Thursday 7th February – Harry Potter night.

In the day time we continued with our chinese new year topic by looking at chinese designs then creating our own bowls and candle holders using sharpie and acrylic paint pens.

The finished designs ive been told (by X) needed to be photographed from every side to get the full affect.

A’s bowl design.

X’s bowl design.

A’s candle holder design.

Today X and A also had a go at making their own music using an online editing tool.

X made a song that sounded like it was off a computer game.

X really engaged and enjoyed both of these activities. We had to stop him as we had somewhere else to be.

On the night we went to a harry potter night at a local library. It really was fantastic. The minute we walked in the doors (covered in brick wallpaper with a sign hanging saying platform 9 and 3quarters) it was clear they had put in a lot of effort to make it look theamed. X and A really loved all the theaming (as they do when we go to Disneyland or Sundown adventureland). They appreciated every small detail.

Keys hanging from the ceiling

Aragog

There was lots of activities to take part in and we were given a clear program with pictures on which was a good idea. X had a look at the program and was genuinely excited to look around A just wanted to be off exploring. However the first stand we came too was make your own mandrake, so that was us.

This is one of their favourite bits from the films so they were really happy.

The end results. X carried his around all night and A took hers to bed with her.

X wasnt sure about taking part in the archery but he came around really quickly. He listened to the man really well and took his guidance of how to hold the arrow which resulted in a bullseye.

After the archery we watched a potion show. Both X and A really enjoyed it and shouted out to the man when he asked them too. It was good fun to see but we walked away early as time was running out and we wanted to see other things.

There was animals to pet including a snake called milkshake. Both X and A (and mummy) were very brave and stroked it pretty much straight away. They seem to be gaining in confidence this week.

A even bumped in to her friend O who was also wearing griffindor robes. We joked they looked like Harry and Hermione.