Guest Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 I recently went on a course entitled 'VISUAL ARTS INSPIRED BY REGGIO EMILIO'. It was simply amazing and I'd like to share a fantastic activity with you. With any luck I've successfully attached it to this post! If not let me know. Its a pentagon den which you can make on any scale using anything from art straws to 8ft bamboo canes (did this, wouldn't recommend it for a fist though!!) They are really easy to make once you get the gist of it and the opportunities are endless!! I dare you to make one!! Lucy x How_To_Make_A_Pentagon_Den.doc
Guest Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Lucy those are fantastic! I love the decorations on them. Think I might start off with a small one and try a bigger one during the summer when we could perhaps build it outside. Could you take them partially apart for storage? Linda
Guest Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 we could perhaps build it outside.Could you take them partially apart for storage? Linda I put one up yesterday in the middle of the nursery garden. Didn't realise quite how huge it would be with its 8ft canes - its enormous!!! I'm sure you could take them down, it depends how you secure the canes together. The one in the photographs was secured using paperclips sellotaped to the corners then tied together with string (through the loopy bit of the clip). Good luck! Lucy x
aliamch Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Well hubbys of to B & Q to get some canes, I can't wait till Monday so I'm going to try and put one up for my kids today! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea . Karrie
Guest Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Only just come across this article - this is a favourite at scouts and cubs but we only use elastic bands to join canes and they always hold together and take apart quickly.
Sue R Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Thanks for that tip, Mimi! We're still trying! Sue
Guest Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 What a fantastic idea!! I was given some metre long plastic straws before Christmas and could not work out what to do with them....now I know!!!! :-)
Cait Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 I recently went on a course entitled 'VISUAL ARTS INSPIRED BY REGGIO EMILIO'. It was simply amazing and I'd like to share a fantastic activity with you. With any luck I've successfully attached it to this post! If not let me know. Its a pentagon den which you can make on any scale using anything from art straws to 8ft bamboo canes (did this, wouldn't recommend it for a fist though!!) They are really easy to make once you get the gist of it and the opportunities are endless!! I dare you to make one!! Lucy x This is FANTASTIC!!! will really go well with my shape theme THANKYOU!!!!!
Cait Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 So if I sellotape the paperclips to the end of the bamboo - I'm going to look for 4 foot lengths I think, then use those wire closure thingies or pipecleaners, that would work., yes? Might have a go with artstraws or even pipecleaners first
Cait Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Well here we are! We used the paperclips and pipe cleaners to tie it together, but ended up binding all the joints with masking tape too, as by the time it was being decorated, trampled in and generally pulled about, the paperclips had come adrift. A great time was had by all
HappyMaz Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 A great time was had by all Brilliant - look at that concentration!
Guest Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 If I use the 8 foot canes what size will it end up being?
Guest Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Great pics Cait, love the ribbons and other attachments too. Are the children going to add more to it, I'm thinking musical triangles or tubular chimes maybe? Or will in evolve into a dark den for individual children to get some solo peace and quiet. (or the teachers for that matter ) Peggy
Cait Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 I'm thinking pieces of fabric, maybe some tinfoil. Possibly cover some triangles completely in big paper so they can draw on them.....
HappyMaz Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 I'm thinking pieces of fabric, maybe some tinfoil. Possibly cover some triangles completely in big paper so they can draw on them..... If you can get some large sheets of clear cellophane (is there a florists' wholesalers anywhere nearby?) that makes a great covering for children to decorate with sweetie wrappers and other transluscent materials. It means they can do the decorating without making it too dark inside. You're lucky you don't have to pack away - would be very awkward to get one in our cupboard, even one that could be unhooked at strategic points to enable it to be folded!
Cait Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Nope - no nearby florist - we in the middle of nowhere! I did see that suggestion on the thread earlier, and wondered about it. Spent ages looking for a roll of cellophane I have somewhere.....
HappyMaz Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Nope - no nearby florist - we in the middle of nowhere! Far too expensive from the florist - but at the wholesaler it is much cheaper and if you get a big enough roll it lasts for years! Or another idea is to do Wolfie's reversed sticky backed plastic idea - you can get big rolls in Smiths or Partners - and then they can stick whatever they like to it! Great for catching flies in the summer...
Cait Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Well i've got plenty of that - for some reason I bought about 4 rolls when I saw it on offer once .......
Cait Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 And here's pictures from today. We stuck sticky-backed plastic on and children stuck felt shapes they made onto it, along with pre-cut gummed shapes, feathers, tinsel, buttons, pom-poms, sequins and all sorts of things! We stuck big pieces or lining paper on and this encouraged lots of mark-making. It's been fabulous and they have all been told to 'put their thinking heads on' for tomorrow as it will be its last day as we should be moving out of the Chapel on Friday, into our own room, which is smaller (unfortunately)
Beau Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 What a fantastic time they seem to be having! I wish I was with you!!
louby loo Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 That looks fantastic......... I want one! are they 'flexible' at all? I'd love one but as a daily packaway not sure its going to work for us. xx
HappyMaz Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I'd love one but as a daily packaway not sure its going to work for us. I'm sure there must be a way, and now I'm wishing I'd tried this in the garden in the summer when I had the chance. Maz
Guest Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Just been researching some resources/activity ideas for a topic activity on space on the NASA website and came across this http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/explora...tat/index.shtml which is a bit similiar but uses rolled up newspaper (of the braodsheet variety) and I think comes up a bit smaller.
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