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Cut Away Window Felt Ornaments Tutorial
These Cut Away Window Felt Ornaments are a fun craft for adults and kids alike. With just two simple stitches, a bit of craft glue, and a small amount of wool felt, you can play…
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Autumn Tree Applique Block
One of the things I love so much about Folk Art is how it reduces things to their simplest forms… plus that extra dash of whimsy. Many of the projects on Wee Folk Art…
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3D Peach Tree
We created these cool 3-D Peach Trees, complete with fuzzy peaches, to go along with our States Studies Unit 2 (coming soon) lessons. Materials watercolor paper water color paints Brushes or blue construction paper paper…
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Whimsical Winter Evergreen
Note: I DO NOT share my watercolors because I think they are perfect. Quite the contrary. I am self-teaching and learning, and I hope I can encourage other would be painters to join me in…
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Bitty Birdie Applique Block
Spring has sprung! The trees are flowering, and the baby birds are bouncing around the yard looking for yummies! Just imagine the fun you can have with this little “FunScape” applique. Designed to fit a 6″ x 6″ block, it can be reduced or enlarged to meet…
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Winter Birch Trees
Have you ever been to Art Projects for Kids? If not, run there, right now, but be prepared to stay for a long, long time. Kathy Barbro is an experienced and gifted art teacher, and she shares over 600 projects on her…
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Tree Garland – How to make an I-Cord
My mom bought a basket full of this yarn (Lorna’s Laces Green Line Dk which has been sadly discontinued), with no real project in mind. I’ve been stealing skeins of it (shhh) here and there…
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Christmas Tree Picture Ornament
Every year Michelle puts an ornament on the tree with her children’s pictures, commemorating that year with a date and pic. This year I used our basic Christmas Tree Applique Block to make the personalized…
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Wet Felted Wool Cookie Cutter Ornaments
This week’s Unplugged Challenge theme Fluffy inspired us to do two different crafts. Here is the first one… Wet Felted Wool Gingerbread Men Ornaments. I will be sharing the second activity later this week. We…
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Advent Tree Count Down Calendar Pattern
Counting down the days until Christmas is a tradition shared by many Christian families. Our simple Advent Tree with a star meandering up the tree, will help your family celebrate the season. This is sure to…
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Falling Leaves Wall Hanging
This project was an absolute joy to make. It started with an idea but morphed as I was working on it. The pattern has the tree trunk, the major large pieces and an assortment of…
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Christmas Tree Card
Whether you keep this card simple or embellish it with ornaments and glitter, its simple cutout shape will make for a lovely handmade Christmas card to share with family and friends. Very easy to make,…
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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…
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Autumn Oak Applique Block
This is the pattern I used when crafting our Wooden Autumn Forest. It’s always fun using different materials to make the same pattern. I made this Autumn Oak Block Applique in golds, but it could…
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Wooden Autumn Forest
It’s autumn in the Thicket and the gnomes enjoy a quiet stroll in the colorful autumn woods. Using our Wooden Autumn Forest pattern, make a tree or an entire forest for your gnomes and fairies…
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Apple Tree Applique Block
It’s fall and that means a trip… nay… many trips to our local apple orchard. Actually, we are very fortunate, in our area there are several apple orchards and cider mills to choose from. My son…
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Wooden Apple Orchard
So, here’s what happened… Michelle and I were talking about birthday gifts for Pixie… she’ll be three next week. We were at a couple of our favorite natural toys sites. Michelle’s children have many of…
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Tree Applique Block
As I said in my last blog, my mind and body have gone outside! As the leaves on the trees begin to unfurl, I’m looking forward to the shade they provide. The Dragonfly Garden…
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Freezer Paper Stencil Leaf Shirts
This week’s Unplugged Challenge theme was Trees. I had been wanting to try the Freezer Paper Stencil style shirts for awhile now and leaves seemed like a fun inspiration for the design. So this week…
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