Free-range Crafting is a time without cause Sometimes we do crafts and there’s an expected outcome. That is what happens with free-range crafting. We make masks, paint pots, put googly eyes on paper plates, and smile with our kids as these...
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Baskets of Baskets A Haiku Ode to Baskets: You hold my treasures You invent new collections, One by one by one Like an ark for nature for yarn and blocks and produce When ere there’s a need. A creativity nest. Simple, ancient craft. One by...
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The easy Esther Dress for little girls. These dresses couldn’t be simpler! I can’t believe we hadn’t tried them before. The girls have been prancing around in them as much as possible all week, and are anxious to show them off...
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So this is a Circular Perpetual Calendar. It was a project that the girls made. And might I say, it is super fun! The girls haven’t quite finished it yet ’cause admittedly it was too difficult for Leviah (4-year-old). Though she...
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We’re smack dab in the middle of Hanukkah right now. And, as Naomi pointed out last night as we lit the candles–the days go too fast. I suppose that’s what happens when you fill them to the brim with fun little activities...
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Naomi loves to make gingerbread houses, and this year it occurred to me that we could really make it part of our Hanukkah celebration by modifying a kit to make a Temple with some Macabbean soldiers. It was pretty fun to play with candy, and a...
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I saw these via pinterest and actually used the idea! this is my plate of favorites, but we made all kinds. It was a great way to decorate shortbread cookies, especially for little hands. The end result is a bit like old-timey shortbread molds...
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This activity helped really solidify the order of rainbow colors. I just cut 6 (as finding indigo colored paper is tricky) pieces of construction paper in descending size, starting with purple. Naomi had to glue them together so you could see...
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On the homebirth front: The topic hasn’t left my mind for more than a 20minute period, but things are happening. There’s a new petition (note in right sidebar–please sign!), and, there’s a march next Wednesday in Raleigh...
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We did play a little with heart related things today. (naomi loves copy work and I NEED to point out what a wonderful day I had with her. perhaps she’s beginning to turn the corner and return to comfort). We even found these coloring pages...
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Naomi is on a building kick. She built with these. Just touch one end to a damp cloth and stick them together to form whatever you’d like. Even this crown got MUCH bigger. Drew made her some sweet cedar branch blocks–such a simple and...
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It’s true, I’ve handled the needles a time or two, but I’d never call myself a knitter. Why? well, i’m too distractable. Can you believe that’s not a word? (case and point). Anyway, on my list of accomplishments...
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