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Eco Homes 2011

House-About still had more to offer and I was asked to provide the kids space at the Eco Homes Fair in October 2011. From the the comment of one little girl when asked at the Transition streets event what she thought House-About needed she said, “ a cooker, a washing machine ..”
So I decided to offer the opportunity to make all these appliances and more out of cardboard boxes and other scrap. We also made bees on sticks to mark plants bees love in our gardens and their basic formula using a cork and a wooden screwer progressed to butterflies and flowers then roof top gardens with the inspired assistance of my co workers. Some children made dolls houses from the cardboard boxes and there was a lot of child led creativity enabled and encouraged by the three of us. We gave out stickers to 30 children by way of awarding and keeping track of numbers (as we remembered) and many of them stayed with us for 2-3hours, some for the whole event.
By the end of the day House-About had a light shade, TV, sink, fridge, wood burning stove, cooker and a table complete with cups and saucers.

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