This is the label I made for my Daughters Mandrake costume. You can see the costume here, craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-little-mandrake.html And here craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-little-mandrake.html And I used it for a miniature mandrake I crocheted for a swap. You can see a picture in this post. craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2009/05/reducio-sock-swap-gif... Please feel free to use my label. I would love to see a picture of your costume, craft,... Just leave me a link. :)
Check out this easy butterfly craft for kids! Using just a few cheap craft supplies (hello Amazon), kids can paint butterflies with tissue paper! What a fun idea! These beautiful painted paper butterflies are made even easier with our free butterfly printable. This may be the perfect craft idea for spring and summer!
See how we homeschool the first grade and what homeschool curriculum for grade 1 I use with my daughter. She really loves everything we've done so far.
I created a fun shoes color matching game for my daughter to play with as she learns 10 different colors. I am offering it to you for free!
Looking for prayers for your daughter? I have used these 17 prayers for my daughter, and you can also pray for your daughter with power!
One of my summertime childhood memories is eating the yummy watermelon sherbet dessert at Friendly’s restaurant. I loved it, so I decided to try to replicate this dessert for my own kids’ summertime memories! I made some “watermelon pie” for our 4th of July feast this year…to great success! My 4-year-old daughter loved it – … Continued
This week my younger daughter will celebrate her 16th birthday, and I’m not entirely sure it’s hit me yet. I believe you’ve met my trusty sidekick, Denial.
As much as I love the hands-on activities and crafts in our My Father’s World Kindergarten Curriculum, I was not very good about doing the Words to Remember badges with my daughter. So, I came
I've written a love letter to my daughter for her 13th birthday. I hope that she continues to grow into the strong woman that she is becoming.
A proud letter to my daughter saying everything I want her to know about life. If I’m not always by your side, let this guide you.
As Mother's Day approaches, I'm going to talk about 18 life lessons for my daughter from a mom's perspective to help her grow and light up her path.
Love them or hate them. As a child, I was fascinated with dandelions and the memories flooded back when my daughter became fascinated with them as a toddler. She called them Tinkerbell flowers. So when I set up polkadots & bloom in autumn 2009, dandelions were one of the first designs I stitched. And they
The above is the loft bed I had in mind. I drew it out so my friends daughter, Nova, could approve. The look of it changed a bit since this drawing but is mostly the same. There will be a dresser tucked under the right side, the steps will have drawers, and the left side will look like drawers but would actually be a door. That last part changed though because I wasn't sure how well they would take care of the door (my friends kids are a bit rough with doors, haha!).
Medieval period is a fascinating time to study, and these activities will bring it to life for tweens. From authentic recipes to knights and castles, there's something here for everyone.
If you've seen Jady Alvarez on YouTube, you'll definitely want to know about her preschool writing, literacy, and math bundle. Jady A has made it easy!
Who doesn't know and love "Frere Jacques"? This is a folk song that most of your kids even know, but there is so much you can do with it. This is a great song to present half note, fa, low sol, part-singing, and so much more! I'm using it this year to present half note to my 2nd graders. We prepped and prepped half note at the end of last year, and have been reviewing it for this year. I'm just about ready to present it (my 2nd graders this year are just amazing - this is slightly earlier than I've done it with 2nd grade in the past). Anyway, we've been singing this song in class and doing different activities with it. I had them do this little game/dance that I sort of made up: Standing in a double circle in pairs, each circle walks to their right for 8 beats, then back for 8 beats to face their partner (1st 8 beats is "Frere Jacques," 2nd is "Dormez vous?") Play patty-cake on next 8 beats (Sonnez les matines) clap-right-clap-left, clap-right-clap-left On last 8 beats, wave good-bye and take one step to the right (opposite directions for circles) and face a new partner. Repeat. If you do this enough times, the kids should be standing in front of their original partners after a few turns. My kids loved this! I also loved that by counting the beats, they were internalizing that they took two steps on "vous" - a great prep for half note. Another activity they really enjoyed is identifying the long notes. We haven't labeled them yet, but they know where they are. I had some students come up and play a few instruments that make "bell" sounds - finger cymbals, triangles, etc on the long notes. Then, a student suggested that instead of singing, the instruments play the "din dan don" part on their own. So great! So, that inspired me to write a simple little Orff arrangement. Feel free to adapt it to your instruments, change parts up, etc. I've included a simple recorder part if you'd like to use it with recorders. I created a file for Teachers Pay Teachers that can help when you present the half note, fa, or low sol, as this song is great for all of them! It has a lot included, like iconic rhythmic notation: Iconic melodic notation: Actual rhythmic notation: Song lyrics in English and French, and more. You can find it here for $1.50 if you want to help contribute to my adoption fund :) Frere Jacques Since my focus this year is on music around the world, I'm choosing to teach this song in French. I was looking around the internet the other day, and found this great website that has video clips of kids from different European countries singing this song in their own language: Frere Jacques around the world. So cute! The kids get a kick out of this familiar song in so many languages!
April is a busy birthday month for me, so this year I made decided to make some Layer Cake quilts for my daughter, Varinia, my grandaughter, Ishta and I finally finished the Strip Quilt for my granddaughter Ce'Nedra. Layer Cake quilts are quick to make. I simply lay the squares out on the floor and move them around until they look aesthetically pleasing. Then I take a photo so I remember how I want the quilt to come together. This quilt is Varinia's. I love the bright summer colors in this 'Honey Honey' layer cake by Kate Spain for Moda.
I made a bag for my daughter - I love it! She is expecting a baby girl in July, after two boys I thought she is probably ready for some gir...
When I consider the pressures she will face and the challenges she'll overcome, I pray these prayers for my teenage daughter.
I absolutely adore Fairly Odd Parents or more specifically Cosmo and Wanda :) My Daughter loves the show too so I had to make them. I took my Princess Paige Doll Pattern (I have it for sale in My Store) and made some adjustments. If you can't see the pics right click on the picture and select view picture. What do you think? For those of you who don't know what they are supposed to look like here is a pic :) Here are the adjustments. These are meant to go with This Pattern Cosmo Colors: Hair: Green Shirt: White with black tie Pants Black Wanda Colors: Hair: Pink Shirt: Yellow Pants: Black Cosmo Arms: Switch colors after RND 5 Shirt Collar: after the Arm section, attach white yarn to the front middle and crochet around, do not join, ch 1, turn, sc back around, FO with a long tail, fold collar down and sew down onto shirt. Then attach head. Tie: Rnd 1: ch 3, turn, 2 sc, ch 1, turn Rnd 2-7: 2 sc, ch 1, turn Rnd 8: sc2tog 1 time FO with a long tail weave tail back up piece and fold the top down a couple rows and sew down. thread tail through collar and attach to the other side securing the tie. Hair: Follow 1st part of Hair on pattern Pt 2: Large chunk of Hair: Work in the round Rnd 1: 4 sc in ring, Rnd 2: 4 sc Rnd 3: 2 sc in each sc around (8) Rnd 4: 8 sc Rnd 5: *1 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (12) Rnd 6: 12 sc Rnd 7: *2 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (16) Rnd 8: 16 sc Rnd 9: *3 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (20) Rnd 10: 20 sc Rnd 11: *4 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (24) Rnd 12: 24 sc Rnd 13: *5 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (28) No longer worked in round Row 1-4: 15 sc, ch 1, turn do not stuff Small Chunk of Hair: Work in the round Rnd 1: 4 sc in ring, Rnd 2: 4 sc Rnd 3: 2 sc in each sc around (8) Rnd 4: 8 sc Rnd 5: *1 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (12) Rnd 6: 12 sc Rnd 7: *2 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (16) Rnd 8: 16 sc Rnd 9: *3 sc, 2 sc in next sc* rep from * to * around (20) No longer worked in round Row 10-13: 15 sc, ch 1, turn do not stuff sew to head Wanda: Hair: Follow 1st part of Hair on pattern Large Swirl: Rnd 1: Work 8 sc in first ch Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (16) Rnd 3: *Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc*, rep from * to * around (24) Rnd 4: *Sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc*, rep from * to * around (32) Rnd 5-8: Sc in each sc around (4 rounds) Rnd 9:*2 sc, Sc2tog*, rep from * to * around (24) Rnd 10: *1 sc, Sc2tog*, rep from * to * around (16) Rnd 11: sc2tog 11 times Small Swirl: Rnd 1: Work 8 sc in first ch Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (16) Rnd 3&4: sc in each sc around (2 rounds) Rnd 5: sc2tog 11 times Ears: ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hook, 6 sc, FO and fold in half, sew middle together. For wanda sew earrings on with yellow Crown: Rnd 1: Work 8 sc in first ch Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (16) no longer worked in round Row 1&2: 4 sc, ch 1, turn Row 3: sc2tog 2 times Row 4: sc2tog 1 time ss down the side and repeat rows 1-4 3 more times fold edges toward the middle and sew sides together a couple stitches, forming the crown Wings: ch 7, turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook (back loop only) 5 sc, sc 3 stitches in the 6th sc spot, turn and sc down the other side, ch 1 turn, 7 sc, 3 in next space, 6 sc back down the other side, FO, attach blue and sc around entire piece, Stitch blue line in the middle of the wing. attach to doll. Nose: attach skin color yarn to face and sc 3 stitches across then down 1 and back 2 forming a circle, join with 1 ss, dec around, FO Face: Black and White Felt Glue Gun If you want to make them have wands you can use a pipe cleaner and some Yellow felt or some yellow foam. Just an idea ;) If you have any trouble by all means let me know and I will try my best to help :) ************************************************************************************* Happy New Year Everyone! ********************************************************************** This work by April Folts is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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I couldn't stop looking at this freebie. When I asked my daughter if she liked the designs on the organizers and she loved them, I knew it wasn't just me. These printable graphic organizers are really cute and eye catching. They can be used for any subject and are a winner with the kids (because they are not boring). They are neutral enough to be used for either boys or girls and for varying ages. So, I just had to share them with you all.
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