Keeping Busy on a Rainy Afternoon
During an afternoon on holidays on the Mornington Peninsula in Australia, 4-year-old Toby and his Dad were prompted to rethink their creative adventures.
The weather had taken a turn for the worst; the day was shaping up to be blustery, rainy and really not suitable for taking the family out on the bay.
So Toby and his Dad huddled together with their Makedo tools, and the ensuing burst of creativity led to a basic Makedo cardboard construction using around 20 Scrus. The outcome was a water vehicle (a boat or perhaps a canoe?) based off the Makedo Cardboard Car making guide, with accessories including a headpiece and paddle. A fallen tree branch worked well as the prop to make the paddle.
Toby’s Dad explained that they were inspired by the beach and water:
“It’s a sailing contraption of some kind made equally for the sandy shallows and the high seas, depending on one’s mood. To get started we simply gathered some boxes we had lying around and grabbed our Makedo tools.
As we couldn’t swim / row on the real bay that day, Toby decided it’d be fun to recreate that experience on the verandah instead. So while the ground beneath him was still, his imagination was alive with the sights, smells and thought of the water. So fun!”
Highlights for Toby were the construction with Dad and then the imaginative play that ensued and lasted the whole day, and continued in animated bursts for the duration of the holiday.
