Make your own Corky the intrepid zip wire adventurer

This is Corky...like I used to make when I was a kid.

      You'll need:

• A cork 
• A wire champagne holder thingy (nerdy technical term there)
• Matchsticks
• A glue gun
• Wool scraps
• A black felt tip
• A long piece of string

Draw a face on the cork.

Corky can be a girl.

Cut small lengths (shorts :o) of wool for hair.

Glue them on with a parting in the middle if you like.

Either glue the matchstick arms and legs on or poke them into holes
you make with a sharpish skewer (get an adult to this perhaps).

And this is what he looks like.
Seat him in the wire cork holder,
twist a loop in the back of it, poke a length of string through
the loop and stretch the string between two trees, top to bottom,
 so there's a steep angle on the string.

Give him a minute to load up... and watch Corky go!

Hanging about at Til Tops

No one can call me a boring mum after this!

Whoah... we had GREAT fun. We can thoroughly recommend a trip to

our favourite climbing park near Hornbæk

Klosterrisvej 4, 3100 Hornbæk

Call first to make a reservation: +45 30 74 09 44

The other park is at: Frederiksdal, Hummeltoftevej 179, 2830 Virum, +45 60 21 34 55

Here's Line with her safety gear.

Step this way...

Harness up.

And off we go!

Safety first. Line showed us how to clip on.

Like this and you're ready to let yourself go on the zip wire.

Line showed us how to always clip on twi different safety wires for maximum security.

Jake's turn. Starting off slowly.

Jake didn't take any photos of me practising on the kiddy route for  under sevens so this is a photo of Jake on the Green route :o)

Cool.

Clip on and off you go.

Keep going onwards and upwards.

Clippety clip.

And here's the reward...a HUGE zip wire that's incredible fun.

Then more treetop walkways.

With the blocks getting further apart.

And swinging a bit more each time.

And ANOTHER wonderful zip wire...and all the time you can hear other visitors yelling 'weeeeeee' in the background on various parts of the park.

Oooh. Wait for me Jake!

And here's the trapeze. Hold on tight and launch yourself off. Well maybe next time we come.

Like something out of  Harry Potter the way he disappears into thin air...and sideways, too!

 Make your own zip wire stunt guy

Next week we'll show you the aerial runway we made for a little man Jake made out of a cork when we got home!

Trip to an art exhibition in Gilleleje...more photos and a painting or two

The beach was deserted back when we went.
No sunbathing beauties slathered in suncream blocking the view.

Blue Flags mean bathers are welcome. But doggies might be frowned on,
though the rule was not made by Danes.
Dr Watson the Dog doesn't mind.
He gets a decidedly sinking feeling when he sees the sea.

The high street has a toy shop that isn't
related
to Fætter BR!

We found a trendy shop for youngsters and kitted
Jake out with a cap for the summer.

And a wacky sweet shop that could have belonged to
an Oompa Loompa. Remember to brush your teeth!

We trotted down to the harbour, where
we found:

A summer art exhibition... 

...where Karinna Damgaard is one of the exhibitors. 

We had lunch at the harbour watching seagulls dancing
on nearby roofs - a can-can cabaret. 

There's one! As big as a cat!
The boats reminded me of Gt Yarmouth harbour,
 where my dad had a boat called The Lady Helen.

In fact our trip was so inspiring that I went home and
started painting again 

- for the first time for about two years.

I'm very rusty, but was good to have something to do while Jake
was in Costa Rica with his dad.

Have a blast and make the perfect present

We had fun making a present for Alex's 21st birthday

First you pick a glass container or other glass.

Then you choose a sheet of stickers.

There are LOTS to choose from.

Jake decided to put borders at the top and bottom using a felt pen.

He had to be careful to get it straight.

He put tape up to the line he had made.

Top and bottom,

Like this.

Then turned it inside.

Now it was time for the stickers, which were priced DKK 25 per sheet
 or if you found some you liked in the 'leftover tub', separately depending on the size. 

There were quite a few, star signs too. 

Jake stuk on some chameleons because his brother has leopard gekkos
 and they were the closest we could find.

Next it was time for the sand blasting

Ooooohhhhh.

It looks spacey.

The lady helped explain the process.

Which is easy to see here - where there are no stickers, the sand blasts
 through the green layer of glass.

As you can see here, now that the container is out of the cabinet, the green has gone.

Except it's still there under where the stickers were. Smart!

So when you've peeled off all the stickers...

...it looks like this. The chameleons were round the back
and his name on the front. Unique.