The Giant Snowball Destruction

 

A project by Patrick, age 8. With help from Khalid, age 9.

Snow Day

So today there was lots of snow. There were also lots of children. Cue snowball fights, falling over, wet gloves, soggy socks, giggling, chasing, hiding and all the other things that come with a snow day!

Lily-May checks to make sure the bin is big enough for plenty of snow...

Collecting snow for snowballs

Snowball cricket

 

It was a day of excitement, team games, exercise, strategy and fun. Snow can be one of the most accessible loose parts and it's rarity makes it even more exciting to play with!

Shadows

The Car

 All of the girls who visited the shop today had roller skates, apart from Paige, so she decided to create her own set of wheels! Here is what she used to make her 'car':

She put the skateboard in the middle of the table top and put some sheets of foam in between to stop the skateboard from snapping (as the board was slightly arched). She then used a combination of thick string and brown tape to secure the skateboard to the table top.

 

The finished product:

 

And here it is in action:

Make sure the wheels are pointing forwards or the direction you wish to travel in. Then you must sit (preferably cross legged) in the centre of the table top and get your balance just right so the edges don't touch the floor. Then someone pushes you and off you go! If you want to slow down you put your weight slightly to one side and let the edge scrape the floor until you reach the right speed.

Created by Paige, age 11

Happy New Year

Aliyah works on a new sign for the Shop

Fun with tape...

The Shop of Possibilities re-opened this week and the children were very excited to be back in the space! As soon as the doors were open they were there ready to take over the space again. Today we had a huge variety of energetic activities such as acrobatics, climbing, drawing and wrapping each other up in tape. A great start to the new year!