Holiday Craft Making Workshops with Christine Culbert
Tuesdays, November 12 & 19
Creating a Season of Light Spiral — Walking a Peaceful Pathway Through Your Holiday Season November 12, 6-8pm CT
The Season of Light Spiral can be a lovely companion to your Advent or Solstice celebrations. In the often busy days of the holiday time, it can be so helpful to create a little time each day to come into the warmth, light and peace of the spiral. Lighting a candle, singing a song and taking a step day by day toward the coming of the light can bring comfort and joy to our children as they wait with anticipation for the special traditions around the solstice and Christmas time. It can easily be placed in the center of your table as your family gathers round for this time of quiet celebration. A candle lit at the center of the spiral guides the way.
The Season of Light Spiral is made with a circular piece of blue wool felt as the foundation. Through needle felting, simple embroidery and blanket stitch we will create the spiral itself, the stars that lead us day by day, and a dear friend who walks the spiral—an angel, a child or a character of your choosing.
A materials list will be released to enrollees one month prior to the workshop.
Can’t make it? Each session will be recorded and available for anyone who enrolls with a viewing window of 30 days.
Joyful Jingle Gnomes Making Gnome Magic and Merriment for Your Little Ones November 19, 6-8pm CT
These little gnomes will make magical stocking stuffers and holiday gifts! They can become dear friends to your children and help to inspire imaginative play. They fit perfectly into little hands. They are simple to make and inspire the maker to create stories, songs and little gnome poems. They have stories to tell and your children will love to listen to them and create their own as well. If you listen very closely, you can hear their jingle bell magic.
The Joyful Jingle Gnomes are made from wool felt and stand 4’ high. With very simple stitching and the addition of a wooden bead for the head, a pipe cleaner inside and a hat, your little gnome will come together very easily. They are guaranteed to bring much joy.
A materials list will be released to enrollees one month prior to the workshop.
Can’t make it? Each session will be recorded and available for anyone who enrolls with a viewing window of 30 days.
About the Instructor
Christine Culbert completed her Waldorf teacher training in 1977. Since then she has had the great fortune of working for many years at the Chicago Waldorf School as a Parent-Child teacher and lead teacher in the Bluebells mixed age kindergarten. She was also on the faculty of the Arcturus teacher training in Chicago, (now Waldorf Teacher Institute),and served as coordinator of the Early Childhood Teacher Training Program for three years. Her love of handwork has been a golden thread running throughout her life as a mother of two daughters and as an early childhood educator of children and adults. In recent years, Christine developed a handwork studio in her home called The Moon Sees Me Studio. She loves to create Waldorf inspired toys, seasons table friends, and table puppets for use in storytelling and puppetry. Her work can be seen on instagram @themoonseesmestudio. Her passion is to share the joy of handwork with others.
Register for This Course
Tuition $50 each session or $80 for both
**After purchasing, you will be sent to a “Thank You” page that will give you a link to register in Zoom and/or Ruzuku. This step must be completed in order to participate in the course or workshop.
Refund Policy: Fees will be refunded in full up to 7 days prior to the start of the course, and at 50% if student cancels enrollment less than a week in advance. Fees are nonrefundable after the start of the course. LifeWays is not responsible for ensuring you register for the course in Ruzuku or Zoom in order to participate and cannot issue refunds if you fail to do so in time. Nor is LifeWays able to refund you if you are not able to secure supplies for a class.
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