Roo Made This

a blog about craft and positive change by Roo Paprika

Skip to content

Home
About

Search

Search for:

Things have been quiet round here…

November 17, 2013May 19, 2014 / Rachel Stevens

This little one has been keeping me rather busy, but I hope to be back on this blog soon.

Advertisements

Share this:

Twitter
Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

homelife

The Tiny Overlord

Post navigation

← Adventures in Visible Mending

A blog by

Rachel Stevens

Recent Posts

Rewilding Early Parenthood: A review of 30 Days of Rewilding
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Wild Town
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party
Hardwick Squash and Pumpkin Festival

Lately...

A few weeks ago we made a beautiful wreath with @catkinforestschool at the local Steiner School’s advent fair. Unfortunately, handmade wreaths and force eight winds don’t get on. So, inspired by @hanbullivant’s tutorial, I picked the remains apart and made this today. What I love about this is that all the extra greenery, used to pad it out, was foraged on my very suburban school run. I love being able to say where everything on it comes from. I even handmade the raffia twine. A lot of pride. Insta-oranges were also dried at home, but these are the only ones anywhere close to being acceptable for public viewing. Keep that oven very low. . How’s your Christmas crafting going?

The mud is back, the first frost was on the van this morning - I’m calling it Winter. Bring it on. Winter in the woods is totally underrated, but is one of the best seasons. Tomorrow at Nature Tots we’re going to be talking about hibernation and making dens for our woodland friends. We’ll have the fire pit and Kelly Kettle keeping us warm. And personally, I’m going to be making full use of the mudslide... 🌿 Nature Tots is a free group run by myself for @kentwildlife in Dover, you can find full details on www.facebook.com/oldparkhill Come and join us 🌿 . #outdoorlearning #forestschool #freerangekids #wildandfreechildren #outdoorchildhood #playmatters #optoutside #natureonyourdoorstep #holisticlearning #slowchildhood

Today’s Beach School was a really wonderful session of rockpooling and exploring. This is such an amazing point of the term, of our long-term process, when everyone feels confident and comfortable on the beach. Everyone feels settled and familiar with our leaders, our routines, setting and equipment. And you see the magic of self-directed deep level learning in all our participants, regardless of age. It’s where the real magic happens. We are a Forest School on the beach and we are very proud 💚

Tomorrow is our penultimate Beach School session of this year. It’s rather mind blowing how far we’ve come this year - from the Beach School just being a bit of dream - to it being very real and loved and growing. It actually blows my mind if I think too hard about it. We’re very hard at work planning next year at the moment - we’ll still be doing Under 5s and, by popular request, we will be adding sessions for homeschool/ self-directed learners to our mix. Hopefully some SEN sessions too. I’d really love to see us running some more creative sessions for adults too, because everyone can benefit from spending quality time on the coast. Beach School for grown ups? It’s okay to run a session just because you want to go to it, right? Are there any other kinds of sessions that you would like to see us running? Please let us know... ✨

Read about

activism
adventures
Around My Town
camping
craft
cycling
homelife
tales from the veggie patch

You might also like:

Desconocida Unknown Ukjent
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race"
The tale of two chairs
I'm a piece: The Craftivist Jigsaw Project Launch
Yarnbombing: Moscow

Ramblings

#imapiece art berkshire Canals community conscious consumption craft Craftivist Collective craftivist jigsaw cycle racing cycling embroidery empowerment fair trade gifts home human rights inequality knitting london paint public spaces reclaimed recycled save the children The Aussie The Tiny Overlord upcycling walking yarnbombing

The Filing Cabinet

September 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
November 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012

Advertisements

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

%d bloggers like this: