Well - today was natural dye day! We walked up and collected feathers along the way, played Frisbee, collected dead wood from under the willows, built a waffle fire, filled the metal bucket with nettles and some water and put it on to boil! Then, we collected very thin sticks which were whittled to ensure our marshmallows could slide on easily and toasted them. We poured the green nettle mixture into a bowl, made a bucket of tea and decanted it into a second bowl for brown, followed by some boiled turmeric to make yellow. Every one found themselves a good 'stirring stick' and wrapped yarn around it ready to 'get dying'! Once the yarns were different colours they were hung to dry. Students then snipped some long whips to create the circumference of a dream catcher. One dream catcher was successfully made with the others to be continued......
Today there was a growling monster in the den!
Today there was a growling monster in the den!
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