Junk Sculpting and the start of 'Brown' Week?

A Dragon and a Dragon Slaying Machine! 

That was the brief given to our party guests on Saturday. The results were pretty impressive for a group of seven and eight year old's, a couple of hours work and a pile of rubbish.
The days leading up to the party were particularly satisfying for my 'skip diving' tendencies and torture for Marcus. The girls were given permission (by me) to seek and gather all that they could in the way of street debris (hub caps, bolts, washing machine drums, bits of pipe and unidentifiable metal or plastic objects) to build into our own 'back garden dump'.    

As I look out onto the garden, I do wonder whether, 'mobility veichle' and 'armoured horse' might be more fitting descriptions for these completed works of art! There is, however, definitely something quirky and fun about their form that brings a smile to my face, especially when they are being ridden in or on! Who would have thought that some seed trays, bike wheels, mops and pipes could be so easily transformed?

 

The party and party treats, preceded the arrival of the 'Easter Bunny' on Sunday. He arrived heavily laden with yet more chocolate to add to the hoard that the girls have been building over the last few days. Despite massive chocolate consumption from all, both yesterday and today, we still seem to have more than enough to cover breakfast, lunch and dinner for the forthcoming week. As I start dreaming up recipes for chocolate soup and casserole, it looks like 'brown' week is definitely a possibility! Unless, that is, the groans from upstairs, about feeling 'a bit sick' become a reality and I spend the night providing comfort and sick bowls to the three of them.
I can almost hear them begging me for some purple sprouting or creamed suede!