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19 January 2011 40 Comments

Welcome to Kids Get Crafty! A couple of weeks ago we went to see a “special under threes” theatre production of Oliver Jeffers Lost & Found. It was wonderful and Red Ted loved it. He kept glancing round to me and giving me the biggest smiles and grins. Then turning back to the 30min play giggling away. Afterwards we went for juice and a biscuit. On the way home, we waddled like the penguin and wooshed liked the see. What a lovely afternoon. I wanted to capture it for him, so we decided to Get Crafty!!!

Firstly – The Book.

Lost and Found, by Oliver Jeffers. Well… a few months ago, when I first bought the theatre tickets, we got crafty and made some penguins… so go and hop over for the book review there!

The Craft

Weeeellll. We had our penguins (if you don’t have the fab penguin shape deodorant bottles, we have – why not make a penguin by using a loo paper roll? It won’t be shaped as perfectly, but it would still be fun). Now we need a boy! I decided to keep it simple and try and get Red Ted making as much as possible… so a loo roll boy we made:

Materials: A loo roll, skin coloured paint, white fabric & red pen, denim or trouser fabric, jumper scraps for a woolly hat & needle to sew it up, googly eyes, glue

And then we need an umbrella (this was The Englishman’s ingenious idea):

Materials: a plastic bottle, blue tack, small stick (we used half a skewer)

1) Paint the loo roll pink

2) Draw some red stripes onto a whit rectangle fabric – measure it out so it fits around the paper roll

3) Cut a rectangle of “trouser fabric” to fit loo roll (we used denim)

4) Cut some jumper/ sweater fabric out and let the little ones have a go at sewing. If you don’t have jumper scraps, I am sure any material will look nice. Tie a bit of thread around the top of the jumper fabric, to make a bobble

5) Glue everything on (including googly eyes)

Finished!!!

For the umbrella: cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle – secure stick with bluetack. Done!

We then had a theartre production.

And then we made a house for The Boy and The Penguin to sleep in too. We love cardboard boxes!!

Click here: for more Loo Roll Crafts

For more Kid’s Craft ideas, click here for a full list.

If you have been crafty with your kid’s be it at home, in the kitchen or outdoors, I would love for you to link up:

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40 Comments »

Jill said:

Adorable! I love that red ted is wearing a shirt just like the boy in the book!

# 19 January 2011 at 10:33 am

Chris said:

Oh Maggy, I adore the woolly bobble hat!

# 19 January 2011 at 10:45 am

Little Wonders' Days said:

His craft is so cute! I love that he can act out his own production. And the umbrella is great!

# 19 January 2011 at 11:31 am

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Oh yes, it was a funny coincidence that he was wearing the stripy shirt. It made him very happy!

And he LOVED sewing. Need to have another go!

And we have been playing theatre ever since…

# 19 January 2011 at 1:52 pm

Julia said:

Thanks for the invite. I love all of the fabulous ideas here!

# 19 January 2011 at 1:56 pm

Gale said:

Very very cute! What did you make the penquin out of?

Thanks again for inviting me last week!

# 19 January 2011 at 2:10 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Oh the penguin is out of an old deodorant bottle – here they are: http://www.redtedart.com/2010/08/11/story-art-great-start-lost-found-oliver-jeffers/

This obviously means you need the “right brand”, so if you can’t find that shape (they are v common in the UK), you could make a loo roll one, I know it wouldn’t be as “perfect”, but still cute?

Maggy

# 19 January 2011 at 2:21 pm

JDaniel4's Mom said:

I love that you cute creatures became performers and put on a show.

# 19 January 2011 at 7:25 pm

Tasha said:

I love this craft… will definitely try and do something similar with Milo – he’s obsessed with Oliver Jeffers at the moment!

# 19 January 2011 at 7:59 pm

Natalie said:

We love the book, and the characters to go with it are super cute. I have to see if maybe we have this play somewhere in our area too.

# 20 January 2011 at 6:31 am

Jennifer @ Life with the Lebedas said:

That is too cute!! Love the theme and I love their little theater!

# 20 January 2011 at 12:41 pm

Discovering Montessori said:

Love, Love, Love the penguin! Thank you for sharing.

# 20 January 2011 at 1:21 pm

Almost Unschoolers said:

I LOVE that you made the little guy to go with the story!

# 20 January 2011 at 4:42 pm

dshtebazile said:

We love this book over at our house too, and the characters that you made are perfect!

# 20 January 2011 at 6:44 pm

Michelle Twin Mum said:

How fab, it must be amazing living at your hosue Maggy! Mich x

# 20 January 2011 at 8:32 pm

Janelle said:

Your son’s striped shirt is so adorable! My deodorant containers aren’t shaped like that but I’ve seen mini shampoo bottles with that shape. Both the boy and penguin turned out great.

# 21 January 2011 at 1:50 am

Susana said:

You always have the best crafts! This looks like a great book too. LOVE your theatre production:-).

# 21 January 2011 at 5:53 am

Hootin' Anni said:

I love, love, LOVE the penguin. Sweet post.

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# 21 January 2011 at 11:32 am

KJ@letsgoflyakite said:

Your “Lost & Found” characters are precious. Absolutely adorable, I love projects that reinact characters from stories. You have reminded me to do more of these.

# 21 January 2011 at 12:03 pm

Kath Parklover said:

Oh, we love Lost and Found! We made a pupet theatre last week too, so we will definitely have to have a go at bringing the book to life. Great idea!

# 21 January 2011 at 12:36 pm

Herding Cats said:

Wow! How amazing! My four year old loves Lost and Found and made us watch the TV adaptation over and over and over!

# 21 January 2011 at 1:59 pm

Liberty said:

We *LOVE* this little book! What a fun idea to make the characters, we’ll have to try this soon… so cute

# 21 January 2011 at 2:11 pm

Esther said:

Thanks for the invite Maggy! The penguin is very cute! we are planning to do one with recycled juice containers. I started following your blog recently through RSS feed. You have very adorable ideas!

# 21 January 2011 at 2:34 pm

Holly said:

Have not read this book. Love the craft!

# 21 January 2011 at 3:08 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Esther – thank you so much for that very kind comment! Glad you enjoy the blog!!! And using juice containers sounds like a great idea!

# 21 January 2011 at 4:26 pm

Kerri said:

I am definitely going to check out the book! Thanks! Kerri

# 21 January 2011 at 7:54 pm

jfb57 said:

Many thanks for linking with the Resource Centre Maggy! http://bit.ly/eWhm4h

# 23 January 2011 at 12:02 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Pleasure, the Resource Centre is a great, uhm, Resource!!!!

# 23 January 2011 at 1:12 pm

Jonathan from Polka said:

That’s fantastic – great to see what a visit to the theatre can inspire!

# 24 January 2011 at 10:10 am

abeachcottage said:

The penguin is sooo adorable. Love this idea and your kids looked like they had a fantastic time!

# 24 January 2011 at 1:07 pm

Tracey M said:

One of these days I’ll get organized and do a book with craft so I can link up …
There is something about penguins I just love. I have found some of the cutest books with them. I love the cute things you made to go with the book; especially the house to play with the penguin in!

# 24 January 2011 at 11:41 pm

creativejewishmom/sara said:

Great project, and just love that deodorant bottle Penguin!
Thanks so very much for dropping by Craft Schooling Sunday and contributing, I really appreciate it! all the best!

# 25 January 2011 at 9:24 am

Martianne said:

Cute ideas! We are exploring The Snowy Day all week this week, begining with sensorimotor, but alter with crafts, too.

# 25 January 2011 at 8:46 pm

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# 29 January 2011 at 11:31 am

Christie-Childhood 101 said:

So very sweet. Thanks for linking to We Play again this week, it would be lovely if you could include it as a link in your post.

# 31 January 2011 at 2:38 pm

Kate said:

Hi Maggy,

Thanks for showing me your cool recycled puppets. Something about the penguin peeping out of the house made me laugh! Very sweet.

The recipe’s sound great – gonna get the aprons out in the next few days and give them a whirl!

Cheerio for now
Kate
x

# 1 February 2011 at 9:09 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Pleasure, hope you like the recipes! We always have frozen berries in the house now and it is def a rainy day activity for us. You can use choc chips too!

And the short bread is easy and taste and very cut out able!

M x

# 1 February 2011 at 9:31 pm

Anne@LittleSproutBooks said:

Thanks as always for linking up at Feed Me Books Friday! B has an unusual fascination with umbrellas – love your simple suggestion – he’ll adore the additon to his pretending!

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