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Glitter Pumpkins

We went away for a few days over this Thanksgiving weekend to a cottage in the woods. We took along these small white pumpkins, some glue, and golden glitter to make this little glitter pumpkin project. (I was trying to think of things to keep the kids busy since there was no television or internet where we were going.)

All you do is paint the tops of the pumpkins with ordinary school glue and then sprinkle glitter all over them. It's very easy, even for someone Sylvie's age. Luke enjoyed it, too.

 

It kept them busy for all of five minutes! (The glitter is very glamping, don't you think?)

Glamping

Have you ever heard of glamping? I hadn't, until I stumbled across Canopy and Stars, a British site that hooks you up with gorgeous places to stay in the wild -- glamping means "glamourous camping." I love the idea of staying someplace rustic but also luxurious. Yurts seem to be big in the British Isles.

This is in Alicante.

This is  in the Dordogne, France. Those are the bottoms of glass bottles in the walls.

You can stay in one of three gypsy caravans at this spot in Scotland.

This hobbit house is in Cornwall.

If you're not feeling the hobbit thing, how about an Iron-Age roundhouse in Cornwall?

This treehouse is near Bordeaux, France.