Dancing A Holy Jig

It is eight years since we made snakes at the Holiday Club in Kirby Muxloe. 



We're doing it again here in Ferndown this summer. If you want a tutorial, it is here. The folk at UCF have been equally brilliant at providing bottle tops and corks from wine and champagne bottles. One member went to a wedding, and asked the waiters for all the champagne corks.
I have to say a huge thankyou to all those who have donated these, and the shoelaces. One lady even gave a large bag of odd laces she had kept in a drawer for years "just in case". Such donations keep the costs down [we run this club as a free event for our community]
But the prize to the Holiest Man in the Church has to go to Chris. He set up a jig in his shed, and has drilled around 4000 holes!

The little wood piece holds the bottle tops so a perfectly central hole can be drilled. He constructed other jigs to hold the different sized corks.
What a star!

It was great to see his system on Saturday, and also watch to Tom The Tortoise eating lettuce and flowers and walking in the garden.

Chris and Carolyn inherited Tom about 5 years ago. She is around 60 years old. When they acquired Tom they took him to the vet, who said "HE is actually a SHE" - but it seemed a bit late in life for a name change. I learned some interesting tortoise facts - Hibernation - the vet says you can put the pet in the fridge for the winter, it means she is kept at a constant temperature [this one has a box] Personally I wouldn't feel happy about refrigerating my pet!
Water - I asked if they had to put a saucer of water down, especially in this hot weather.  No, I was told, she gets all the liquid she needs from her food. At which point Tom demonstrated by produced a very copious amount of wee, all over the patio! 

I'm truly grateful to Chris for his holey efforts with the tops. This time I am using little pearl eyes for the snakes. These are from Hobbycraft, cheaper than goggle eyes, and self adhesive. They peel very easily from the backing sheet. I spent a few minutes drawing on the pupils with a Sharpie. Only three weeks till Kids' Club., and craft preparations are almost done!