I was very surprised to realise my kids had never made one. So we waited a day or two for the clippings to dry out a bit and then got to work.
There was no competition between them, and everyone helped build the same house. Funny, it struck me that we always did that too. No discussion about it, just set to work.
I love how they wanted to decorate their 'bedrooms' with flowers, leave etc.
The whole project consumed them for over an hour which really surprised me. I thought my childish memory made it seem longer but obviously not!
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Boy did I miss out, I never made grass houses. This sounds awesome
Down around the farmyard in Clara long ago we (my cousin and I) used selected bits of brick, stones, sticks and straw for our play houses, as the possibility of scooping up cow poo reduced the grass options somewhat.
Speaking to my grandparents recently about their childhood I discovered this was not unique to our generation Ciara, except Queenie and her little friends made houses with the dust from the roads, she said sometimes the boys would tear by and ruin the new parlour or fancy pantry and there would be tears! Granddad said the boys equivalent was 'boat races' which involved drawing a boat shape in the dust and then rowing like hell, the winner was the last to collapse!!!
Oh, I love hearing all these stories and memories! Thanks everyone, and keep them coming!
Wow yeah, I remember grass houses. We used to do it in the field down the road, and I also remember building huge hay ones in the field across the road when it was still the Brothers' farm.
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