Get into Free-Range Crafting Now!

Get into Free-Range Crafting Now!

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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Tomato Paper Craft

Tomato Paper Craft

As we harvest, eat, and process the endless supply of tomatoes from our garden, Drew thought of a fun activity making use of tomato peels. The girls loved it, and the outcome is like stained glass… Many recipes for canning tomatoes call for...

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Broccoli Fireworks

Broccoli Fireworks

Supplies: Paper, tempera paints, and broccoli. Naomi and I have been doing a lot of paper exploring. Mainly Naomi. It’s hot outside, somewhat dreadfully hot & if you can manage to beat the heat it’s still hard to ignore the blood...

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She Knits?

She Knits?

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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Easy as Cake!

Easy as Cake!

Yesterday Naomi & I made a cape together. We’re working on several ‘sewing’ projects together, which generally means she takes scraps & cuts/taps/pins/explains to herself what they are while I get the grunt of the actual...

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