Recently my grandmother told her friend, “I’m looking forward to an afternoon of knitting.” Her friend responded that she doesn’t know how to do anything like that. My grandmother is …
Bleach Pen T-Shirt Art
Every year we have one co-op handicraft that is just plain crafty. This year I chose bleach pen t-shirts. I had seen some neat ones, but then during Christmas break …
Are Your Handicrafts Manly Enough?
Mitchell starting a fire. We’ve done a lot of handicrafts. A lot! I’m tempted to start listing them all off for you, but then my perfectionist side would take over, …
Handicraft – Christmas Nature Wreath
This week we were very excited to make a Christmas wreath using whatever natural material we could find on our nature walks. I had high hopes, but I am even …
A Thanksgiving Tree
After reading Ann Voskamp’s post Why November is Statistically the Hardest Month, I decided a Thanksgiving Tree was in order. I am a true procrastinator, so typically I would not get …
Christmas Handicrafts – Climbing Kid Bookmarks
I have changed the name of these wonderful little bookmarks, but just look at them and you will agree that the name fits. They are bookmarks that look as though …
Christmas Handicrafts – Crushed Ice Candles
We continued with our theme of Christmas gifts the students can make at our Charlotte Mason co-op yesterday, and it was a hit! I would highly recommend you make these. They are …
Christmas Handicrafts – Iris Folding
This year I will again be leading the handicraft portion of our Charlotte Mason co-op. In the past we have done this in various ways, either doing a different project …