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Helen Skelton’s dream birthday party for Eden
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton comes up with the perfect ingredients for a 10th birthday party to remember. And casts her memory back to when she first saw a ‘chewing gum tree’ at Eden. My dream party for Eden’s 10th birthday The first time I came to Eden I wore a green and black checked [...]
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This week’s Plant Record: Aloe Blacc
For a bit of fun on Fridays Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on Eden’s plant collection as our Plant Records Manager, recommends his favourite “plant records” – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. This week’s tune: ‘You Make Me Smile’, by Aloe Blacc Our [...]
Time of Gifts calendar: Day 24: Christmas Quiz
Gather your family and friends together and try out our Christmas Quiz. Written by the talented Dave and Dave from Eden’s Pollination Team, the quiz features 20 questions on a mix of Christmas-related and general trivia. You should nominate a quizmaster, who should then print out the Christmas Quiz PDF (only the quizmaster should [...]
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Time of Gifts calendar: Day 17: How to make festive ‘dough’corations
If you’re looking for a cheap but very cheerful way to decorate your house or tree for the festive season, try making these ‘dough’corations! You can let your creativity run wild, and the whole family, from kids to grandparents, can get involved in making them. You will need: plain flour salt water rolling pin cup mixing [...]
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Time of Gifts Calendar: Day 8: Wish upon a star
Try making these teeny origami wishing stars as Christmas decorations. A bit like blowing out the candles on a cake, this is your chance to make a wish. When you’ve finished folding the stars – a kind of fortune cookie in reverse – you can hang them on the tree, store them in a jar [...]
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Time of Gifts Calendar: Day 5: Who gives ‘rubbish’ Christmas gifts?
We’ve got some ‘rubbish’ Christmas presents at the Eden Project Shop – yes, they really are made partly of rubbish. Take this tin can robot for instance; you’ll need to recycle a can to make it! The robot is not only great fun to build and play with – it does a silly walk when [...]
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Time of Gifts Calendar: Day 3: How to make an Icy Saucer Decoration
Here’s an attractive outdoor decoration to brighten up your garden or porch this winter. As these Icy Saucer Decorations are made mainly of natural materials, they are a great, cheap alternative to buying mass-produced plastic tat. This great idea comes from the folks at the Eden Project’s Mud Between Your Toes campaign, which aims to connect children [...]
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Salvaged lanterns brighten Torchlight Carnival
The beautiful lanterns we made with local schools took to the streets on Saturday for a torchlit procession at St Austell Carnival. Luckily the paper and willow creations, stored at Eden, had survived the flooding and kids were able to see their handiwork in full glory. And, thanks to epic all-night sewing sessions by Eden’s textile artist Sue Bamford, we [...]
Sharpen up your ice skating skills at Eden
Our popular Ice Rink is open once again. Book your skating session early to avoid disappointment! The Rink will be at Eden until Sunday 27 February 2011, so you’ve got plenty of time to slide down and have some icy fun. For full details of opening times and prices, see the Eden Project Ice Rink [...]
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This week’s Plant Record
(For a bit of fun, every Friday our Plant Records Manager, Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on our plant collections, will do a regular blog slot where he recommends his favourite “plant records” – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. (Do you see what [...]
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