This weekend we finally got to open our package from the Summer Book Exchange. I wanted to have a big amount of time to share the book and do the activities and a rainy Saturday was perfect. Here is a photo story of our day. It definitely kept us entertained on a wet day.
The girls were very excited to open their box of goodies.
They had a look at everything inside.
It was easy to find uses for some of the things.
Ha, ha! We’ve found the book!
The Worst Princess
The story was hilarious and we really enjoyed reading it. I loved the feisty heroine and how she turned the traditional princess role on its head. It’s a brilliant book and sure to become a favourite.
There were so many lovely craft materials we didn’t know where to start. Luckily we had a card full of ideas.
First the girls made a shield using the card templates.
They stuck on glittery jewels and shapes made of the craft foam.
I made them a crown each so they looked like princesses.
The finished shields.
Princess Molly fights off the dragons.
We had a quick break for lunch. The little princesses had butterfly shaped sandwiches (what else would princesses eat?)
After lunch we used the cake cases to make some lovely fairy cakes out of play dough.
The play dough was a lovely pink colour with strawberry essence for scent – just right for cakes fit for a princess.
The twins topped the cakes with some fun jubilee cake toppers featuring the royal family.
While the twins had their nap Molly and I made a big project.
We made a beautiful castle out of the box the book came in, the toilet rolls, and the glittery foam.
My favourite part of the project was this amazing paper cup dragon. Such a clever and simple idea.
We made the characters in the book using some corks from wine bottles (I wonder who drank the wine!).
Molly also made a baby sister who wasn’t in the story and had a minor meltdown because she thought I had used all the pretty pink sellotape.
Finally we had great fun acting out the story. Although, Molly’s princess was a bit too happy to stay at home wearing all the pretty dresses. I think we need to read The Worst Princess a few more times to let the message sink in that princesses can fight dragons too – Disney has a lot to answer for!
This was such a brilliant project. It was so exciting to get something in the mail and we had great fun doing the activities and discovered a new favourite book in the process.
There are still a few activities to do when we get a moment. We have some more cake toppers to make some real cakes, next baking day. Also we went sent some curtain hooks and ribbon to practice making plaits which we’re definitely going to try next nap time and we also have some cards to finish.