Lessons Learnt Journal » fairy lights http://lessonslearntjournal.com Life with Kids Fri, 30 Dec 2016 05:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Fort with Fairy Lights http://lessonslearntjournal.com/fort-with-fairy-lights/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/fort-with-fairy-lights/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:57:00 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=1618   We finally took on Day 2’s Challenge: Build A Fort from the 30 days to Hands on Play challenge hosted by the Imagination Tree & Hands on: As We Grow.     Fort with Fairy Lights   N&M  just got their new beds on the weekend. It was such a great structure for our [...]

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We finally took on Day 2’s Challenge: Build A Fort from the 30 days to Hands on Play challenge hosted by the Imagination Tree & Hands on: As We Grow.

 

Open up your child's imagination by creating a fort with fairy lights. Lessons Learnt Journal.

 

Fort with Fairy Lights

 
N&M  just got their new beds on the weekend. It was such a great structure for our fort.

 
I strung up our fairy lights underneath the top bunk  and hung a blanket over the side to make an entrance for their fort.

 
What an invitation to play! A fort, fairy lights and a dimly lit room.

 
Of course, the invitation to play was keenly embraced.

 

Open up your child's imagination by creating a fort with fairy lights. Lessons Learnt Journal.

 
Children morph into who they want to be within their pandora’s box that is the fort.

 
N&M called the fort their “cave”. They didn’t want to call it their castle because they didn’t have a princess in it, (they looked and looked but couldn’t find her). So their fort became a cave.

 
N changed into a dragon. “ROAR!”

 

Open up your child's imagination by creating a fort with fairy lights. Lessons Learnt Journal.

 
Where there is a dragon, there needs to be a dragon slayer. It’s biblical.

 
M’s weapon of choice was a gun. The gun had flashing lights which added some extra fun in a dim cave.

 

Open up your child's imagination by creating a fort with fairy lights. Lessons Learnt Journal.

 
Forts open up a child’s imagination. I’m not sure what it is about the make-shift shelter, but forts in their various ingenious designs create walls of security for play.

 
Long live the humble play fort!

 

N&M: 3 years, 5 months

November 2011

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There’s something magical about fairy lights. Whenever I catch a glimpse of them glowing in a dark space, I can’t help but sigh and smile (if not on the outside, definitely on the inside). It’s soothing. Fond memories of past Christmas seasons and other celebratory events flood into my mind.

 
Inspired by the many beautiful photos of light table activities, I was determined to have some sort of light table in our home, especially with our usual activities on hold during school holidays. I did a quick search online and a proper light table or light panel can be quite expensive.

 
Thankfully, many have come up with DIY versions. Teach Preschool’s DIY light table for preschool  was particularly helpful.

 

 

Do It Yourself Light Table for Kids

 
I searched our home for available materials to use and am happy to share our Do It Yourself Light Table for Kids.

 
Materials: Old baby bath (ours is a frosted blue colour); clear fairy lights; aluminium foil; double sided tape.

 

 
Method:
Using double sided tape, attach the aluminium foil to the sides of the baby bath. Have the shiny side facing out so that it reflects the fairy lights.

 
Because our baby bath is already frosted, I didn’t need to worry about the lights being too bright. However, if you were using a clear box and wanted to frost the top of your light box, you could attach some baking paper to the top of the box or spray paint the top with a frost paint (as suggested by Teach Preschool).

 
Turn the baby bath upside down and place the fairy lights inside the bath.

 
The finished product before you turn out the lights and put the fairy lights on, looks very ordinary.

 

 
However, create a dark space, turn the fairy lights on… and the magic begins.

 

 

N & M: 3 years, 4 months
E: 1 year, 3 months
September 2011

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