Every year the coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama Beach hosts an exhibition of fun and whimsy, contemplation and reflection, art in the open to open our minds.

Thanks to Jo getting me totally hooked on the Temaraire series of books dragons are flying through my mind constantly. When ever I sit I scribble a dragon, it’s becoming quite an obsession. I’m constantly bugging poor Glenn with requests for his opinion on their anatomical structure. I’m ashamed to say I even scribble over [...]

I’m not even sure how we got to this but I guess this is what home Schooling is all about. We are putting on a play, maybe, if Eli wants to on the day. We have been looking at Aboriginal art and culture and as part of this unit I read Tales of My Grandmother’s [...]

As part of the unit on Australian Aboriginal art and culture we decided to have ago at cave painting, well rock painting to be precise. We used the dot painting technique that was originally used in impermanent sand art works.

Hunt around in your backyard for coloured rocks, not the type you buy from a garden centre these ones need to be naturally occurring Australian rocks. If your garden is a formal manicured one you may need to go rock hunting in your local park. Put a couple of similar coloured rocks into a mortar [...]

When we went to see the terrifying sea monster and all his friends we also watched a  really cool performance by a company called Erth. The play was live performance puppetry showcasing characters from an Australian production called Nargun and the stars. What we saw was called I, Bunyip and was more like watching a [...]

Last week our next-door neighbours provided us with loads of entertainment and learning opportunities when they had pavers laid in their backyard. We did our normal maths and English in the morning ( I get in trouble if I stray from the norm to much especially from Eli) But I encouraged them to pop outside [...]

This little flower sprite was for a baby dedication I was aiming for the type of flower sprite that could hide in the garden and appear to be a blossom so I thought petals for hair might work. When she was all finished Lani skips into the room, takes one look at her and asks, [...]

If your kids are like mine, and LOVE having their faces painted, doing it yourself can save a lots of time and heartache. The stalls that offer face painting also offer very long queues full of hot impatient kids. Not really how I’d like to spend my time. I truly believe one of the best [...]