Big Fat Shaggy Monkey

Big Fat Shaggy Monkey is a monkey for our jungle that I made with Sophia. We used black and a brownish purple paper for the body, black paper for the head and we coloured its face in with jovie (is that how you spell it?) We cut a roughly 2cm strip of black paper and cut it along the side so it kind of looks like a comb and stuck it on to the monkey, layering it. We also cut a piece of brownish purple paper to fit the tummy fur. I guess we based it on Henri Rousseau's 'Apes in the Orange Grove' where the apes are half hidden and some of them are holding oranges and all of the apes are very hairy and shaggy.

Is your animal hairy? If it isn't, do you think it would look alright if it was?

Current Obsession!!!

Right now I don't really have a current obsession but what I was obsessed with before was The Mortal Instruments, a book series written by Cassandra Clare. I would read some at night and just tell Esme the next day,  if she wanted to read it I probably ruined the whole series for her.
(I'm sorry Esme!) The thing I found great about the books (and still find great) was that there was so much suspense, mystery and adventure in it that it never gave me time to put the book down and stop reading. There was also some bits in the book that would make you laugh, smile or smirk. So you should read at least the first book if you haven't and there is also a movie, how exciting.

Have you ever read anything that you thought was so great you couldn't help telling people about it? If you have then what was it?

Medieval Minecraft Tavern

In the Medieval Times or the Middle Ages the tavern was an inn and a bar that served drinks sometimes known as the "Drinking House."

The exterior

Lily, Esme, Sophia and I built this tavern next to the town square. I did the exterior designs, Esme did the downstairs drinking area, Lily did the upstairs rooms with Sophia who also did the stable behind the tavern. There are three floors and there are enough beds for ten people apart from that there aren't any super interesting features.

Did your building turn out the way you wanted it?