One day Briony...played with the three little pigs

Briony loves the story of the three little pigs. After I have read her books at bedtime she wants me to tell her a 'stoy stoy' and this is one that she regularly asks for. About a month ago I created an Autumn themed sensory tray in her Tuff Spot.

As soon as she saw the 'straw' (shredded yellow plastic used in Easter baskets!) she started talking about the little pig who built his house out of straw. I decided then that I needed to make her the three little pigs. I searched Pinterest (one of my favourite past-times) for fimo pigs and set to making some. Of course I had some help from a very interested daughter! I had great fun making the pigs and, after making three, Briony wanted to know where their mummy was, so I made a mummy too. Briony played with some of the odd blobs of fimo that were floating around in the bottom of my fimo box. She informed me that she was making the wolf - a very abstract wolf as you can see (the two brown blobs on top are the eyes).

Briony loved using the fimo, particularly how easy it was to mold, yet it could then be baked and played with. I use a small toaster oven to bake the fimo so I don't have to worry about fumes in our oven. That evening I left the toaster oven outside Briony's door so that I could take it downstairs and bake the pigs whilst she was sleeping. While I was reading her books she kept leaving the room and checking on the pigs to make sure they were ok. I'm surprised they even survived and were able to get baked!

Once they were ready we retold the story lots of times using the 'straw', sticks from outside and Jenga pieces for bricks.

Briony loved the part of the story where the wolf blew the house down and we could knock away the 'straw' or the sticks. I am so glad I was able to make the pigs and I'm sure I'll be making more animals in the future!