are you ready to go back to titanic?

ellie and lottie very excited to see this in 3d on the giant screen

(not sure i want to sit for over 3 hours with uncomfortable glasses perched over my own glasses?)

best form of recycling!

4000 bottles (that's a lot of wine)

The Bottle Chapel at Airlie Gardens, North Carolina

even better at night!

shell mobile

last time at rottingdean we purposely collected shells with holes so we could make a mobile

string, a twig and shells

now hangs on the patio to remind us of a lovely day out

flubber

squirt glue into a cup to cover the bottom, add one capful of biological washing liquid

stir and stretch

flubber...slimey, gooey, ploppy and smells real good!

paper gun

it's amazing what comes up when you type 'how to make' on youtube

lottie discovered this and made it all without any help

a paper gun with paper bullets which really does shoot far with just one breath

sugar glass

lottie wanted to make sugar glass to smash over ellie's head after seeing 'science tuesday' videos on youtube

3 cups sugar, 1 cup water, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

line a baking tray with foil and oil

boil ingredients for a good 15mins and add food colour if wanted

pour into tray and wait to cool

play dough

lottie wanted to make play dough, so following instructions from me whilst i put my very tired feet up after work, she did this:

take 2 cups plain flour, 1 cup salt, plop of oil, enough water to bind

divide dough into 3, add food colouring to each bit and knead in

3 different colours of dough for a lottie to mould into whatever she wanted