The weather has turned...which means no more daily trips to the park and lots more time spent inside! Yashar and I have started 'toddlerart' classes at LOLA - (which are wonderful by the way! such a lovely space and a fantastic way to spend time together!) And I have been thinking about more things to make that Yashar would like and things we could make together. Here are some recent discoveries:
Tooth Fairy Bunnies - eeee! these are gorgeous! found on inchmark here and using the bunny template from Kata Golda's book Hand-Stitched Felt
Great Butter Cookie recipe - also from inchmark...so many lovely things there! - I know Yashar will love these - he is always asking me if we can decorate some biscuits :)
The Paper Owl Mobile and the Woodpecker
4 comments:
Ooooh! Awesome ideas. The tooth fairy bunnies and alphabet butter cookies are just the thing to share with my kids. I volunteer at a shelter and I think a little present from the "tooth fairy" or Santa would help bring back much needed sunshine and innocence to kids whose lives have been less ideal.
Would you advice for or against allowing kids 2-4ish to mix food colouring dye for the icing? I think it'd be a great idea to teach them about colours, but I'm concerned whether it would lead them to experiment with finger paint and food. (Which I did as a toddler!)
Again, thanks for always showing cool interactive ideas. Time is one of the best things we can give people, and it's awesome that we can create something beautiful and make lasting memories of being there for kids!
Hugs from The People's Republic of Cambridge, MA
Oooops...Not alphabet butter cookies, but hearts! I thought they were Vs :o)
They're so cute aren't they!
I'm not sure about the colours and eating...I know that for sure Yashar (who is almost 3) has tried to eat the playdough 'cookies' with paint on them that we made in art class last week. He didn't really understand they weren't for eating...I turned my back and in his mouth it went!
That is so fantastic that you volunteer at the shelter. It is really important work. I have volunteered in the past -assisting newly arrived refugees. It was a great experience and so good to see the difference we can make :) I bet you are making really effecting their lives in such a positive way.
LOL @ Playdough eating. It's also one of the many "lovable" things I did as a kid...my momma didn't know whether to be proud or horrified when I informed her that the "piggies blankie" (um...I sort of wrapped it around vienna sausages) needed a little salt and some spices.
Yes, it's really important work ;o) Ironically, I started volunteering in high school to pad my resume for college and then law school. Same thing with volunteering to teach ESL to immigrants and refugees. And then I fell in love with it. It's such a transformative experience to work with kids. You know that you'll really make a difference in their lives, especially in their formative years. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, right?
Art is also a really powerful social change tool. Sometimes when you don't speak the same language, it enables you to connect. For some kids, art is the only way to express their feelings in a way that adults can understand.
Oh, and I almost forgot. A while back you posted a craft idea for "Making Mondays." It was the one where you made a terrarium with the little Eiffel Tower and clouds. My kids and I did a few together, and they were so happy! One child always wanted a princess snow globe she saw at the Disney Store, but her mom couldn't afford it. So when we made a terrarium and attached a tiny little wind-up music box to it, you should've seen her face. It's sort of bittersweet knowing that you helped bring joy to a kid's life, but also knowing that such a simple things means the world to her because she's had a life of virtually nothing.
So thank you so much, Verity and Light Garden!
Aloha,
Leilani
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