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Pastimes 4 U 2

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If you have any ideas do leave a message for me at
dottido@hotmail.com

A new page with a new idea. It is here that Seligor wants to put things that you can do and make in your spare times. All of them a little bit different from the modern electronic stuff you all have nowadays.
{shush don't tell anyone, but Diddily loved her Nintendo, and I still like Pacman and Mario the best with Donkey Kong a close third. }
I have lots of ideas that I'm hoping will interest you all and they are to be done with the help of your older brothers and sisters as well as Mum and Dad, so you can print off the page you want and then set to and get them done.
If you would like to take a photo of the finished article and email it to me at dottido@hotmail.co.uk
I will put it on the website so everyone can see. I do hope you enjoy the new page. xxx's and hugs Diddily.
Penny helping Diddily.

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Egyptian Pyramid of King Khufu

Just take a look at these wonderful video bits and pieces, you will find song and things to make with Polymer. They have all come from the fabulous YouTube so if you want more, just collect the URL from the bottom of the video and away you go to Youtube. All my playlists are available on Youtube, look for "Seligor's Playlist" they are all open to the public., Let us begin by having a quick peep at Scooby Doo and Shaggy. There is a quiz on here somewhere for all you Scooby Doo fans. not sure where it is. Take a look on the home pages.

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THE CRAFTY CARTOON SHOW
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TAKE YOUR PICK.
Sure so the Easter eggs are gone but there is still Mothers Days all over the world. And Birthdays and Christmas. Parties, mega loads.
COME AND SEE WHAT IS ON OFFER IN
SELIGOR'S CASTLE.

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HAPPY CRAFTING AND CARTOONING

HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME MAKING GIFTS

SCARY SPIDER BRACELETS

Black construction paper

White paper (for "fangs")

Scissors - Wiggle eyes - Paper Clips
Stapler and staples - White crayon
silver web

Pencil - Glue

Fold the black construction paper in half.
along folded edge, lay child's hand palm down (midway through palm) and trace fingers with white crayon
Cut out the outline of the fingers.
Unfold and you have a complete image of a spider with eight legs. Now turn the spider over and with the pencil, roll the legs aroun silver web

d the pencil...this makes the legs curl under and gives a more creepy, crawly effect
Cut a 1" strip of black paper from the remaining scraps, and form it into a circle for the bracelet part. At the appropriate length, staple the ends together
Attach the bracelet to the underside center of the spider using the paper clips
Glue on the wiggle eyes and the "fangs" that you design and cut silver web

from the white paper to the spider's head

The child puts his/her fingers or wrist through the bracelet and then they can make their spiders creep and crawl with a back and forth rocking motion of their wrists. The paper clips will allow the spider to turn backwards and forwards as well as making a 360 degree angle also!

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Do your own Tie Dying

Dyes are substances that people use to colour textiles and other materials. Some dyes come from plants. Cochineal, a red dye, comes from the cochineal insect. To dye an object, dip it in water containing dissolved dye. If dyes are fast, the object will keep its colour no matter how often you wash it.

There are many beautiful ways of dyeing fabric. You can make beautiful and attractive patterns on your clothes. It's an interesting way to pass time and quite simple too. So let us see how it is done.

Things you need

Dyes. Colours like yellow, blue, red, orange, maroon and green look splendid.
Water
Salt
Pan
Thick thread
A bowl filled with chilled water.
Plain white cloth on which you have to do your tie and dye.

Getting started

You tie the thread to your cloth and then dye it. When the dye is dried, you take off the threads and you find that there is a beautiful design on your cloth. This is because the dye has not come on those areas where you have tied the thread. That is how you get beautiful designs.

First spread the cloth you wish to dye on the floor and make small dots with the pencil leaving ample spaces amongst them. Now pick up the pencil dot in a pinch and tie it with thread. Give the thread many turns in order to cover the cloth so that it may be covered and would not get colour on it, tie the thread very tightly. Tie each and every dot in the same manner. Remember to leave proper spaces amongst each tied dot.

Dyeing

In a pan, boil one cup water, add half a tea spoon salt and some die (about one tea spoon) this amount of dye

Dyeing depends on the shade of colour you want. If you want a light shade, add little dye and if you want your cloth to be dyed dark, you will obviously add more dye.

Dip your cloth in this boiling dye and stir it with a stick for a minute. Meanwhile keep the chilled water ready. Take the water out of the dyed cloth and immediately dip it into the chilled water.

Finishing

After five minutes take the cloth out of the chilled water and keep it aside to be dried completely. Now, start opening the threads you tied. You will see that the colour has not reached on the tied portions. When you will untie all the threads, iron your cloth and find a beautiful piece of work.

There is also another method of dyeing called "MARBLING". To do this, shrink the cloth with your hands in a haphazard manner and tie the thread tightly to make a dense small ball. Dye it with the above mentioned method.When you think you are expert in dyeing with one colour, you can also dye in two or even more than two co Tie-Dye Shoelaces Softball tie dye shoe laces Basketball tie-dye shoelaces Soccer tie dye shoe laces Volleyball tie-dye shoelaces Field Hockey Lacrosse LAX Running Track and Field Cross Country childrens youth kids sizes female women's womens girls gifts tied dyed

Tie-Dye Shoelaces Softball tie dye shoe laces Basketball tie-dye shoelaces Soccer tie dye shoe laces Volleyball tie-dye shoelaces Field Hockey Lacrosse LAX Running Track and Field Cross Country childrens youth kids sizes female women's womens girls gifts tied dyed

lours.It's a fun and very interesting so do try it out!

Be sure that you have the right dye for the job. I recommend fiber reactive dye.
It is color fast and easy to find at your local craft store.
Prepare your dye according to the instructions that it came with.
If you do not mix the dye and water correctly, your dye will not be as vivid or colorfast.

Wonderful ideas from the site of Hassam.

AN INDOOR GARDEN THAT YOU CAN HAVE FOR ANY DAY OF THE YEAR

thinking garden

A Thinking Garden for Easter.

This is a garden, a garden made on a large meat or dinner plate.
The children from one of the churches I used to go to, made this kind of plate garden every Easter.
It is caller a "THINKING PLATE" and it is made so the children can express there idea's as to how Jesus must have felt that Easter long, long ago, when he knew he was going to have to be crucified on the cross, so that he could save us all.

The most common garden is a growing one where you find a tray or plate.
It is important to get a tray with sides at least an inch deep, that way the compost wont fall out. Put a good covering of composte into the tray and level it out.
Now you need to go out into the woods or park and collect some moss, it grows on the ground, on the bark of trees and sometimes in between the paving stones and garden walls.
Take this home and lay it on the damp compost.
Get a large coffee jar lid, cover it with tin foil, and bury it in the soil.
This is now a pond, add pebbles, a few larger stones, a small shed from an old farm set etc.

snowman garden

Use your imagination, A Snow Scene for a snow garden
..... by changing the soil into cotton wool and setting the scene that way.
The supermarkets have little snowmen and things to decorate it with, try and make with your own hands as much as you can.
The rewards of seeing it day after day will be fantastic. You could even have a monthly theme for you and your friends.
Monthly competitions that you all put 50p into a pot and each month a different parent will be the judge.
Bits of wood and shells also look nice.
Using sand instead of soil, plenty of shells and driftwood, and using the same pebbles, you can easily make a miniture beach garden.
Don't forget to water the gardens occasionally if you have living things in it.
There are so many types of gardens you can make.
Christmas gardens, wow, what a lovely pressy for nanna and grandad.
Buy some little figures with your pocket money or borrow the ones mum has if she is not making her own cake.
Little sprigs of holly for trees, a small sheet of perspex then make it look like a frozen pond.
fairy's

The Snow Garden can become a Christmas Garden with a few added bits and pieces. with a base of crinkled crepe paper, dotted with glue and then sprinkled with silver tinsel. Use silver baubles as decoration arrange them as a mountain range.
Then there is a Fairy Garden, make little toadstools by cutting the inner roll off a roll of tinfoil into three inch lengths, glue half egg shells on top of each piece. Leave to dry and then paint them with pretty colours.
I am sure if you look through Diddilys stories and rhymes you will see many pictures that you can follow.
Here are a few toadstools you might like to copy. Use feathers as ferns, if you can't find any coloured ones, get white ones and dip them in food colouring.

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MAKE YOUR OWN STINK BOMBS

RIGHT SOMETHING ESPECIALLY FOR THE LADS, THOUGH SOME OF MY YOUNG GRAND DAUGHTERS WOULD WELL ENJOY MAKING THESE AS WELL.

Of course you can buy these already made from the "Joke Shop", but it's much more fun making your own.
(Please don't tell Mum and Dad you got this recipe from me, it's our secret OK)

These are the ingredients, you will need.
1.       One egg.
          A drop of milk.
          Half a teaspoon of sugar.
          And a tin that MUST have a lid that can be shut tight. (Cocoa tin, maybe)
          NOT GLASS OR RIGID PLASTIC, though bendy (supple) plastic can be
          used.

2.      Next break the egg into the container, add the sugar and milk and shut
        the lid tight. Put it in a warm place, preferably outdoors where the sun can         warm it up. Hidden behind the radiator if you have to hide it indoors.

3.    After a couple of weeks, take the tin and puncture the top with about
           two dozen little holes. [You can use a compass point for this] BE CAREFUL

NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HIDE IT SOMEWHERE IN THE LIVING ROOM AND WATCH AS EVERYBODY SITS THERE SNIFFING, WONDERING WHO IT IS OR WHO IT MAY BE THAT HAS PASSED WIND.

Please don't take one into school though, for you will get into trouble with your teacher and may end up like poor old Bart Simpson below.

Tell Bart What to Write on the Blackboard

Enter some text, and Bart Simpson writes it on the blackboard.

How to make a wall hanging from Plaster of Paris.

Things you need

Plaster of Paris
Water
An empty vessel (for mixing)
A moulding plate (preferably made of flexible plastic)
A sharp knife
A sturdy piece of wire
Poster paints

How to go about iT?

Take the plaster of Paris in an empty vessel.
Add water to it and mix it thoroughly, until it has a smooth texture, neither too thick nor too viscous.
Now pour it uniformly into the moulding plate.
Twist a strong piece of wire to form a hook and insert it into the plaster. Place the apparatus where it can dry easily. Give it at least 15 to 20 minutes for good results.
After it turns completely dry, invert the plate and stretch it back to remove the dried plaster disc. If it is hard to come out, draw a sharp knife at its corner and take it out.

Turn the disc over. Here's your painting surface! Draw a character on it and fill it with colours to make it beautiful. Or you could draw some scenery or flowers on it. You can shade it or use beads to beautify your painting. Try using pieces of cloth to make clothes for the cartoon characters you have drawn.
Experiment with wool to make its hair. Your beautiful plaster of Paris wall-hanging is all done! Now try making it and beautify your room.

The Greenmen are made from a plaster of paris
and are treated so they are damp proof.
The Fairy plant pots are plastic,
so very hard wearing, and the paint has
also been damp proofed

DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR HELP WITH THE KNIFE AND SCISSORS WHEN YOU CUT THINGS.
***** YOU MUST TAKE CARE AT ALL TIMES. ***** mr potato head

The most wonderful thing about vegetables is the fact that they come in so many shapes and sizes. I have been looking around many different websites for people who have done this kind of thing, and I have managed to put together a nice little group that you can copy, especially for "Harvest Thanksgiving" and many Jewish Festivals.
We all know of the "Hanukkah" and the Jewish Menorah, well this is a wonderful way for a child to make his/her own Menorah.

And all you need is two large potato's, lots of gorgeous shiney things to decorate them with.

Nine candles and some stronge PVC glue, but NOT instant glue, we can't have you sticking your fingers together.
Then copy the pictures, it's as easy as that.
You can even cover the potato with tinfoil or silver paper, then stick little stickers on them.
Santa for Xmas,
Chicks for Easter, not forgetting Christmas .
Mummy has often made a chocolate log. Well instead of a swiss roll, use any shape veg you like, so long it will stand up and not go off too quick and turn it into a wonderful table centrepiece, How's about a few decorated apples for on the bird tables and strings of peanuts to make a birdy mobile, with bits of fruit for the finches and the left over nuts, after shelling for the tits.
Think of all the Little Birthday gifts you could make.

Next we come to "Christingle." When I was a girl, we didn't have anything like these beautiful little lanterns that can be made in so many different ways,
Very similar to the potato but use an orange instead
1. The large orange can be placed on a saucer or in a silver tray, (from the local supermarket)
2. then you will need four cocktail sticks, adorned with small pieces of fruit, unshelled peanuts, sweeties, piece of cheese.
You can ask the vicar of your parish what he would think suitable, different countries have different ideas. The candle you use however must be white, and not too big, you can get these from your local Christian shop, maybe even the Salvation Army shops.
The base of the candles you adorn with red ribbon and maybe some holly, ivy and mistletoe, like little Christmas wreaths.
Remember to ask Mum or Dad to help with the hole for the candle.
To make some little veggie creatures you will need some of those little eyes from the handcraft shops, different sizes, and of course the PVC glue. aubergine pingu's

Here are six little penguins made out of aubergines, with those little eyes. Here are a few other vegetable animals.
try to use your imagination, let me know how you get on.

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You could take a photo and email it to me.
I can set up a special gallery web page.
Hey this little egg is completely edible , doesn't he look lovely?
And here is a special kind of icecream, Take a look at the video above, it is amazing how people make up these flicks for you to watch. Diddily

Look at Me I'm Flying A Kite
by

Diddily Dee Dot

"Mummy would you help me make a kite please."
"I'm not sure I know how to make a kite my darling, your Daddy usually does things like that and he won't be home till next Friday."
"I know that Mummy but I think I should like a kite now."
"Oh darling, I'm not sure I even know where to start, why do you need a kite now sweetheart, you never mentioned it before?"
Morag looked up at her mum who was stood at the sink cleaning out the stick insects tank. "I do believe this old insect is on his last legs, or should I say four legs now."
Morag jumped off the stool and went to watch the stick insect walk across the draining board.
"It doesn't seem to bother him only having four legs instead of six, mum. Mum, as he's so old, do you think he will die soon?"
"Well it's quite possible darling, the others didn't last long once their legs started to fall off, did they my lovely."
Morag frowned "Will grandmama's legs drop off when she dies Mummy."
green kite

Liz turned towards the window hurridly, stifling a smile as she did so. Regaining her composure she turned back to her inquisitive daughter.
"No my darling Grandmama won't lose anything when she dies, well I hope not anyway," she said picking up her daughter and sitting her on the bunker. "Who says Grandmama is dying anyway. Daddy has just gone to look after her for a couple of weeks till she gets her strength back after her operation."
"Morag nodded her head. "Well that's ok then, so what are we going to do about this kite then.
Liz Banks picked up the ancient old stick insect and put it back in the tank. She couldn't believe it had lasted so long, the other's had died months back.
"So my lovely why this sudden interest in a kite?"
"Daddy," Morag replied, "Daddy, last night when he phoned he told me to wrap up warm if I go out to fly my kite." she frowned again.
"And well Mummy, I didn't want to upset him but I haven't got a kite." she shrugged her little shoulders and went back over to her stool and her Woody the stick insect

breakfast.
Mrs Banks smiled. "Ah ha I see now, but I don't think Daddy meant you to go fly a kite, I think he was telling you to keep warm if you go out because it was going to be very windy."
"Oh bother," Morag shrugged again and continued to eat her porridge. "I suppose that's it then, no kite."
Liz finished tidying up and popped the tank back up on the ledge.
"There you go old thing, watch you don't drown in your water now." The stick insect moved up the new privet leaves and began to eat hungrily.
"Mum, can we try to make a kite, please. They must have how to make one on the Internet that we could download and follow. Can we mum pleeease?"
Liz shook her head and a smile crossed her face. Her child was not even five yet and already she was like a little old woman. It was so difficult to refuse her anything, and making a kite, couldn't be that hard to do.
purple kite

"Come on then let's see what we can find.
The two girls, one big, one little, sat down at the computer, many sighs and groans came from Liz, and Morag thinking that it looked awfully complicated joined in the sighing and the groaning.
"It's no good my darling these are all seem so very complicated.
I could look at these all day and none of it would make any sense."
"Oh mummy, there must be something we can do."
Liz smiled at her daughter and this time tried the Google browser and there it was, Make your own Kite" and it didn't look so complicated. "I've found one," she said winking at Morag
Morag's face changed from almost tearfull to overjoyed.
"Honest Mum, you think we can make it, oh wow look at all those diagrams?"

"Well, we can give it a go. The wind is quite gusty today and if we don't waste to much time, we should have it in the air after lunch time."
"Right what do we need? Can we make two, one for you and one for me?

What colour shall it be? Will we be able to give it a tail?"
"Hold on, hold on Morag, let's make one first, then let's get what we need and then "let's make a kite." If Mary Poppins can do it so can I." They both stood up and stared at each other, Morag began to laugh, her Mum began to laugh and the fun began.
It didn't take them long to get the stuff they needed, they decided to use plastic for the kite as they had some nice plastic carriers from the freezer shop, well big enough and nice and strong.
The string and twine was easy, as was the sticks and the bamboo for Mrs Banks was a keen gardener. She even had an empty reel off a used fence wire to roll the kite string on. Then whilst Liz was getting all these things together. Morag had some pretty pieces of very light plastic to make the tail bows out of, she had most of these finished by the time her mum came back in from the garden. Then mum cut 80cm of string for the tail and Morag fixed each of the bows onto it, about 10cm apart.
Then came the making of the kite, it was so exciting, they had everything that was on the list and together on the kitchen floor they made there kite. They only had one bad slip up and that was when Kelly Dog decided to walk straight through the middle of everything, she ended up with all the spare string wound round her back leg.
"Oh dear Kell you are a little bug." Morag told her off as she took the string off her leg, "now you go and sit down quietly in the front room till we've finished. Then you can come out with us, can't she Mummy?"
"If she's good she can." Liz answered squinting at the dog.
Kelly dropped her ears and sloped off into the front room and her cushion.

A couple of hours later and the kite was ready for its maiden flight. The two of them, mother and daughter had tidied everything away, put the harness on Kelly, wrapped up warm like daddy had told them too and they were ready to go up to the common.
Liz carried the kite out to the car and put it very carefully in the boot. Kelly was popped in the back and Morag jumped into her safety seat and they were ready to go.
"Hold on I forgot my gloves, have you got yours darling?"
"Oops nope, I've left them on the kitchen bunker I think."
Mrs Banks dashed back into the house and was back in the car before you could say Mary Poppins.
Break off - clutch in - and it was away to the common.
Morag takes her kite to the common

And the rest of the story you can see in these pictures. Morag's kite flew wonderfully, it took both Mummy and herself to hold it for the wind was a little bit on the strong side but wow, what a day they had. Morag couldn't wait for her daddy to call that Morag is so happy flying her kite

night so she could tell him all about her wonderful time, first making the kite, then flying it with Mummy. Kelly loved it too and by the time they arrived back home they were all so tired from all the fresh air and dashing around. After dinner, they cuddled down together on the couch to watch Mary Poppins but long before they met her they were both fast asleep. It was a wonderful day, not one Morag would forget for a long time, if ever.

This little story is dedicated to our wonderful Kelly who sadly passed away to Dog's Heaven in February 2008

This site was maintained by Jen :) � 1997 - 2000

Have ever wanted to build a kite?

Well, here is a simple kite you can make your self!

A kite consists of these basic parts:

The Spine. The up-and-down, or vertical stick that you build your kite around.

The Spar. The support stick(s), that are placed crossways or at a slant over the spine. Sometimes they are curved or bowed.

The Frame. The joined spine and spars, usually with a string connecting their ends, that form the shape of the kite and make a support for the cover.

The Cover. The paper, plastic, or cloth, that cover the frame to make a kite.

The Bridle. One or more strings attached to the spine or spars, which help control the kite in the air.

The Flying Line. The string running from the kites� bridle, where you hold to fly the kite.

The Tail. A long strip of paper or plastic of ribbon that helps to balance the kite in flight. Not all kites need tails.

The Reel. The object you use to wind your flying line, to keep it form getting tangled or flying away.

DIAMOND KITE

Materials:

butcher cord or thin garden twine

scotch tape or glue

1 sheet of strong paper (102cm x 102cm)

2 strong, straight wooden sticks of bamboo or wooden doweling 90cm and 102cm

markers, paint or crayons to decorate you kite.

1. Make a cross with the two sticks, with the shorter stick placed horizontally across the longer stick. Make sure that both sides of the cross piece is equal in width.

2. Tie the two sticks together with the string in such a way as to make sure that they are at right angles to each other. A good way to ensure that the joint is strong to put a dab of glue to stick it in place.

3. Cut a notch at each end of both sticks. Make it deep enough for the type of string you are using to fit in to. Cut a piece of string long enough to stretch all around the kite frame. Make a loop in the top notch and fasten it by wrapping the string around the stick. Stretch the string through the notch at one end of the cross-piece, and make another loop at the bottom. Stretch the string through the notch at one end of the loop at the bottom. Stretch the string through the notch at the other end of the cross-piece. Finish by wrapping the string a few times around the top of the stick and cutting off what you don't need. This string frame must be taut, but not so tight as to warp the sticks.

4. Lay the sail material flat and place the stick frame face down on top. Cut around it, leaving about 2-3cm for a margin. Fold these edges over the string frame and tape or glue it down so that the material is tight.

5. Cut a piece of string about 122 cm long. and tie one end to the loop at the other end of the string to the loop at the bottom. Tie another small loop in the string just above the intersection of the two cross pieces. This will be the kite's bridle, the string to which the flying line is attached.

6. Make a tail by tying a small ribbon roughly every 10cm along the length of string. Attach the tail to the loop at the bottom of the kite.

7. Decorate!

Tips:

A properly located pivot point is generally located slightly ahead of the centre of gravity.

Cut away from you!

Spray can glue is really good for patching up paper kites.

Stability is improved by the use of an effective bow and a flexible tail.

Hold your kite up by the string when you are finished to see if it is balanced.

You can balance it by putting more paper on one side.

Kites are different each time you make one, so slight adjustments might need to be made for each kite.

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Have fun, I suggest an adult check out all the video clips before they let the very young watch them. Diddily and Seligor xxx

Do you know the easiest way to make a tent.

First you will need; a good rope, a large square of tent material,
ie something that won't let the water through; canvas, tarpoline, etc. and a few
pieces of wood sharpened to a point, or some old tent pegs.
You can use sheet or blanket if you just want to make a food shelter, or baby shelter from the sun.

Find a strong looking tree with good strong boughs.
Tie one end of the rope around the trunk.
Then throw the rest of the rope over a strong bough.
Next stretch the rope out at a convenient angle and fasten it with a tent peg into the ground.
So that it is at an angle slanting away from the tree trunk.

Then take the sheet and fold it double, diagnally.
Put the straight line onto the rope, with the front end facing the tree.
Secure the sheet with as many pegs as you have, and with the sheet well stretched.
This is easily done with you acting in pairs, working on opposite sides.
Now you have a tent if made of canvas or tarpoline as shelter from the rain and if only using a blanket or sheet, as a shelter from the sun whilst you have your picnic.
If you want to camp out in a group, you can use the same tree, with different boughs. I shouldn't use this tent if it was cold though kids, a really nice summer evening ok, this is a hot weather tent . :)