Making a Stamp from Children’s Art Making a print from a child’s art is one way to reproduce the art and share the love. Rather than simply photocopying or scanning the artwork, creating a printing stamp from the art adds another layer of interpretation and human touch. There are many ways to make prints and [...]
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March Craft- Felt Spring Basket=Easter egg basket, a child’s Spring purse, or basket on a nature table
Felt Spring Basket This could be an Easter egg basket, a child’s Spring purse, or basket on a nature table. Sample in the School Store. What you need: light brown felt circle (with a 10-inch circumference)—the “earth” dark green felt piece 10 x 5 inches—the “tall grass” light or medium green felt piece 10 x [...]
February Craft: Sweet Dreams Pillow
February Craft: Sweet Dreams Pillow This could be a Valentine’s Day craft with a sweet note tucked in the pocket, a pocket for dreams and wishes any time of the year, or a pillow for the tooth fairy. Kits and wooden heart beads will be in the Waldorf Academy store while they last. What you [...]
December Crafts- Decorate wooden boxes
Decorated Wooden Boxes Here are instructions for decorating wooden boxes with scenes from nature. If you are fond of Esla Beskow books or similar, you can easily use them as inspiration. Just make sure you give yourself enough time for the different stages. Light-coloured wood, simple line drawings, and added colour seem to work best. [...]
Winter Fair Crafts-Help Available
November Crafts: Help!!!, Bean Bags, Knitter Pin, and Books HELP!!! For those of you doing crafts for the Winter Fair and wanting some tips, talk to other parents, ask other crafty people you know, or get some help from a web site. Here are some useful web sites (for example, if you find yourself sleepless [...]
Linen Perpetual Calendar, Giveaway of Books, and WIPs
Linen Perpetual Calendar, Giveaway of Books, and WIPs October seems like a fine time to … get organized for the rest of the school year with a calendar (better late than never) inspire with free books share ideas in the form of WIPs Getting Organized with a Calendar The family calendar on the fridge did [...]
Memory Crafts: Remembering and Sparking Stories
Crafts to hold and treasure memories can take many forms. If the rhythm of your year means traveling each summer to a special place and doing many summery things from June to Labour Day, here are some ideas for capturing the memories and prompting stories about them in the months and years to come. • [...]
Summer Craft- Tic Toe Bag, Catnip Cat Toy, Links to Craft Websites
Summer Crafts, Tic-Tac-Toe Explorer Bag, Catnip Toy, and Craft Web Sites This is the last craft blog before the Waldorf Academy’s summer vacation starts, so some ideas for the hot days of summer seem right. Of the 2 crafts below, the first is simple and simply described. The second is for a catnip toy to [...]
May Crafts-Embroidered Felt Banner
Embroidered Felt Banner This is a party banner you can use for many occasions, year after year. It is sized to hang well in a fair-sized living room or bedroom, but could be made much bigger for a party room or gym. What you need: o woolen felt in sheets approximately 8 x 12 inches [...]
April Crafts: Felt Flower Pins and Japanese Juggling Fruit
April Crafts: Felt Flower Pins and Japanese Juggling Fruit Spring is playing games with us in Toronto—warm weather one minute, then snow, then rain, then sunshine. Anticipating and enjoying spring weather and spring flowers are some of the joys of living here. At the same time, so many of us are thinking of Japan and [...]
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