Revisit the unfinished...

Oh rainy day, rainy rain - we know we need you, but you have been a frequent visitor of late. It's not that we don't appreciate you... it's just that, well it's just that I have a two year old with bundles of endless energy a-go-go....

So today - let's finish or continue on with the unfinished alphabet wall we started some time ago. Sometimes I think I can get a bit too busy with 'the new' and I want to teach our kids the value of: revisit, finish, amend, adapt and improve upon...

A while back - we used some brown packaging paper as backing (quite a thickish paper) and stuck onto it this paper wall alphabet from an Early Learning Centre (ELC) shop. The alphabet was a bit torn, it was in the reduced bin and was only a few dollars... What we started doing each day was to find a picture from the old Nat Geo's (from Reverse Garbage) to illustrate our letter of the day. We kinda stopped at 'L' though and it's time we do from M to Z.

'M': Moon, Mars, men, monkey... lets go!

B is for Bunting

I started this bunting with great gusto - but it took a while to complete. I got fabric and an entire reel of red ribbon for less than $20 from Jack's Textiles on Illawarra Road - which is still having it's closing down sale!


I wanted to do the entire room with continuous bunting. From memory I bought 2 metres of each fabric, I bought three different fabrics and it was cheap cotton poplin only $1.80 per metre. To get started - choose the shape of the flag you want and cut them all out. I just zig zagged the edges - see picture 2. Turn over top to create 'tunnel' to thread the ribbon through.

It's really simple to make, it's just that I tired quickly at having to sew up so many flags to cover the distance I had. Once done, it's worthwhile, the bunting has a lot more impact and prominence when it stretches around the entire room. I used those little hooks that come with the removable tapes to secure the ribbon (so that it will not damage the paintwork when I remove them).