journal entry: Christmas Trees. Most people have one. Some trees are live and some are not. Ours is not. It is covered with ornaments that children love. Dinosaurs, snowmen, monkeys, frogs, camels, children, treasures, knights, robots. Chains of pearls and garlands of colored circles. Candy canes. This and that. …
journal entry: Swans. Swimming and sailing and sweeping through the sky. Companion print to the multiplying giraffes which is found on this site in another post. I wanted puffy and poofy. I wanted someone I love to feel that the swans in the clouds were holding her up. Finished and …
journal entry: I dreamed about giraffes for weeks. They multiplied before my eyes. Every time I finished one, another appeared. That is how it seemed to me. Grandpa often asked if I was still working on the giraffes. Yes. Yes, I am. It was the most wonderful, whimsical fabric …
journal entry: How can it possibly be Christmas without quilts for the dollys ? This may have been one of my most delightful Christmas projects ever. Dolly Quilts. For little, tiny people. I mostly used scraps and in the case of the quilt above, I cut up a pillowcase which already had a …
journal entry: We know there were shepherds watching over their flocks by night when the Angel of the Lord came before them and made them sore afraid. I don’t know how much those special lambs understood about their role in this wonderful, real-life Christmas play, …
journal entry: I took my time. Isn’t that what we tell children to do ? My vision was a Nativity made up of Bristle Animals. First, I had to find them. That can be a trick. Then, I had to bring them to life. Bristle Animals can bend. They are expressive. …
Keeping lots of children of different ages occupied is a challenge. Each one of these games and activities did just that. I would recommend them for all ages ! 1.TOE MARBLES Clear glass marbles designed to put in vases. Water basins. Plastic cups. The object of the game is to …
CROC ULTRA WATER PARK Rented for the week-end with a Shaved Ice Machine. Worth it’s weight in gold. Hours and hours of fun in the sun and relief from the heat. Enough noise for the whole neighborhood to know we were having a gathering. Easy pick-up, set-up and take down. …
POTATO BUGS. The joy of little fingers. I found this illustration from a children’s book and saved it. {I don’t know who the artist was but if you know, please tell me.} When it came time to make t-shirts for our Family Gathering, I thought that a family of …
Party Animals. That’s what we were. Doing a million things over many days. Four of us had July birthdays and so it was fun to celebrate with the whole family together. Animals from the playroom. Tutus made from sparkly net tied around hair bands. A large, yummy, Costo cake which easily …
