Boum, Boum, Boum!

After 2 weeks of no toddler group, Little Imp has been impatiently waiting for Friday to come around ever since we returned from holiday.  And it was great this morning to see so many happy, smiling faces who obviously all felt the same way!

Now, I know that Bonfire night is an English tradition and definitely not a French one, but I was sure that I would be able to find a song about fireworks in French.  And after a bit of googling I came across an excellent song on you tube written and performed by Catherine Puyravaud.  Here is a link to the you tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnzC7V_DYlY

The lyrics go like this:

Boum, boum, boum les feux d’artifice

Ecoutez, comme ils font du bruit!

Boum, boum, boum les feux d’artifice

Regardez comme ils sont jolis!

Y’en a des rouges

Et y’en a des jaunes!

Y’en a des verts

Et y’en a des bleus!

Boum, boum, boum les feux d’artifice

Ecoutez, comme ils font du bruit!

Boum, boum, boum les feux d’artifice

Regardez comme ils sont jolis!

Obviously a fireworks song needs a fireworks craft.  This week we made fireworks paintings.  To create your own, you will need: black paper, a variety of bright coloured paints and a straw.  The idea is simple, you need to water down the paint a little so that it will move easily across the paper.  Then you drop paint onto the paper randomly and blow through the straw to make the paint spread out and create fireworks patterns.

Here are how ours turned out:

Little Imp and I hope you all have a fantastic Bonfire night on Monday and enjoy any fireworks displays you go to - we also hope you enjoy singing and painting about them too! :o)