Teaching children to be quiet is a tough task. Their little voices are always full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm means “volume”. Every mother knows how hard it is to keep little children occupied in church. So, when I recently attended the blessing of a new grandson, I …
It was true . . . The leggings were so easy and so fast. I found many blogs with directions and patterns and pictures. I like pictures. Each one told me exactly how to make the pattern and cut the fabric and sew the leggings. When I …
I bought the marshmallows and the toothpicks and hauled out the stale Easter candy which I had saved for just this purpose. The pastel bunnies which were once soft as little lambs were now almost as hard as rocks. Nevertheless, I could see that the flat bottoms on each …
Lacing Cards are easy to make and VERY inexpensive. They are a mainstay of quiet children’s games and have been for several generations. While the cards themselves keep changing, they can actually be anything you want them to be. I wanted mine to be old-fashioned. I found the images …
Garden Aprons. Easy, fun and economical to make. I like to make them out of “duck” (which, when overheard caused a child to ask why I would use a duck and what happened to the feathers?) . . . also known as outdoor fabric. I have found that some …
Wee Winnie the Pig I am on a roll. I have always love paper dolls. I have vivid memories of playing with them as a child and making clothes for them out of scraps of paper using crayons. I remember that my prized dolls were kept in a large graham …
Have you met Henry? You have missed something if you haven’t. Henry is my newest grandchild and he is a “keeper”. He may have a little challenge ahead of him while he is still very small and so I thought that I would like to do something for Henry …
Just a quick post for Easy Stretchy Headbands. These were SIMPLE and took so little fabric. They are for two little girls I know who LOVE to wear things in their hair. I love the pink band and the flowered band best because their flowers are FLOPPY and BOUNCY. …
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Little girls love dress-ups. They love to dress-up little animals, too. I found several small pieces of fabric with an old-fashioned/vintage look and made teeny, tiny aprons for some playroom animals I know. I made the ties nice and long for little fingers to work with and …
