We get asked all the time about the tools we use while crafting. We are trying to compile a list of the items we feel are a must haves as well as some of the nice to haves ;). The format of this page may change as we play with it… but here a a …
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Michelle ~ Wee Folk Art
Gourd Ghost Sculpture Desktop Wallpaper
As our Trick-or-Treat goodie for all our lovely readers, I just added our Gourd Ghost Sculpture to our free Desktop Wallpaper collection if you would like to update your computer for Halloween 🙂 Also, Kimara and I have a BIG party on Saturday that we are busy preparing for, so we’ll be on hiatus this weekend. If you’d like to hear about our …
Project Flashback – Salt Dough Veggies
Last fall the kids and I made these Salt Dough Veggies to correspond with our Autumn Harvest Unit. A lot of time was spent gathering the harvest off of our farm mat. I was amazed at the detail the salt dough held. We have a few surviving pieces… but the dog (and Pixie) liked to chew on …
Gnome Fabric
This past spring my SIL sent me a suprise gift… a gift card at Spoonflower. So cool! If you are unfamiliar with Spoonflower it is a site where you can upload your own designs and have your very own… totally original… fabric printed. Ahhh… the possibilities here are endless. This just so happened to coincide …
Project Flashback – Stiff, Fabric Ghosts
Here is another Autumn Project Flashback from Wee Folk Activities. The kids and I made these Stiff, Fabric Ghosts last Halloween. Although pictured outside, we ended up taken them indoors where they spent the season haunting our dining room. Enjoy this fun, spooky craft.
Project Flashback – Handprint Sand Candles
I was just revisiting some crafts the kids and I did together last fall and wanted to share them with all our new readers (my how the site has grown in the past year). Over the next couple weeks I will be highlighting some of our favorite Crafting with the Kiddos Activities from last autumn. …
Jack-o-Lantern Buckets
My mom came up with the idea for these Jack-o-Lantern Buckets. She was planning to make a couple for herself (see hers at Wee Folk Art) and thought that the kids would like to make some to use for trick-or-treating. She assembled all the supplies for us and we enjoyed a craft afternoon at her …
Autumn Tree Nature Study
We took advantage of a beautiful afternoon yesterday and completed our Fall Tree Nature Study. We haven’t be doing any of the Handbook of Nature Study Blog Challenges since the spring and we had a lot of fun getting started again. The kids each got to pick new trees for this year. Fairy picked her …
Free Desktop Wallpapers
Here are some Free Desktop Wallpapers that you can download to dress up your computer. We will occasionally be adding images so check back for seasonal updates. To get your Wee Folk Art Wallpaper: First pick out your favorite image. Then choose your screen size. Click on the link. When the whole images loads, right …
Dress Up Vest
I got a chance to make Bug a darker vest for his pirate costume (check out the pirate shirt un-pattern here) and took a bunch of pictures along the way. Here is the Dress Up Vest Un-Pattern or you can find it in our Free Patterns Section. I will also be sharing the quick directions …
Dress Up Vest Un-Pattern
Here is the Un-Pattern for the Child’s Dress-Up Vest. (Why an UN-Pattern? Because you actually have to draw up your own pattern… we just tell you how we made ours). For this project I used about 1 yard of Navy Corduroy and 1 Yard of a cotton print and 3 large silver buttons. First …
Ahoy Matey!
Dress up clothes are played with daily around here. The box that is supposed to contain them is usually dumped all over the library floor in the kids’ attempt to find some magical accessory that must always be at the very bottom of the bucket. Since they love dress up… planning their Halloween costume is …