Freestyle crafting

Among our craft supplies I have a tub for Master D. It contains pieces of wool, tissue paper, googly eyes, sequins, paddle pop sticks, dyed pasta and all sorts of other bits and bobs.

One of his favourite crafting activities is to get the tub out, together with a couple of pieces of paper and glue. Then he goes for it!

Crafting like this usually keeps him entertained for close to an hour. I think he likes the glue the best, and we have been known to go through a whole glue per session!

He also has a pair of kids scissors, and loves to chop (or ‘snip’ as he calls it) the paper up 🙂

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!

Warmly, Kelly

December 23, 2011 by

Pieces of me ~ A Yarn Along

Before today I hadn’t decided who my very slowly emerging rainbow of gnomes was for… now I realise I’m making them for me! Of course, my children will play with them and they will be great for storytelling, but their creation can continue on the go slow.

In the meantime, I finished a second knitted bunny for Little Miss Q. I’ve given bunny a nose but no other facial features… what do you think? Does bunny need eyes? You can see bunny’s brother and a tutorial here.

Otherwise, I converted the start of Master D’s jumper into a baby Waldorf doll (it is all for the best, honest!).

And I’m a few more chapters into A Game of Thrones. And – wow, it is a riveting read! If I could curl up in bed and read until I was done I would, but those were the days 🙂 Instead we’ve been painting, baking & playing (and I think I like that better!)

So until next time, enjoy your Christmas celebrations!

Joining in with Ginny’s Yarn Along 😉 warmly, Kelly

December 21, 2011 by