OH HELP, OH NO, IT'S THE ....
GRUFFALO!!
This week was Gruffalo week, it's another one of our favourite stories here. We've read the story time and time again, so the children here (aged, 18m, 2y, 2.5y and 3y) all know this by heart!
First of all we went on a woodland walk, using our imaginations, we found a log pile house, a treetop house and fox prints. I hid the gruffalo teddy in a tree towards the end of the walk for the children to find - which they weren't expecting so was a nice surprise!
Then, throughout the week we made and ate food from the book! Gruffalo crumble, owl icecream, roasted fox and scrambled snake....
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| Roasted Fox = chicken tikka and chorizo |
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| owl ice cream = vanilla ice cream cone with banana eyes and pineapple beak |
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| gruffalo crumble - recipe on gruffalo.com |
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| scrambled snake = dyed green spaghetti and scrambled egg |
The children always eat more when the food is fun !
we also made gruffalo masks, but as we have a child here who is scared of masks, we did not wear them, just stuck them on the patio doors so we could look through the eye holes.
And, I made a cosy gruffalo corner - with the books and all of our related toys. :)
Eliza also completed the jigsaw, all by herself! Look how pleased she is!
