Eisteddfod Hometask

Shelley3774

Hi everyone, my 5 year old son's hometask this term is to create a Welsh themed piece of work. It could be a drawing, painting, written story, poetry, collage, model etc as long as it has a Welsh theme.
The work will be judged for the Eisteddfod. Last year we made a lovely collage and won 3rd prize so he was really pleased bless him. I was stunned because some of the children made the most wonderful castles and models etc.

We really like challenges like this and would like to make a model so we thought of making a papier mache sheep standing in a field of daffodils. We could cover the sheep in cotton wool balls.

Does anyone have any ideas how to make the face of the sheep??

Thanks in advance x:D

JailhouseBabe

Hmm, all I can think of is cardboard and felt.

manson666

I have cut out sheep shapes before from cardboard and coloured the faces and legs black and then wrapped the bodies in different coloured wool, they look really cute, especially if you use soft 'furry' type wool.
hth

Shelley3774

I've decided now to make it to look like Shaun the Sheep so I will probably papier mache a balloon for the body, cover in cotton wool balls and stuff a black sock for head. I will use small black socks for the legs. Sounds ok in theory but who knows!!!!!!!

Shelley3774

Here is our finished hometask The sheep ended up enormous :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

RustyFlange

Awww he looks cute, well done Shelley and Little Shelley

soblivion

Shelly it's so good, well done to your little one, I saw shaun the sheep instantly. I like that he's so big.
I tried a translator online but it was less than useless. "hospitality/welcome he ?
What does the sign say please?

RustyFlange

soblivion wrote: »

Shelly it's so good, well done to your little one, I saw shaun the sheep instantly. I like that he's so big.
I tried a translator online but it was less than useless. "hospitality/welcome he ?
What does the sign say please?

I did wonder that myself and when I did a google I got this?

Croeso i Cymru! Tuesday, Mar 20 2007
Linguistics and Spring Break! verseau 7:41 pm

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That means “Welcome to Wales” in Welsh. And Wales is where I am at the moment. A beautiful, hilly and mountainous little land jutting out into the Irish Sea on the west coast of Britain. A small country within the United Kingdom that would surely rather be detatched from England altogether.

soblivion

Thanks Rusty, I've not got my glasses on(blind bat) and read it as 'cymne' and it couldn't find that word not surprising. LOL

Welcome to Wales. It makes so much sense now.
It's brilliant Shelley, bet your son had fun making it.

panpipe

Shelley that is great!

Just a small point though (me being fussy) - if Shaun hasn't made his way in to school yet, 'Croeso i Cymru' should be 'Croeso i Gymru'. The 'C' mutates after the 'i' ('to').

Shelley3774

LOL thanks for your lovely comments he was hilarious and soooo fat!!!! Jake loved making him. My Dad overheard someone up the school saying yesterday that it was their favourite so Jake was well chuffed :D

Thanks Panpipe my husband and I had a great discussion about the mutation and googled it but because we couldn't confirm stuck to Cymru. Unfortunately Shaun the sheep is already on display on the school stage:o:o Never mind my son is only 5 so I don't suppose the teacher will mind.

And yes it does mean Welcome to Wales xxx