One of the things I learned at the Simply Charlotte Mason seminar (check out http://www.simplycharlottemason.com/) was that she believed that children needed to be doing handicrafts as often as possible. In addition to doing handicrafts, it would be ideal if they were also learning a life skill at the same time. So, what did we do Monday morning? We loaded up for an hour+ trip to Joanne's (http://www.joanne.com/). We had the usual craft stuff here, paints, paper, sisscors, glue, markers and crayons, but I wanted something different and exciting for the girls to do.
When we got there we had so many things to choose from, we couldn't make a choice so we ended up with several things; beginner cross-stitch kits, latch hook rugs, stained glass paint, foam art pictures and several felt type sewing projects. As we've tried things out this week, I've discovered that even though the box my say it's for 5 year olds, that doesn't mean that 5 year olds can produce said craft with ease, and it only gets harder for 4 year olds. Tonight, they wanted to try another new craft so we open the box titled Sew a Bunny (http://www.colorbok.com/). Being the thrifty mom I am (not really) I chose this craft because it actually had two projects for the price of one. After a heated debate on who got the bunny and who got the flower, we all got down to work. The extra-large plastic needle was ideal for little hands and the pre-cut, pre-punched felt shapes were really cool. After re-threading their needles more times than I can count, we ended up with these.
Jacey was so proud she called her Nana to tell her she had just sewed a bunny. She wanted Nana to come right then to see it. We're looking forward to showing it to Daddy when he gets home in the morning.
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