26 juli 2011

Snigel-race

Barnens favoritsysselsättning i vår koloniträdgård är att samla sniglar. De går på jakt i buskar, och L får lära sig att man klappar fint på små djur. Idag tog vi fram karamellfärgerna, och doppade några sniglar i det innan de fick måla fint på ett stort papper. Oj vilken glädje att se hur de, efter första chocken, sniglade fram långa spår i glada färger. Några vägrade att leka med, andra lade sig att sova efter en stunds arbete. Lite bajs fick vi torka bort efterhand, men det hör väl till. Men vi fick en hel eftermiddag att gå med att titta på hur mönstret växte fram.

The kids love to go snail hunting at our lotment garden, and one thing we enjoyed ourselves with today, was snail painting. We dipped them into food colouring before putting them down on a large paper. What a joy to see how they made long tracks in happy colours. Some did not want to play along at all while others went to sleep after a whiles work. We had to dry off some poo, but that is part of the fun. We got the whole afternoon to pass with watching how the pattern grew.

18 kommentarer:

  1. Haha, så himla rolig idé :-D :-D!

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  2. Totally totally brilliant!!!

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  3. Så fint! Takk for ideen :)

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  4. I like your blog! You have a new follower!

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  5. This is really cute!!! Thanks for so many amazing ideas!

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  6. What a clever idea. I hope you enjoyed your holiday.

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  7. Thank you and welcome to new followers!

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  8. Sorry, but don't the snails suffer because of the food coloring, maybe?

    Cecilia

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  9. crearescout: They only got briefly dipped into it, and the colour came off as they moved along the paper. To my knowledge, foodcolouring is harmless to both humans and snails. But correct me if I am wrong.

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  10. what a nice idea, isn't it dangerous for those snails?

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  11. Ilse: See my answer to that in my comment to crearescout above!

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  12. I love this post! It's beautiful. I have the same one in draft mode right now. Great minds think alike!!

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