This week, with Spring in the air and all the flowers coming out, Roy decided it would be the perfect time to do what he calls 'nature craft'. Roy loves Spring. He loves walking in the bush to see the flowers, strolling along the beach and looking at shells, and driving through the country to see the new baby animals. He particularly enjoys the bright, cheerful patches of yellow daisies which you find in the grass in many parks and gardens. He loves their cheerful colour, but even more, he loves turning them into daisy chains. When I told him many of the children didn't know how to make a daisy chain he was horrified and decided this situation must be remedied! So this week, Roy Creates a Daisy Chain.
You Will Need:
- A patch of daisies. You can also use clover flowers, lavender, or any other flowers with a stiff stem which you can split with your fingernail. Watch out for the bees!
- Your thumbnail
Method:
- Pick a daisy, leaving about 5 centimetres of stem on it.
- Using your thumbnail, put a slit in the stem of the daisy, about 1 centimetre long and about half way up the stem.
- Pick another daisy, with about the same length stem.
- Push the stem through the slit in the last daisy.
- Repeat the above steps to make a chain.
- If you want to make a necklace, pick one last daisy. Put a longer slit in its stem, about 2 centimetres. Now, push its stem through the slit in the last daisy's stem, then pick up the first daisy. Poke the flower of the first daisy through the longer slit you made in the daisy stem. Now, you have a necklace!