We jumped ahead a week to read In November, leaving the Thanksgiving theme for next week. One of the activities I had the girls help me with this week was rounding up all of our mittens and we gave them a good hand-washing in preparation of the winter weather that could be upon us at …
EDIT: The contest is now closed. The winners will be announced Monday, November 15. Good luck to all! Back in 1980 I first caught a glimpse of a fabric garland in the book Treasury of Christmas Crafts and Foods. It was a large garland, strung around an entire room, and I vowed to make it. Well, …
Directions are for a garland approximately 9′ long comprised of 7 sections of roping and 6 poinsettias. Each roping section is approximately 18″ wide so you can design your garland to meet your needs. The 2 outer ends of my garland do not have flowers, but depending on where you use your garland, you may …
Do you have a favorite recipe using pumpkin? Tis the season to spread pumpkin cheer far and near! If you would like to share a recipe, just follow these guidelines: Email the recipe to weefolkart@yahoo.com . Include a little anecdotal background. Attach a photo. If you have a blog and would like us to stop …
Everyone is use to seeing the Wool Felt Central button up at Wee Folk Art. We discovered Prairie Point Junction, home of Wool Felt Central, soon after Wee Folk Art was born. We have worked closely with Julie Geiger, owner of Prairie Point Junction, to sponsor “give-aways” and to provide Wee Folk Art readers a …
Several weeks ago we added a new sponsor to our site… just in time for the holiday season, although you don’t need a reason to visit her shop! The shop is Nicole’s Homemade Treats, with Nicole being the candy maker extraordinaire. In her own words: Nicole’s Homemade Treats is an LLC operating out of NY. Everything …
{this moment :: inspired by soule mama} a single picture, requiring no words, yet telling a story worth remembering! have a lovely weekend ~ Michelle and Kimara
Today Michelle and I have an article featured on The Magic Onions: Discovering Waldorf Column. We were thrilled that Donna thought to ask us, since we are such fans of The Magic Onions! Today we tackled the often touchy topic of receiving children’s gifts. Often our concept of appropriate toys can differ vastly from the gift givers …
Learn how to make your own rolled beeswax candles by following our Beeswax Candle Directions. Beeswax sheets or beeswax candle making kits can be purchased at many natural crafting shops or online. Our Harvest Time Week 10 activity to go along with The Ox Cart Man was making Rolled Beeswax Candles. The last time we completed …
We have been working on a Geology Unit for the past 8 weeks or so. I let the kids take turns choosing science projects, this was Bug’s request. Science is the subject that I feel comfortable letting the kids call most of the shots but I have used Evan-Moore’s Geology Guide as a reference …
{Look at how those adorable cheeks are filling in! I’m going back for a visit next week… can barely wait!} A couple of weeks ago I shared a pattern on Facebook that I fell in love with from Never Not Knitting. Then, I did something I very seldom do… I actually bought the pattern. There are so …
The Yarn Color Wheel project is a project this kids and I did last fall. It was originally post on Wee Folk Activities Oct 12, 2009. We used yarn but scraps of tissue paper or construction paper would work as well. For this week’s Unplugged Challenge theme Wheel, we made fuzzy yarn color wheels. We started by …
