Dolls' House from scraps

This is our friend Johanne, who comes to play now and then.
As you can see, we had a lot of fun designing a dolls' house recently.

Here, Johanne is sticking the 'wallpaper' on the shoeboxes. It was wrapping paper really.
Yes, we made a lovely mess, but who cares?
And yes, the glue gun should have been on the
newspaper not where I could tread on it.

Can you see Dr Watson the Dog?

THE BATHROOM

Here you can see how Jake used a toothpaste cap and some little blue
beads to make a shower. I made the mirror from a curtain ring and some silver paper.
Sorry about the date on the photos. I deleted all the pictures on
my camera accidentally :o(. Luckily Jake had some on his phone.

Johanne drew the water in the noodle bath tub and designed the
mini toilet roll holder and towel rack from a drinking straw, which Jake built for her.
Jake designed the toilet and sink suite from a Kinder-egg-style container and the rest of the straw.

HANDY WHEELCHAIR 

Jake made a wheelchair like Johanne's for her dolls.
Can you spot to two Pringles caps?

The axle is made of a New Year's tooty horn,
a mushroom container and a matchbox.

The inside of the matcbox acts like a brake if you slide it down.
Very clever!

PROPER WINDOW

Well, almost, except the glass is cut from a plastic
tomato punnet. But it's see-through and safer.
The curtains are cut from an old sock and the curtain rail was once a kebab stick.

TO BE CONTINUED...

This post is now about as long as I've got because today Jake
came home from a trip to Cost Rica with his dad and big brothers so it's time for a cuddle.
Next time we'll show you lots more...including the garden, table and food, kitchen and other miniature furniture to look forward to...

On safari in Oslo with DFDS

Remember we took a DFDS ferry trip to Oslo
back in November?

And it was a roaring success?
Well, now that my computer is back from the menders,
you can come on safari with us! 

You'll find this smashing lion outside a hotel
not far from the harbour.

And some pretty strange beasts at the Natural History Museum.
This one looked pretty surprised to see us.

It was crystal clear this was worth a photo.

And upstairs we found dinos.

BIG ONES!

Say cheese!

And TALL skinny ones. No not even skin.
(Wasn't she on the cover of Vogue last week?)

The head bone's connected to the neck bone
and the neck bone's connected to...
a song so long that we'd
all have conked out by the last verse!

We had a great time playing with the interactive
toys and the proper toys. Plenty of picture books too.

And after a couple of very interesting hours,
as we were leaving, we passed these happy chappies.

Where are they all trotting off to?
Not sure, but perhaps it's time for
tea, Rex!