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07 May

We are so excited to be moving on to a new handicraft! We loved paper sloyd and cardboard sloyd, but looking back, we found that it limited our creativity. Now, as we get started with needle felting, we can literally feel the freedom to create bursting out of our minds and bodies! We are no longer limited to following specific instructions, and making specific models - we are now free to choose and to create whatever our hearts desire! As a family, we chose needle felting as our next handicraft because it is a handicraft we've been working...

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30 Apr

There's an odd ritual that happens every spring in Texas. One by one, families leave their homes. Some dress in jeans, cowboy boots and cowboy hats; others in their Sunday best. They gather in secret spots known sometimes to only a few. Often the secret leaks out and many show up. They are here to see the bluebonnets, the Texas state flower that blankets the fields and sideroads. But more than that, they are here to take the obligatory, yearly bluebonnet pictures. Pretty much every Texan has a picture of themselves in the...

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09 Apr

Today's project is a paper sloyd letter box. This is the 13th supplementary model from the book Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. It is another project that I had to research. We don't tend to have letter boxes these days, but apparently they were a thing, back in 1905 when this book was published. This may be because, sadly, letters are almost obsolete nowadays. In the early 1900s, they were a valuable form of communication, and were therefore kept in beautiful boxes. Letter boxes were made from all sorts of sources, including metal, wood, and paper. Ours,...

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02 Apr

Our project for today is a paper sloyd diamond-shaped box. This project is the 12th supplementary model from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. It's a beautiful little box with a lid, that can be used for so many things. We're thinking hair elastics, push pins, paper clips, buttons etc. Although we've created several boxes in the past (a pencil box, a bonbon box, a handkerchief box, a ribbon box, a pen box, a box with cover, a sliding pencil box, a round button box, and a triangular candy box,...

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

When my daughter and I initially sat down to do Project #13 from the 3rd year from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades, I may have inwardly groaned. Even my daughter, astutely expressed what I was thinking: "Is a blotting pad something we would ever use?" By this time, we all know that our arts and crafts should have some use, and when using a book published in 1905, you are bound to come across some projects that have no practical application to our world today. We giggled a little together at the thought of...

11:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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07 Apr

This next paper sloyd model, is perhaps the most difficult, yet most useful that we have made so far. Today we are making a paper sloyd calendar. It is Project #9 from the third year from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. We created this model in two parts - first the calendar leaves, and secondly the calendar back. The leaves will eventually be attached to the back, creating a very cute, yet functional desktop calendar. Working with my children, we initially found this project quite challenging. First, was...

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