Make your own pom pom lamb lamb

You'll need:

• a ball of wool
• some of those stick-on chair leg/floor protectors 
• (from a discount Tiger shop etc.)
• cardboard
• scissors
• patience (a lot of winding is involved ;o)

Draw around something round the size of
the body you want.

And cut it out.

Now put that on the cardboard, draw around it and cut
it out so you have two identical circles.

Then using pointy scissors, poke a hole in the
middle and cut a circle out of the middle.

Put it on top of the other circle, draw around the
middle and cut it out too.

Now you have two cardboard doughnuts.
Ours could have been more symmetrical but who's looking.

Now wind some of your ball of wool into about
three smaller balls of wool. Make them
small enough to fit through the
hole in the middle of the circles. 

Now put the two cardboard doughnuts together,
hold the end of the first small ball of wool and
start winding it through the hole and out
and round and into the hole again.
And again, and again times lots and lots.

After three small balls of wool and a lot of
winding, it will look like this.

This next bit is slightly tricky. Mum or dad will
need to help. Poke the end of the scissors
into the edge of the wool, down in between
the two doughnuts and carefully
snip, snip, snip - BUT FIRST...

It turned out to be easier when I poked the rest
of the original ball of wool through the hole in
the doughnut to hold it all in place while I snipped.

Nearly done snipping all the way round.

Take out the original ball of wool and
carefully separate the two doughnuts a
little. Take a length of wool (half a metre)
and tie it right around in between the
cardboard doughnuts to hold all the wool
in place.

Knot it as tightly as possible,

Now trim off any bits that poke out.

The small round stick-on chair leg/floor
protectors made great eyes. 

And Jake cut out a head from the larger
sheet of stick-on protector felt. If you can't find
these, you can just cut a head out of black,
grey or white cardboard or felt and stick it on.  

Cut out two heads.

Stick on the eyes and fix the 'hair' between
the two heads.

Now tie two lengths of wool in, under and
out of the piece of wool holding it all together. 

Knot it tightly. These are the legs.

And stick pairs of medium stick-on
protectors on the end of each 'leg'.

A bundle of fun we had to hang up high so
Dr Watson didn't get hold of him.

HAPPY EASTER!

The permanent exhibits at the Design Museum

Here's a very old LEGO house. You don't see trees like that nowadays.

And this dear old radio looks good enough to eat.

This is the coackroach piano. Bet it nibbles your fingers
with its pearly whites if you get too close.

This time lapse photo of a little sausage dog shows how fast
their tiny legs have to move to keep up! What a waggy tail!

Now here's a chair for a wide bottom.
Only legs that thin are likely to give way - like Bambi on ice. 

You wouldn't freeze even during a cold Danish winter
with furnishings as hot as this.

And then we come to the recycled chairs made out of newspapers.
No smoking around here, that's for sure.Not easy to dust, so that's a good excuse.

We loved these policemen in uniform.
And the next photo might be a bit shocking...

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
:o))

ART LOVERS READ ON...

You can't miss this strapping chappie on the wall.
The inscription says something like 'The founder of the Danish Museum for Design' and you can't help thinking what a free-spirited fellow he was until you realise the founder is the Stalin-looking guy at the bottom (with just his head showing). Makes a change from all the ladies, anyway, doesn't it. 
A good line for a song...
You can keep your hat on! 

The Museum of Design on Bredgade

Footloose and fancy free in the play zones,
so you'll have to take your shoes off.

Even adults can feel tiny, swinging their legs, on a chair like this.  

A table with six legs?

And here's the first play zone.

Jake had fun building a tower.

But the thing with things that go up is...

...that at some point they fall over and bop you on the head.

Further into the exhibition, you'll find this classroom.
Imagine sitting on these instead of chairs.
Drop off and you'll drop off.

Monkeying around is always fun. 

Rest In Pieces? Not for long!

If you like Thomas the Tank En gine, you'll enjoy playing
with these kiddy-height trains.
Ready, train set, go!

Now we come to the slightly odd toys. Model making out of fish bones?
Well that's certainly an idea. 

And this seal suit would be perfect for kiddies who bite thair nails.

There's plenty to see.

Peekabo

And of course, the good old Trip Trap chair is there.

Jake thought it was interesting making his own animated film
and it was. Until a little girl swiped his main character and
muscled in on his action.
Oh well. It added a touch of drama :o)

The next post will show some of the permanent exhibits -
and one is a bit rude, so watch this space :o)