I’ve told you before how I love to bake, that I always have since I was a kid, and about the time I ran away from home with my Easy Bake oven. Well, come Christmastime my want to bake explodes into long list of ingredients and recipes as my tastebuds water and my creative noggin […]
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Snapshots of a homemade birthday, as she turned 5
They awoke by finding the birthday girl’s special birthday books on the table, and they were all eager to look at the pages, the photos and the stories that tell the tale of this little girl who was turning five. The books were started because of a tradition at their Montessori school where the child […]
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Simple photo ornament made from tree trunk wood
I knew I wanted to do this craft, making photo ornaments using cut off pieces from our Christmas tree trunk. So when we went to cut down our Christmas tree I asked the nice, old, 82-year-old man running the chainsaw if he would be so kind to cut off a few extra pieces from the […]
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Sewing a felt tree garland or banner for Christmas
To get started on this project, for children draw simple triangle trees onto a sheet of felt and have them start cutting. My five-year-old cut about three sheets worth of trees before she gat tired of the craft. Out of all the crafts we did last week. I think was her favorite. She loves to […]
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Making upcycled burlap balls for our homemade tree
I saw this fabric ball idea on Pinterest and immediately thought it would be a great use for some of the torn burlap that I recently acquired for free. I found an awesome source for authentic coffee bean sacks, with printings on them from Columbia and beyond. But they were reused to package concrete structures […]
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How to finger knit garland for your Christmas tree
My seven-year-old learned to finger knit one day in aftercare at her Montessori school. Many Waldorf based education philosophies teach this too, using stories that go along with the craft that has been passed down from generation to generation. My daughter also enjoys teaching this skill to others, including me. So last weekend, my oldest […]
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Christmas ornaments from stencils for all ages
Last year my oldest daughter took it upon herself to start making cutout Christmas tree ornaments from stencils. Now it’s becoming a tradition. My big girls usually make on them on fly, grabbing computer paper and doing it all on their own when the inspiration strikes them. Keeping colored pencils, scissors, a hole puncher and […]
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Easy candy cane ornament craft for small fingers
This candy cane craft idea came from my daughter’s Montessori school. It is a lesson placed on the shelf every year in the 3-6 year old classroom. You can use all colors of beads. But for the sake of continuity on our Christmas tree, we just used red and white beads. Even my two-year-old really […]
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Weekending
This weekend we are focusing on slowing down, being mindful and in the moment. There has been loads of crafting, knitting, holidaying, little girl laughter, cookie eating and saying no to doing – even though it can be so hard. Our whole Saturday consisted of going to cut down a Christmas tree at our favorite […]
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Gift Guide :: Safer Cookware for the family chef
I’m a tricky person to buy for. You see, when I want something I usually just buy it. I realize this is a luxury. But I’d rather save my husband the trip, buy that sweater when I see it and have Christmas morning be about the kids and their homemade gifts to me. However when it […]
