We declared today Wacky Wednesday. I only decided this yesterday as the girls have been loving reading a book of this title in the Dr Seuss series by Theo. LeSieg. The girls have absoultely delighted in this funny tale of a young boy who wakes to find everything is very wacky and noone else seems to notice. They have fun searching for the strange, topsy, turvy things in the illustrations such as cars with no wheels, mothers pushing prams with baby tigers, houses with a wall missing and other optical illusions and mischief. So Tuesday evening wondering what to do for yet another day indoors, avoiding the desert sun and inspired by many ideas from the book, I started creating mischief of my own. Within moments Andrew couldn't resist and joined in as we turned our dining room chairs and our coffee table upside down; our clock and paintings followed quickly. We put an umbrella in a saucepan on the stove, a plant on the toilet, plugged our iron into the pot plant and put green food dye (natural) in the milk etc. etc. So the girls awoke the next morning to a "Wacky Wednesday" of their own. They delighted in finding amusing and mixed up things around the house, many inspired directly by the story. At least two girls did, one daughter who particularly likes order seemed a little unsure and actually put the chairs back in their rightful position. We also continued to have a topsy turvy day and started with green milk and bedtime stories, then popcorn at 7:30am and followed with icecream sundaes before 8:00am whilst watching a film. We watched "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" as I thought this aligned nicely with our wacky theme. I must admit my girls are not avid movie watches and whilst they loved several of the "rain" and "snow" scenes when cheeseburgers and icecream fall from the sky, they were bored by the end and it possibly had a slightly too complicated storyline for them. We then finished the day with cereal for dinner. It was such a success I'll be looking through our very limited book collection to see if I can create fun experiences with any of our other stories. Any ideas?
What an inspirational idea Mel.
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that is such a beautiful idea, creating magic just for your little ones
ReplyDeleteOh! I only wish I had a book to share such a great idea as this one! Sounds like it was a really fun day :) I bet the girls really loved having popcorn and ice cream for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kebeni - it is fun to create special memories for the girls. They are still talking about it. And thanks Amanda, I know the feeling of seeing good ideas and wishing you had the right books or props. I was lucky and just found this book at the library by chance. I'm hoping to be inspired by other books.
ReplyDeleteOh that's just too cute! I would love to do this in a prior to school setting just to see the children's reactions!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Miss Carly, it would work perfectly in school - the book has a section about a class and a teacher who pretends she doesn't notice anything wacky.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Always great to bring a book to life - my girls like copying what their favourite characters do. They like the Alfie Outdoors Book and have been doing some indoor camping. Thanks for linking up with the Play Academy and sharing your idea - hope you'll join us tomorrow too. Cathy x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic way to extend upon the story. We love that book too but I have never thought to create our very own Wacky Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up to We Play :)_