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Glasswork in Sweden…Kosta Boda

July 29, 2009 by Cathi Milligan

kostaI believe I was born to work with glass. I’m Swedish after all. The Swedes have been making glass for centuries. Their most famous glass studio is Kosta Boda, in Småland, Sweden. It’s “The Kingdom of Crystal”. It’s also where Pippi Longstocking lives but that’s a whole other story. I’ve been fortunate to have been to Kosta and Boda, which are two different glass factories. At Kosta I met the artist Olle Brozen.

Cool car by Olle Brozen
Cool car by Olle Brozen

He does some really cool cast cars that are in the Kosta production line of art glass, as well as alot of other fine glass work. I got a quick tour of the hot shop and was able to watch the amazing workers create the production pieces that are sold all over the world. At the Boda studio I briefly got to meet the artist Kjell Engman. He was in a bit of a hurried mode since he was getting ready to go to the SOFA show in Chicago with his glass art.

toolsI was absolutely in awe of the entire experience. The glass is from the sand of the area. It’s all created there. They color the glass themselves although the majority of the glass is transparent. Fabulous work. And the whole area is full of glass factories and schools. Another factory we saw that is also owned by Kosta Boda was Orrefors. They produce more traditional glassware. If you have the opportunity to travel to Sweden you have to check out “The Kingdom of Crystal”. The land where Swedish glass comes from!

Designed by Kjell Engman
Designed by Kjell Engman

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Ice Cream Themed Learning Activities

It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and one of the key components of summer for me is ice cream. Use ice cream as a theme in the classroom or at home to make summer learning more fun. 

Modern Preschool has a set of ice cream alphabet letters is upper and lower case and shares a cute idea for writing practice in sprinkles. You can also do ice cream number matching with the printables from Fun with Mama.

This Reading Mama has an ice cream themed project for sorting letter sounds, and Playdough to Plato has an ice cream ten frame and number matching activity. The Measured Mom has another printable ice cream counting activity for helping kids count from one to ten.

The Littles and Me has a super cute free ice cream printable packet that includes ideas for activities, a printable die for ice cream hopscotch, a recipe for ice cream dough and more.

Speaking of ice cream dough, check out this post from Lemon Lime Adventures where they tested several different kinds of ice cream dough made with conditioner, icing and other substances. The post explains the science behind them and how the kids liked them so you can choose the best for your family or do your own experiments.

Of course you’re going to want to make ice cream in a bag, which you can do with this recipe from I Can Teach My Child, or turn it into a science experiment with the printable worksheet from 123 Homeschool 4 Me. You can also test your kids with an ice cream taste test like this one from No Time for Flash Cards.

And if you want some ice cream crafts, you can decorate your own ice cream cones with this cut and paste activity from krokotak, make puffy paint and paint ice cream pictures from Crafty Morning, or do a printmaking project like this one from Artful Parent.

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