEED:
empty, clean milk carton
nail or thumb tack (to be used with help from your grownup)
permanent markers (optional)

STEP 1: Rinse out an old milk bottle.

STEP 3: Decorate with permanent markers!

STEP 2: Ask your grownup to help poke holes in the lid with either a nail or a thumb tack. The larger the holes, the better.

STEP 4: Fill with water, and let the fun begin!

Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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Chicken Craft - with egg carton

4/13/2020

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW

YOU WILL NEED:
Egg Carton (non-plastic)
Paint - yellow and red
Black marker/pen
Glue

STEP 1: Cut out a section from the corner of the carton shaped like the area within the dotted line.

STEP 2: Cut out a small diamond shape, and a small, wavy shape with a long section (as pictured).

STEP 3: Paint the diamond beak shape yellow on both sides, and the wavy piece red on both sides. After these pieces are dry, insert wavy piece into the hole in the top of the chicken's head (poke whole if hole isn't already there). Then draw an eye on both sides of the chicken's head and glue on the beak.

STEP 4: Find an egg for your little chicken to hold. How cute is that! We would love to see a picture of your final product! #GoldenToadKids

Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre
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Printable Colouring Page from GILLIAN HIBBS

4/8/2020

GOLDEN TOAD THEATRE is busy creating the stage version of Gillian Hibbs' award-winning book: ERROL'S GARDEN! Gillian has created a printable colouring page for you and we would love to see your final pictures! To download the colouring sheet, CLICK HERE! Ask your grownup if they will help you post them online at #GoldenToadKids #illustratorsoninstagram

Contributor: Author/Illustrator Gillian Hibbs
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HARD BOILED EGG DECORATING (without food colouring)

4/6/2020

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW

Decorating hard-boiled eggs doesn't have to be messy! You can use sharpies (permanent markers), and crayons to draw directly onto the egg! Some crayons will work better than others, so do some experimenting. You can also add glitter and all sorts of other materials to make your egg-cellent eggs. We would love to see your creations!
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YOU WILL NEED
Hard boiled eggs
crayons
permanent markers

Contributor: Golden Toad Theatre

EASTER EGG SEWING

4/6/2020

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: LOW-MEDIUM

Would you like to practice your sewing? Here is an eggtastic way to do it!
YOU WILL NEED:
an old cereal box or piece of card
a piece of yarn or string or shoe lace
scissors
tape
pencil
Hole punch (or a pencil will do)

STEP 1: Cut your card into an egg shape and use your hole punch or pencil make holes around the egg shape.

STEP 2: Tie one end of your wool/string to the egg and wrap a piece of sellotape around the other end of wool/string (this will make it easier to thread through the holes).

STEP 3: Wrap a piece of sellotape around the other end of wool/string (this will make it easier to thread through the holes).

STEP 4: Thread in and out to create whatever pattern you like. You could tie different coloured wool/string together to make it more colourful!

Contributor: Horizon Learning Fun
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