Back from our holiday and the allotment was in need of some work. We took the grandchildren, so of course I didn't get any allotment work done. Instead we built a den and a bug house, well it was good fun.
We started the woodland den a few weeks ago and the children have some great plans for it. The 9 year old had sorted herself out early on with her own little space.
But the seven year old needed some help so we gathered together some long twiggy branches and built a tepee under his climbing tree which Granddad has made easier to climb by fixing some wooden blocks onto the trunk.
Next we put the finishing touches to the bug hotel which we started a few weeks ago, it may need some refurbishment from time to time.
My new chalk marker pen proved a great success with the children and after selecting a few pieces of slate from our store of many things we had found on the plot, they set to work making some signs. There was the 'welcome to our den' , the health and safety notice, 'beware of the tree you cud fall out', and the invitation for insects to stay awhile in the newly built 'bug hotel, the place to bee'
