Stick hus (stick house)
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For something new and exciting, though, we were going to go look at herons, instead of going to the rope swing. We were going to watch birds sit, stand, and maybe, if we were lucky, fly.
But luckily, somebody had an idea on what to do. And since I am the person who had the idea, I get to write the blog post.
What we did instead was make a stick house in the woods, which seems to be a Swedish national pastime, and make a stop motion video out of it. It was a fun, interesting, and more importantly, different activity, which livened up our weekend.
Our stop motion video:
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Example stick houses all around in the woods (these things are everywhere):
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Some are a bit messy in construction
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Elizabeth brought her knife and carved "welcome" in the mantel log
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Lunch in a backpack
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Our finished product
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