Here we go again….

Another birthday party!

This time, another little boy.

I had loads of really great ideas in the comments from everyone, last time I blogged about the difficulty of thinking what to make for Small Boys.

And this was one of my favourites…

A Snail Racing Kit!

I made a drawstring bag from a pillowcase (that can be used for taking things to Big School later on) and appliqued the birthday boy’s initial onto it.

And then filled it with:

• some coloured sticky dots to mark the snails so everyone knows whose is whose
• a racetrack-a piece of cardboard with lanes drawn on it and “START” and “FINISH” marked at either end
• and a brief explanation (NB. I think you have to choose the parents of the Small boy quite carefully for this one-some will think it’s just brilliant, and others will just think you are a bit wierd…!)

I was googling for some images to use for this post, when I came across this brilliant post on the Woodland Trust’s Nature Detectives site-it has all the downloads you could possibly want for a Snail Race, so if you’d on’t fancy making your own-it is all here for you!

I’ll let you know if it is a hit…