We went apple picking today -- it rained. Which surprisingly turned out to be perfect: it felt quintessentially fall - especially with a fire place and a warm drink afterwards - and we had the whole orchard to ourselves.
We've finished our farm unit and are moving on to a new theme tomorrow - but before we do I wanted share the barn we made. The wooden farm animals came with a beautiful handmade ark that we gave Big Buddy for Christmas a couple years ago. I would someday love to have a wood barn but it's currently not in the budget. So in the mean time we decided to improvise and make our own. I stumbled upon this perfectly sized milk box (4 gallons per box) while subbing and thought it would be sturdy enough to handle play. Hubandie and the boys used an x-acto knife and wood glue to build a barn shape. to get the doors to fold out hubandie used an x-acto knife and scored the inside of the cardboard We then painted with a basic primer and outlined a window and a door with painters tape. cardboard is very porous so priming is a must if you want decent coverage Big Buddy however insisted that we add more windows so it...
awww how adorable! seems like a really amazing family memory!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to go apple picking with my boys for a while but the one nearby is an hour away! ahh!