Greek Pots
This blog has been bereft of photographs for a while now, so I just thought I’d redress the balance. We decorated our Greek pots this morning, so that was deserving of a photoshoot …
All three kids decorated their own pots, then Anna and Mollie collaborated on the big urn. We looked at a few pictures first, but it’s amazing how much stuff they have retained from all our Ancient Greek project work, it all comes out when they do something like this. Josiah did a great horse and man, followed by a pig. Abbie painted Theseus and the Minotaur on hers I think, so did Anna, and the urn has a Trojan horse on one side, and a Greek lady on the other side. Lots of key patterns and olive trees/leaves as well. The girls had to wear their wreath/headband things while they were painting, too 
And here are the finished products:
Our friend Maria came round for coffee, with a stunning ginger cake (yum), and we had some fun with the Bongos together. Now we’re just doing lunch and waiting for Grandma. Josiah has been very excited about today, he came upstairs this morning declaring that it was going to be a ‘special day’ because Grandma was taking us to Crealy … and at breakfast time he asked if we could call it lunch so that we could go to Crealy after lunch … !! Anyone would think he’d never been there before …
January 16th, 2005 at 13:50
Those are great! Lazy bugger my arse!
January 16th, 2005 at 14:24
I think your ability to big things up is obviously catching
January 16th, 2005 at 14:44
:~D
You’ve got photos – those are REAL POTS – now me, i’d have put “children reproduced greek pottery using organic substance” and that would have meant “children made thumb pots with playdough”!!!
January 16th, 2005 at 14:48
‘Laxy bugger’ is not about not doing anything…..it’s about not planning to do anything!
January 16th, 2005 at 15:35
I wonder what the version is for me then, plans to do it but rarely does….
January 16th, 2005 at 15:41
Wow Sarah they are fantastic – how did you make them – well done Abbie, Anna and Joe.
January 16th, 2005 at 16:08
Failed orgo-planner
January 16th, 2005 at 16:27
Wow, these are great. I always thing your children seem so artisitc (whether they are or not, that’s the impression I get). They’re lovely anyway (pots and kids
)
January 16th, 2005 at 17:32
Karen – papier mache and acrylic paint. Not exactly rocket science! Steve moaned at me for using the acrylics because they are expensive, but they do look good
January 16th, 2005 at 18:40
Failed orgo-planner. I can live with that – or maybe “organic orgo-planner (with special attention to compost heap)”
January 17th, 2005 at 18:52
The vases are fantastic! Really impressed!
January 17th, 2005 at 23:40
I have to say, those are seriously good.
Well done madam art-teacher.