This was a hit in our Tudor unit two years ago and so we gave it another go this time 'round: Tudor sweets made with marzipan and food colouring. Henry VIII loved his elaborately designed desserts and sweetmeats and so the children role-played being cooks in his huge Hampton Court kitchens.
Marzipan Tudor sweets.
This was really a bit of fun for the Boy but also to get the girls thinking about Tudor jewellery: iced biscuits with mixed fruit toppings / aka Tudor brooches :)
The Boy used a ruler to make Tudor beams...
...and did this incredibly cute picture of a king :)
Monkey Girl drew Edward VI...
... and designed a knot garden
Comparison of early Tudor and Elizabethan fashions
The last of our Tudor monarchs
The children love this card set
A few extras...
We learnt the Edward Lear poem, 'The Jumblies' about creatures who go to sea in a sieve. The Boy made some yellow Jumblies and floated them in their sieve while I re-read the poem...
...and then, completely taken with the nonsense of the poem he also made the 'silvery bees' and 'monkeys with lollipop paws'.
Monkey Girl looked at industries around the UK.
And after trampolining lessons and dinner they all had a go at stealing the crown jewels without being caught by the lasers.
Launching balls at the castle.
In between and before lessons, the girls have been madly sewing quivers for their arrows, handbags for their aunties and skirts for dancing in. They've made a whole host of items.
A few finished products. Panda Girl made an English/French flag seeing as she is half of each :)
Ballet Girl's design on one of her bags
During the week my fabulous sister gave birth to her second son, taking the total number of cousins for the kiddies to eleven, with two more on the way :)
We (aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings and Nanny) celebrated Great Uncle Ray's birthday who is visiting from Australia with Great Aunty Tishy.
And The Boy is officially learning his letters :)
