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Craft Projects

03 Jan

Who knew it would be so difficult to make a clay model of a Jerusalem artichoke?! But it's not the making of the clay model that is difficult, it's finding the Jerusalem artichoke! More often than not, finding the object is the most challenging task of the entire project. My working theory is that the book we are working through, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin was written in England back in the early 1900s. Maybe broad beans and cockle shells were hanging out on street corners back then. Things are apparently a little different here...

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

There is something especially meaningful and rewarding about watching simple practice turn into something beautiful. If you’ve been following along with us in our Brushwork handicraft series, practicing the same strokes over and over, again and again, you may have at some point wondered if it’s really doing anything. This simple watercolor Christmas wreath project is here to remind you that it is. Today, we are bringing together our lessons and skills developed in the last few months, to show how a few, carefully practiced skills can be surprisingly stunning. A Simple Christmas Wreath Project This simple watercolor Christmas wreath is...

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

Today we are going to be making a clay model of an ivy leaf. We are working through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin and this is model #27. If you've been following along with us, you'll know that we've made leaves before, so we will be referring back to those models as we work through this one. As homeschoolers, this is part of our Charlotte Mason education. Did we have an ivy plant growing in our home? No. So again we set out to find the object for our clay modelling...

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06 Dec

I'm so excited for brushwork, lesson #14! This lesson from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson is a lesson on the violet. It's using the brush forms that we've been learning in our previous lesson to make a different type of flower and leaves. Growing up in the north, these were what violets looked like. We always had violets in our home because they were one of my Mom's favorite flowers. My Dad would buy them for her regularly and she would always have a small pot of them on the dining room table. ...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts
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29 Nov

Our next project in our clay modelling series for homeschoolers is a clay model of an almond nut. This is model #26 from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin. Model by model, we have committed to working through this book as part of our Charlotte Mason education. This model is done in a similar way as model #3, which was a plum. The project begins in a similar way, but ends in a way that is unique to the almond nut. Materials Needed The book, A Manual of Clay Modelling by Hermione Unwin (or free online HERE) Modeling Clay (the book suggests...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts
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22 Nov

We are going to paint butterflies today! I was so excited to do today's brushwork lesson! It's amazing to me that what started as simple brush forms has progressed to painting beautiful butterflies in just 13 lessons. If you are following along with us, we are working our way through the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson as part of our homeschool art curriculum. The goal of Brushwork, Lesson #13 is to take everything we've learned so far - all the way back to Lesson #1 - and incorporate it all into our butterfly design. No one...

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