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Felt and Wood Reeds
Here are the Felt and Wood Reeds that I used with the Wooden Ducklings to go along with the Book Nook – Have You Seen My Duckling? but they would be just as at home used with our Gnomes. I made…
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Wooden Ducklings
Here is our sweet little set of Wooden Ducklings to go along with our Book Nook – Have You Seen My Duckling? Just like the book, I made 1 Mama and 8 little ducklings. (Notice one…
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Winter Gnome House
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In the Land of the Pharaohs
Bug, Fairy and Pixie are learning about Ancient Egypt. When they needed a pyramid, and needed one fast, we got out the Big Bucket-O-Legos and started building. After about an hour, the five of us……
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Wooden Christmas Blocks
NOTE: For more photos of Wooden Christmas Blocks, check HERE! If you can cut a piece of 2×4, you can make this project. BTW… even if YOU can’t cut a 2×4, many lumber yards are willing to…
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Christmas Corner – Wooden Pine Forest
Here is our second variation of our Christmas Tree Applique Block. Because art is suppose to imitate life… we’ve mixed our Wooden Pine Forest in with our Wooden Autumn Forest! (We will have a winter scene…
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Just a Peek!
We had a very busy weekend, tons and tons of fun… but we were exposed to lots and lots of people. Michelle and I assumed SOMEONE would stumble upon a bug this weekend… and, as…
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Gourd Ghost Sculpture Halloween Decoration
Saturday night is our 19th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party… I’ll tell you more about that later. But when the decorations were unpacked, a devastating discovery was made. Mice had gotten into one of the boxes and…
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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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Wooden Apple Orchard Tutorial
To make this apple orchard you will need to use a scroll saw, a dremel and a drill. I am a VERY novice woodworker, and have no tips or suggestions for how to use this…
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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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Wall flower
It was a great weekend in the garden. Tim helped turn my doodles into reality. (I use the word helped liberally… he did the lion’s share of the work!) Anyway, I am beyond thrilled with…
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Homemade Beeswax Wood Finish Recipe
To protect your all natural wooden toys, you will want to use a nontoxic, natural wood finish. We like to use our homemade beeswax wood finish. It include olive oil or jojoba oil that will…
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All Natural Wooden BUILDING Blocks Tutorial
Today we are making these fun “Building” shaped All Natural Wooden BUILDING Blocks. We made our All Natural Wooden BUILDING Blocks out of pine wood. Many old, rustic toys were made out of pine because…
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Homemade Wood Folk Farm Animals Directions
Make some of your very own handmade wood folk farm animals for your play farm set. This is a project that even my youngest kiddo was able to participate in and enjoy. For this week’s Unplugged Challenge theme hard we…
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