Elf in a sleeping bag

Lately I have been focusing on providing Nadia with a lot of free time to play. Allowing time for unstructured play is very important in feeding the creative mind. This is where the creative ideas come flowing in…

Nadia is working on a little felt elf who has his own little sleeping bag and pillow…

She cut out the materials and sewed them herself…with some guidance from me when she asked for help.

We have agreed that unless she asks me for help I will not bring ideas of my own 😃

Once the elf and his sleeping bag was ready …she moved on to playtime. Most of these items below have been made by her. The lovely mushroom fairy house was made at summer school in Montessori. She shaped, baked and painted it all herself.

Isn’t the elf in his sleeping bag cute? He is camping out under the stars tonight.

Just love seeing the scene come alive…

Imagination…story building all coming together

Of course I joined in the fun too 🧚‍♀️

Have a great week.

Cheers,

Aruna

Felt purses

Cutting felt and stitching to make purses…

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Look at those tiny stitches…

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Isn’t that pretty?

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Nadia added a button so the purse can be closed.

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Another blue one…

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With a butterfly 🙂

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These turned out really well!

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We have been using these as gift card holders.

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Have a great Sunday!

Cheers,
Aruna

Wolf mask

Ms. Nadia now has the sewing fever. She made a cute wolf mask. I helped her cut out the felt and she stitched it all together.

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She needs help threading the needle.

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She added some string and cut out slits for the eyes.

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Here she is posing as a bored wolf 🙂

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Playtime has been a ton of fun!

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Have a great week.

Cheers,

Aruna

Sewing a bunny in a blanket

Nadia has been learning to sew. She is super excited and is enjoying it very much.

Here, she is making a little bunny rabbit. Isn’t he cute?

She made him a little pillow and a blanket with a pretty flower on it. She stuffed the bunny and the pillow with Ozzie’s hair 🙂

Here he is, all snug in his little Altoids bed.

Here’s to more sewing projects!

Cheers,

Aruna