When I was a little girl I used to love looking up at the clouds and picture what I saw in them. Is it a dragon? Is is teddy bear? Is it a castle. I would lie out the back, or on a grassy hill, or even just looking out of the window. This was one of my favourite past times when I was on my own. It's good cheap, clean family fun.
I'm sure it all started from when it was given a book about a mouse who did the same thing. Her dad explained about the wonders which awaited you up in the sky. She too spent many hours with her dad deciding what wondrous shapes were there. I cannot for the life of me remember what the book was called. I would love to get it for my little ones, if you know which one it is please let me know?
My oldest Lucas who is four, loves to do the same thing. I can't remember ever having a conversation about it, he just does it and tells me what he sees. He looks out the front window and sees a fish, or a dog, or in typical little boy fashion a poo poo. Yes I know they can find the disgusting of things, funny.
I love sharing this with him, we look for hours on my day off at the clouds, it's our own special thing to do.
It's free, it's fun and living in Scotland, 99.9% of the time there are always clouds in the sky to be your canvas.
Why don't you give it a go? It's very relaxing.
I see a map of the UK or maybe it's a dragon. I see a little hippo at the bottom right. A faint butterfly towards to the top left. The more you look, the more will pop out at you. Go on give it a try?
What do you see?
