{"id":2204,"date":"2020-05-11T12:57:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2020-05-11T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:57:06","slug":"petas-fun-things-to-do-at-home-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=2204","title":{"rendered":"Peta\u2019s fun things to do at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, and welcome to another week of lockdown! Undoubtedly, the most popular activities I do at festivals and other events, are those that allow children to transform themselves &#8211; whether this be into a superhero, clown, witch or badger. To put it another way, and to state the bleeding obvious: <strong>kids love dressing up!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>19: Make an owl mask!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the activities I do around my book about the importance of dark skies,<em>  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jacob Starke Loves the Dark (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?page_id=1315\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Starke Loves the Dark<\/a>, <\/em>is to make nocturnal animal masks out of paper plates. I\u2019m sharing my template with you today, and you can see a printable version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>. To be honest, you probably don\u2019t need a template for this &#8211; I\u2019m sure you can work it out for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/EDC07C00-0276-4AD9-AC53-727AC9A2E3FF-794x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2207\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/EDC07C00-0276-4AD9-AC53-727AC9A2E3FF.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2207\" class=\"wp-image-2207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/EDC07C00-0276-4AD9-AC53-727AC9A2E3FF-794x1024.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/EDC07C00-0276-4AD9-AC53-727AC9A2E3FF-233x300.jpeg 233w, 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data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0C5C51A1-C08B-4495-B835-D542C5DC926D.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2208\" class=\"wp-image-2208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0C5C51A1-C08B-4495-B835-D542C5DC926D.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0C5C51A1-C08B-4495-B835-D542C5DC926D-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0C5C51A1-C08B-4495-B835-D542C5DC926D-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0C5C51A1-C08B-4495-B835-D542C5DC926D-300x400.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6CE59364-97E5-4CA4-A5A4-22DB4F2549FE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2209\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6CE59364-97E5-4CA4-A5A4-22DB4F2549FE.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2209\" class=\"wp-image-2209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6CE59364-97E5-4CA4-A5A4-22DB4F2549FE.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6CE59364-97E5-4CA4-A5A4-22DB4F2549FE-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6CE59364-97E5-4CA4-A5A4-22DB4F2549FE-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6CE59364-97E5-4CA4-A5A4-22DB4F2549FE-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Here\u2019s my prototype, and two lovely versions made at the IW Story Festival (plus badger sister)<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All you need to make the mask is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>a paper plate <\/li><li>string or similar to tie it on<\/li><li>felt-tips or crayons<\/li><li>optional embellishments like feathers, sequins etc<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-1536x1092.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-2048x1456.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147-624x444.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Here is my template with printable version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/owl-mask-template-scaled-e1589201150147.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Have fun, and don\u2019t forget: I&#8217;d love to see what you make \u2013 you can email a photo to&nbsp;<strong>petarainford@gmail.com<\/strong>, post it on my Peta Rainford\u2019s Facebook page&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dogpigeon\" target=\"_blank\">@dogpigeon<\/a><\/strong>, or Tweet me&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PetaRainford\" target=\"_blank\">@PetaRainford<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, and welcome to another week of lockdown! 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