The first edition of Weather Magazine is out and the cover feature is Sunny, fresh off his Hootenanny adventures this summer! This is actually Sunny's second time on the cover of magazine, so he's used to it, these days!
Learn how to make your own band, find out more about Sunny, see his Weather-themed music playlist and more! Read it below or on issuu.com
Every fall our crafty attentions turn to knitting and weaving. If you've always wanted to knit, our super-easy Windy scarf pattern is ready for you: find the pattern and notes here.
Find more crafty projects from our cast.
Chinook just made a fantastic and easy Honey Cake adapted from this recipe at epicurious. It's great because the mixing is easy (no butter) and it keeps well for a couple of days so it's great for bake sales and pot-lucks. Chinook's cake was for a potluck picnic and the pan was empty before going home. It will serve about 20-24 people
This is a super-flexible recipe and quite forgiving: great for new and experimenting bakers. See what you can find in your cupboard and make your own version.
It was successfully tested by one of our favourite 6-year-olds, with help from a grown up to put the pan in the oven:
Her version is Lemon Ginger Honey Cake:
· replaced 1 cup honey with 1/2 cup lemon infused honey + 1/4 cup plain honey + 1/4 cup ginger simple syrup (these are things she had in the cupboard).
· replaced orange juice with lemonade
· replaced whiskey with ginger beer (a strong ginger soda pop popular in the UK and Jamaica, it's available in most grocer's) or ginger tea would also be great.
· replaced coffee with chai (she used rooibos chai to make it caffeine-free)
· reduced the white sugar by half a cup
#ChinookCooks
Tea & Biscuit from our third book, "Snowy & Chinook"
We made these little bunnies with a simple origami pattern that you can try, too.
Happy Easter,
Robin & Judith
Dye made with red cabbage
Kool-aid dye and washi tape decorations + our origami easter basket tutorial
This year, we're trying out some red cabbage dye, which makes beautiful blue or green eggs.
Last year, we did kool-aid dye and made some origami easter baskets, too.
The reviews are in: kool-aid dye smells kind of fruity and nice and the cabbage dye ... looks nice :) Either way, they are both pretty lovely methods.
Bread chicks via modernparentsmessykids
Do you have any tips?
Bunny from aquieterstorm
Cabbage-dyed eggs via kaleyann.com
There's a lot going on with Windy & friends this week!
Part of our team is at Kidscreen, Miami where we won an iKids Award for Best Learning App for Smartphones
We're putting the finishing touches on our upcoming Easter appisode, more about that soon! It's almost finished...
(update: we've had a technical issue, but stay tuned, the gifs look great and our tutorial will come out soon) We are also putting together a tutorial for making your own stop-motion animation. Learning about stop-motion and getting in the director's chair was one of the most interesting parts of translating our books to apps. We have a fun and simple tutorial for making your own at home — stay tuned!
Judith gives our crew a quick animation tip — an outtake from our upcoming tutorial
Silas, 5, creates a set with construction paper & washi tape
