Stories to keep you sane
What dragon party would be complete without some dragon games? Here is a resource page that will get you thinking about what you can do. I am sure that you could come up with your own ideas based on some of these. Why not share them by sending them to thestoryshedblog@gmail.com
Hi again. So the third day is here, and we hope that you have enjoyed the stories and hints for costume making so far. As you know dragons can be big or small, and for this post I thought I would show you something very very big. Imagine this big fella turning up in your street!
If you were to design a big old dragon like this one, what would it look like? Could you draw one? What colour would it be? What would the scales on it be like? Would it have whiskers?
Here is something I found on the internet that I think you will like. It is a puppet that you can make to celebrate Dragon week with. You might even find that you can adapt it in different ways. Let us know how you get on with it.
A good friend of mine is now hopefully going to be drawing a dragon a day during dragon week: This is the dragon for day one: Thank you Lindsay Oliver for your wonderful work on this, and I am looking forward to seeing more:
Can you imagine where this dragon lives? What it eats? What it likes? Can you come up with a story for this green fella? You can always send it to thestoryshedblog@gmail.com
So where do baby dragons come from. Why dragon eggs of course. I had a quick look around the internet and found this fun way of making your own dragon eggs. I am not sure that you will truly get any dragons from them though. Sorry about that 😦
In days of ancient times gone by
The dragons wings would beat and fly
Above the city drifting high
With dragons roar and dragons cry
The people down below would think
Of lives lived in a dragons blink
They lived for years and years
With dragon laughs and dragon snears
Til came a traveller with magic spears
Who had no worries or dragon fears
He rode his horse into the town
Looking up and never down
Preparing for the mighty fight
A warrior, a noble knight
Who seeing dragon he did charge
Although the creature was so large
Forward did he drive his steed
To make the dragon finally bleed
He took his spear and threw it quick
Saw it in the hard scales stick
A lucky shot and no mistake
The dying dragons furious shake
The beast was vanquished gone for good
He gathered up the dragons blood
The dragon now will never fly
Or give another dragon cry
And one day there will be a doubt
Of if there were dragons ere about
But there will always be some tales
From Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales
Of dragons foul and dragons good
Of dragons scales and dragons blood
And in those stories they survive
The dragons kept in dreams alive.
So there was a request for this song from Jai Adami, and I have found this version of it to share with you. I hope you like it, and I will try later on to write another story about Puff. Hopefully before the end of dragon week. But in the meantime enjoy the song:)
Here are some words to play with for the first day of Dragon week. Hope you can use maybe one or two, or even all of them for a piece of writing. Maybe a story or a poem.
Tail
Claws
Gold
Cave
Fire
Blanket
Smoke
Rock
Don’t forget this is not to be taken too seriously, and you should hopefully have some fun with it. If you like you can send stuff to thestoryshedblog@gmail.com
It has finally arrived…though somewhat delayed. Yes today is the start of Dragon week. We will be having dragon stories all this week on youtube: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rErNnWS3dXAFyo1CWxCQ
Why not tune in and listen to the wonderful tales we have of the creatures with scales 🙂
We are hoping to have more information about how you can make your own dragon costume. Hopefully you will get a chance to make something out of stuff that you have around the house. Remember you can not get this wrong, and it would be great to see whatever you create.
Here we are working on a couple of different designs with what we can find. Cardboard boxes, paper plates, bin bags…all turned into your favourite flying legendary creatures.
Share your ideas with us at thestoryshedblog@gmail.com
So we have tips and hints for wings, tails, masks for your dragon. Now here is something to help you make claws at least for your hands. This is really just to give you and idea of what you can possibly do, and I am sure that you will be able to come up with something easier. Remember to costume is not going to last forever, and when you have finished it is good to get it on video or a photograph 🙂
I still have to find something for feet claws if you want to make the thing really complete. If you have any ideas on that one then let me know through thestoryshedblog@gmail.com. Happy making.
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