Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year! Happy Crafting!


Happy New Year, parents! To kick off such a wonderful occassion my girls and I thought we'd work on a craft we received at Christmas. Pictured below is a felt sewing craft. These are perfect for children ages 3 and up. What you usually find in these kits is felt for the design, thread, a craft needle, and stuffing. You may need scissors and glue as well before beginning.


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As a side note, make sure your thread is untangled before beginning. I had the girls all set to go and ended up taking about 15 minutes to get the thread sorted out. With younger children I recommend starting the craft for them then letting them take over. You may need to do the end of the craft as well. They can become bored of all the sewing. The gluing and sticking should be all them, though. Here is the finished craft that my youngest completed. My oldest decided to read instead of waiting for mommy to figure out  the thread.



So there you have it, Mr. Frog, as he is so affectionately named. Let your felt dry for 30 minutes to an hour before handing it over to your little one. And make sure they play gently with them. Although a craft like this is meant to work motor skills and helps with learning patience the small, decorative pieces, are not likely to stand up to rough play.

The next craft we will be working on will be our felt boards. Just to get you prepared for this one let me give you the list of supplies now. As we will be working off of a winter snowflake poem you will need the following: a foam board (any color), a large package of felt (enough to cover the board and then some), a hot glue gun, glue sticks, colored felt pieces (you choose the colors), puffy paint, and printouts from the following web site                                          
Make sure you read through the web site so you can decide what color felt pieces you'd like to purchase and what color puffy paint you'd like to use as accents for the felt characters.

May the New Year find you all in great health and spirits. I look forward to the next few blogs on kids crafting and parent health. Remember, we can't be at our best for our children if we're not at our best for our selves.


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