Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Wheat-heads

Wheat-heads


You might have noticed two little faces peering out Room 13's window. They are not children!! They are Jack and Lizzie, two wheat-heads. They are cousins of Peter and Bella who used to be in Room 5.
Here they are - Jack (on the left) and Lizzie when they were only a few days old. Can yo see their hair starting to grow?

Wow! Only a week later and look at these green-haired wheat-heads! 
They are fun to watch and very easy to make. Here's how:

How to make a wheat-head person

You will need:

Cheesecloth or some soft cloth with a wide weave so the wheat can grow through. (You can buy it cheaply from David's Emporium).

Sphagnum moss (from a garden centre)

Wheat (I get mine from the supermarket but its in a big bag for chicken food so if you talk to Miz Jones she might give yo a small amount).

Rubber bands

Eyes (either draw them on or buy some from Spotlight or David's Emporium) You can also draw on the mouth.


A glass or jar for the wheat-head to sit in.


How to make the wheat-head:

Lay out a square of cheesecloth and put a handful of wheat in the middle.
Put a fistful of sphagnum moss on top of tie it up in a roughly head shape.
Put the rubber band round the neck.
Pull bit out for ears and nose and tie with rubber bands.
Stick or draw eyes and a mouth onto the face of your wheat-head.
Moisten it and fill a glass or jar of water.
Put wheat-head into the jar of water.

That's it! Easy peasy!
If the head flops you can make a cardboard or plastic collar for it.
I have a spray bottle of water to give it a shower each morning.

They need sun and warmth and plenty of conversation.

Welcome to Room 13s blog!


Lucky Room 13 is back in business! We are a brand new class of learners. We have a wonderful classroom with its very own deck that makes us feel like birds looking down on the world. We can see Totara team, the adventure playground, and we can see town across the river.

Its spring and we are surrounded by flowering cherry trees which are full of birds.

There are lots of little silver-eyes sipping nectar from the flowers.

Maee found a little silver-eye nest.

We found out that silver-eyes are called Tauhou which means 'stranger'. They flew here from Australia so they aren't actually native birds.