Eli likes to collect things, and mainly put them in his pockets so that they can be discovered in the washing machine, or if we’re lucky found before they make it into the laundry basket. He found a chunk of cement at school and brought it back home happily saying, “Paint eyes…paint eyes.”

So, after lunch he got stuck into painting his concrete chunk. Once it was all painted he wanted some stick on eyes (which apparently we have, but no one can find them) – it was time to make a plan. A few stickers later and his pet rock was born…