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15 Mar

With Saint Patrick's Day approaching, I wanted to brighten up the house with some fun decorations. I realized, however, that I had absolutely no Saint Patrick's day themed decor at all! So, together with my daughter, we set out to create a simple Saint Patrick's day wreath. We have a set of small doors leading into our homeschool, and we thought it would be the perfect way to add a splash of color to this space - so we actually made two! One for each door. This project is super simple. Most of the materials we...

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12 Mar

Our project for today was a paper sloyd pentagon-shaped calendar. This was the 9th of the Supplementary Models from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. Now, if it's not terribly obvious, these Supplementary Models are somewhat annoying. Despite having practically no instruction, we been able to figure them out. But we have now entered the "wild guess" space. With no images to guide us, and the significant fact that this book was originally published in 1905, we are left with very little idea of what we are supposed to be...

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05 Mar

Today we are making a paper sloyd doll house tabouret. This project is the 8th supplementary model from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. These supplementary models are presumably at the back of the book for extra practice, and we've committed to doing them all. We want there to be a place where our fellow Charlotte Mason homeschoolers can go to find a solution to their paper sloyd questions. But - these models are a challenge! Not only do they lack instruction, but we have no idea as to what...

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27 Feb

After the difficulty and frustration of our last model, the paper sloyd doll house chair, we were more than relieved to find that today's paper sloyd rosette bookmark was fairly simple and quick to make. In fact we enjoyed it so much that we made THREE! After all, what homeschooler doesn't need a bookmark or two? Or three? Today we are making the 7th Supplementary Model from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. So, gather around, collect your supplies, and let's do some paper sloyd together! Our video below will walk...

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24 Feb

I was looking forward to creating this paper sloyd doll house chair! It looked like it might be a challenge, but I was eager to see the final result and excited at the idea of making doll house furniture with my daughter.. This model is Supplementary Model #6 from the book Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. There are 14 Supplementary Models tucked in the back of this book. They do not come with pictures of how they will look when assembled, there are no instructions, and they have minimal labeling of measurements....

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17 Feb

Today, as part of our paper sloyd adventures, we are going to be learning how to create another paper sloyd silk winder. This project is the fifth supplementary model from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. Last week, we made our first silk winder, project #4, which was reminiscent of our thread winders from the second year. While there are no suggestions regarding the purpose of the supplementary paper sloyd models in the back of this book, my children and I decided for us, they are for additional practice. It seems...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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