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September 27, 2020 Have you ever tried twizzling? It’s a fun, magical process that creates a braided rope of yarn; easy enough for young children to do. Step One: Cut two lengths of yarn in different colors, about twice as long as you need your finished rope to be. Step Two: Each person holds the …
July 8, 2020 Fly bright butterfly, fly to me You soar like a bird, you sip like a bee But you’re really just a flower that the wind set free…. This is a little rhyme we sing in parent/child classes with the children! Then the parents make wonderful, soft, wool felt bean bag and finger …
June 3, 2020 Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones. — Bruce Garrabrandt This week I’d like to share how you can spontaneously make a few sweet toys for your children to play with! A little rag doll friend can live in fairy houses, doll houses …
April 29, 2020 April shower bring May flowers, And what do these May flowers bring? Happy thoughts and sunshine smiles. And wishes for a wonderful Spring. On Friday it will be May 1st. May Day is an old pagan holiday that has been celebrated since ancient Roman times. In the northern hemisphere, May 1st marks …
April 10, 2020 Here’s a great tutorial for beautifully dyed eggs using colors from nature! Either before or after your eggs are dyed, trying blowing some eggs to hang them from your spring branch. How To Blow Eggs: —Use one dozen eggs —With a large safety pin poke a medium sized hole in the bottom of …
April 4, 2020 Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. – Robert H. Schuller Anyone who knits, children included, can make these sweet bunnies in all colors! You will need to knit a square Aran or DK yarn in your choice of colors A strand of black or red yarn for …
April 2, 2020 Encourage your kids to look for nature everywhere you go. It’s the weed breaking through the pavement, It’s the leaves forming small clumps along the side of the road. It’s the sky at any given time of the day or night. It’s the wind doing what it likes to your hair. Look …
March 31, 2020 One of our favorite handwork projects in Marianne’s Parent/ Child classes and in our LifeWays San Francisco Bay Area Training is sewing with felt. Marianne says, “I would like to share this easy project for flying birds and shooting stars that can be quickly sewn at home.” Shooting Star and Flying Bird …
March 30,2020 Join in the great company of those who make barren places of life fruitful with kindness. Carry a vision of heaven in your hearts…Your success and happiness lies in you…The external conditions are the accidents of life. The great enduring realities are love and service. Joy is the holy fire that keeps our …
March 29, 2020 When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. – Maya Angelou Is everyone an expert at videoconferencing now? I sure do miss visiting with friends and family face to face, but I’m glad we can still talk via technology platforms like Zoom or FaceTime. Still… it just isn’t the same, …