For a peaceful home, for a peaceful world
Sewing beads onto material with thread. Frida loved doing this today. This was absolutely process art: there was no outcome in mind, just some exploration using two materials she knows well (sewing materials and threading beads) in a new way. After she had finished she wanted to display her finished piece next to some of…
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Frida has been working with threading and lacing materials for a while now. At 19 months she was threading beads onto a string, at 27 months she was using a lacing fox, and recently she has been using a lacing toy with beads. I have been thinking for a little while that she might be ready…
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We have recently introduced Frida to modelling clay! I have such fond memories of using modelling clay (I think we called it plasticine?) as a child, and so was really looking forward to getting some out to use with Frida. Although I could have made a batch of playdough and mixed up all different colours,…
Read MoreFrida is poorly again! The poor girl has a cough and a cold and is generally under the weather, so I cancelled our plans and decided a slow morning was on the cards instead. I feel like I haven’t offered many fine motor activities recently, and I remembered that I had a big pack of…
Read MoreLast week at Frida’s playgroup we made a jar lantern together, and it was such a lovely and simple craft to do that I wanted to encourage you to have a go! To make the simplest jar lantern, all you need is: a clean jar; some tissue paper; some clear drying (child safe!) glue; and…
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