Viking comes to Hearthstone!

Eric the Viking doping a great hands on Viking culture presentation!

drop spindle

We used these to show the third grade how to use a drop spindle to make yarn. This craft goes all the way back to viking culture which they have been studying in class.
As an extra surprise I brought a special visitor.
Eric the Viking to visit!

Wool Angels & Fairies

The is is another first grade project. They learned to tie wool into lovely Angels & fairies then we tied them with fishing line to a grapevine wreath and made hanging mobiles.
They look very heavenly in the class room.

Finished Chickees!

This is what the 1st grade did with that wet felt fabric they hand made.
I brought in herbs & dried flowers for them to choose from and the stuffed these delightful chickees with herbs like lavender, chamomile, spearmint & Rose.
They then used pieces of Sari fabric to sew around the border for embellishment. Finally they added wood beads for the eyes and a feather for the tail.
I am amazed at what these little hands were able to make.
I am so proud of these Chickees . Each so Unique and lovely!
They got to take them home in a basket of real Easter grass they grew.

My Suna making Love bread with Ms. Kitty's Pre-k class

Wonderful Handcrafted Wood pieces made by Aron's 5th grade class.

Wet Felting

The First graders wet felting their own designs. You won't believe what they are going to be using their handmade, hand designed wool fabric for.
The finished pieces are going to be absolutely amazing work for first graders. Project Chickadee is will be finished by Easter and I am looking forward to posting those pics.

The middle pic is when we made felted jingle balls.

The 3rd grade Watercolors. Eagle, Bush Baby & Snake.
What outstanding painting skills they are developing.

Felted Squid Pillows

Those wonderful felted Squid pictures were turned into one of a kind pillows.
This project was so wonderful, these boys made unbelievable functional beautiful art!

We will be sharing the wonderful projects we are working on in our delightful Waldorf inspired school.
You will notice that much of the handwork will evolve and build upon itself as the children move along on their crafting Journeys.
The first pictures show the first graded felt rope, felt bead and the the larger felt balls that have jingle bells in the middle.
We will build upon these basic skills in our next class to start making people and animals.
Kids love the feel of the wool.
The crafts are wonderful because all you need is carded wool, soap & warm water.

These are little lambs we made with the first grade class. We used carded wool and pipe cleaners.
We wrapped the wool around. They look great on the nature table.
The Children had a blast making them.

First Time Wet Felting for 3rd grade

They are working on the animal kingdom now. We decided to do felt inlay pictures. They all did a squid in the ocean. Each squid is so Unique. They have really been working hard on these pieces and I can't wait to show pictures of the completed pieces.
Ms. Liz did the earth heart.
After we felt these further we may sew a wool backing to make pillows or they could just frame them to hang as art on the wall.