Phin & his chocolate factory

Today's blog is dedicated solely to Phin. Today was the last day of term and the Easter holidays were kicked off in style with a crazy hat parade complete with catwalk show and jazz band. Strawberry fields certainly knows how to make a great show and Phin definitely gave a star turn in his chocolate factory hat.
Based on one of his favourite books, Phin and I used a sombrero as a base and then using masking tape we stuck an array of boxes, loo rolls, egg cartons and polystyrene balls together to create Willy Wonka's infamous chocolate factory. Out came the silver spray paint (what fun!), four boxes of quality street and a glue gun later and voila!
To be honest the structure was by then way too high and way too heavy. I could barely keep my head up under all that weight. So it was with a heavy heart that I then removed two storeys. Two! But hey even after that Phin could hardly keep his head up. He did however make it all the way along the catwalk to many cheers and gasps. I was one proud mama.