Inspired by our visit to Arundel Castle, we have been busy with hama beads and books. Actually the children have been busy with the hama beads, and I've been busy with the iron! It's the only time the iron comes out of it's box!
We have this dragon set of hama beads.
The dragon is made using a dragon shaped board, and you can make bats and castles on the square boards. Although mine have never made the bats, creating their own knights instead. Making things on the square boards tends to be slightly harder, because you don't have the outline to follow, but there is a picture sheet included in the set that you can copy, or you can create your own designs.
The dragon is made using a dragon shaped board, and you can make bats and castles on the square boards. Although mine have never made the bats, creating their own knights instead. Making things on the square boards tends to be slightly harder, because you don't have the outline to follow, but there is a picture sheet included in the set that you can copy, or you can create your own designs.
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| Hama bead dragons, knights and castle |
They have also re visited a book we had on the shelf. It's quite an old book now, but they still find it good to look through. It's also very relevant to the Arundel castle visit, as the special event we went to was 14th/15th century based, and so is this book. It's Stephen Biesty's cross-sections castle, see inside an amazing 14th century castle. There is lots to look at on each page, and each double page covers a separate subject, like building the castle, food, trades, entertainment. We all like the way the book is set out, and how much information it contains.
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