Despite the rain, our preschool celebrated Martinmas last night with a traditional lantern walk. We ended up making lanterns that look very much like last years.
I experimented with something new and Peanut and I made these...
...a cross between paper lanterns and yarn bowls. And while the idea seemed like fun and they DO look pretty, they were a bit difficult for my five-year-old to make and the yarn uses alot (ALOT) of glue so I decided not to challenge my preschoolers with this project. Instead we made the same kind as last year.
Day 1: using a mix of glue and water we pasted white tissue paper over the bottom part of balloons.
They dried over-night in the basement.
Day 2: The kids added colorful tissue paper.
Again, drying in the basement.
Once dry, we cut the balloons out.
Then we punched four holes along the edge, strung yarn through them and attached them to sticks, for carrying.
Although the lanterns had trouble staying lit in the wind and rain, we had a lovely walk by the lake which ended in a spontaneous game of swinging from the willow tree.
