We have moved home and so there have been no posts for a long time. These beautiful mini golf boards are great to play with and now we have 4 more for the collection. We made these during the summer vacation but we had a typhoon and they all soaked up the rain so we had to re-make them. Now we are settling into a routine maybe we can post a few more crafts.
hole 2, The Bridge, This is a great hole to play
hole 9, Bazooka, This is a difficult hole to play
hole 10, The Forest, not easy to get a hole in 1
hole 16, Crooked Lane, easy to get a hole in 1
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As you know we love making things and I especially enjoy teaching students how to be creative. These students had great fun making this simple but practical pencil holder. Crafts are an effective way to teach English in the classroom.
happy students with their popsicle pencil holders
Posted in paper, wood | Tagged craft, lollipop sticks, pencil holder, popsicle sticks, students, teaching | Leave a Comment »
This is another lovely popsicle kit made in Taiwan. I made it during the summer vacation and it looks beautiful. These kits are very cheap and well worth getting into the world of crafts. You can buy them in Taiwan from this website. Popsicle stick kits
a great popsicle stick lamp, it comes complete with glue and light fitting
a wonderful warm glow at night
Posted in electronic, wood | Tagged kit, lollipop sticks, popsicle lamp, popsicle sticks, summer vacation, tower | 1 Comment »
The summer vacation is over and here is a beautifully presented stereo amplifier from Lee-Kuo. We found the kit in our local electronics store. It came with all the components but no schematics or instructions so we simply decided to put it together as we thought best. We wanted it to look impressive so we found this wooden tray in HOLA. It sounds absolutely fantastic through my MA84′s and a SONY X339ES CD player. Lee-Kuo is now 13 and he soldered everything by himself, this is 90% his project, I just drilled the base and prepared a few cables. Until the next vacation project, happy listening.
the front with the bass, treble, balance and volume pots.
the rear with rca inputs, speaker terminals, on/off and power socket
close up of the tone controls board
close up of the power supply board
Posted in electronic, general, wood | Tagged 30 Watt Amplifier, DIY, EL-0293-1, EL-0293-2, EL-0293-3, electronic kit, Jin-Hua, Lee-Kuo, Stereo, summer vacation | Leave a Comment »
Here are the last 2 drawings Lee-Kuo drew in art class this semester. Normally he never shows us his school work but these are really good so I said I would put them on my blog.
great ideas from Lee-Kuo to complete this drawing
the topic was "LUNCHBOX" so he came all the way from space to his desk
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Lee-Kuo came home one day from school and showed us this lovely montage. We thought it was a great piece of work for the subject of flowers.
Lee-Kuo's flower montage from the school art class
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Another semester has ended and I thought I would share this little project with you. I began with the popsicle frame because this gave me the artwork size. Then I printed the children’s names and cut the paper to fit the frame. The children loved working with sand, but you must do this project outside. I collected all the sand which was on the table and used it for the outer frame of the picture. The students really enjoyed being outside and creating this simple project.
a simple but lovely project for students, and it's all natural
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