Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts
Fresh flowers. Don’t you just love them? There is one thing that transforms a house into a home. That thing? Fresh flowers. It doesn’t matter if they are a professionally arranged display or a tiny drooping bunch handed to you in a cone of silver foil from a little 4 year old, flowers bring a little bit of happiness…
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New Book Releases from Hawthorn Press Introducing “Making Peg Dolls and More” By Margaret Bloom A few years ago, I stumbled across a delightful blog called “We Bloom Here”, written by an American lady Margaret Bloom. Margaret had just started making some very cute wooden peg dolls, and I was lucky enough to win one in a giveaway. (This…
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How to make a Washcloth Bunny Rabbit Makes a lovely handmade gift idea for Easter or Springtime! My teaching friends Jennie and Jemma were given a Washcloth Bunny Rabbit as an easter gift, and when he was three, I made Ned his very own pink one. He did love pink! There is still time to make one for your…
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Here’s a round-up of the 30 Kids Nature Crafts featured on Parenting Fun Everyday. Photos: left to right, top row – second row – bottom row 1. Easy flower craft for kids: Dancing Queen 2. Sweet Woodland Sprite Nature Craft 3. Bill muncher felt ball caterpillar peg 4. Mademoiselle Shell, a lovely doll mobile 5. Teaching painting to children and…
Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts, Toys and Toy shops
Project #30: Crafts with Nature A Stick Raft Toy Prop using sticks, felt, and knitting wool. Time: Done in a day. Difficulty: Everyone can do this. For the final crafts with nature for kids in this 30 days project, I wanted to do something completely new and fun. Making some kind of boat for storytelling adventures has been on…
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Project #29: How to make hair accessories for girls- Cute handmade ‘turtle’ hair clip Time: Less than an hour. Try making a few at a time. Difficulty: Perfect for kids. I was in a variety store the other day, and saw a packet of plain hair clips, the perfect base for a bit of nature-inspired crafty embellishing. I’ve…
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Project #28: Home Office Organisation Ideas Paint a set of ‘jobs to do’ nature stones Time: An hour or less. Time-saving? Endless. Difficulty: Quick, easy and cheerful. My office is ALWAYS in need of organisation. I’m someone who puts things in piles. But while I know what is in the pile at that moment, I quickly forget. So many…
Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts, Storytelling
Project 27: Storytelling Ideas for Kids & Parents ‘Storytelling Stones’. Make your own story starters! Time: One hour, give or take Difficulty: Choosing what pictures you’ll use is the biggest barricade! We busy parents don’t have time for lots and lots of stories at bedtime. Especially NOT those long, long, long ones. Short stories are good. Our days…
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Project #26: Nature Table Waldorf Mother Earth Pine Cone Doll Time: 15 minutes plus pine cone ‘treasure hunting’ time! Difficulty: easy as falling off a log! Yesterday, I made a gnome using a pine cone and I promised another pine cone craft today. Pine cones are not the easiest of nature finds to work with- they are a bit limited…
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Project #25: What to make with pinecones Meet Mr Pine Cone Gnome, the perfect preschool activity Time: 20 minutes maximum Difficulty: Hardest part is finding the pine cone! Down by the river, there is a row of tall pine trees. I went down there looking for some pine cones but there wasn’t a single one. (I’m thinking that there may…
Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts, Simple sewing
Project #24. Make your own tic tac toe game Paint your own Bumble Bee and Ladybird game pieces using stones, and sew up a Leaf Games Board Time: Paint needs a little drying time between coats but this can still be done in half a day. Difficulty: Acrylic Paint Fun. Keep wet towels and newspaper handy. Here’s a simple nature-inspired…
Posted under Nature and Animal Crafts, Simple sewing
Project #23: Kids Nature Crafts Make your own nature craft toolkit to take with you on nature crafting adventures! Time: Over a week or so… Difficulty: This one is sewing for mama or grandma (or an older sibling) to do. But children can help to choose the pattern or picture for the front cover of the nature toolkit. Fun for…
Posted under Felt and Felting, Nature and Animal Crafts
Project #22: How To Make Felt Flowers: DIY Bookmark Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Making flowers is lovely fun! I needed a new bookmark, and inspired by the twistie rope that keeps the communication book at Ned’s preschool open for us to read and write in, I thought I’d make a flower inspired one. I learned how to make felt flowers…
Posted under Buttons and Beads, Nature and Animal Crafts
Project #21: Beaded Butterfly Activity Butterfly Necklace, Brooch or Hanging Mobile for Kids Time: 45 minutes Difficulty: Wonderful for pincer grip, and sorting beads by colour. Could be hours of fun with this! One of our little friends has a birthday coming up so I thought I’d come up with a cute nature-inspired craft that could be used for…
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Project 20: How do you make a toy snail? Time: An hour or so Difficulty: Fiddly fingers but totally do-able! I’m often asked, “how do you make a toy (insert toy of choice here)?” I’ve made lots of toys over the years but never a snail before. It was a new challenge. I like a crafty challenge. It helps…