We missed many of you this week – lots of illness going around – but we rallied by squeezing dough, playing outside, tug-of-war, charades and then tying up everyone in turn. Next week, maybe you?
February 5 – Pajamas, Puzzles + Playdough
Brought to you by the letter P. Please wear your favorite jammies! We'll be comfy and cozy this week in our bedtime gear. Which feels like the perfect time to make puzzles, if you're into those. If not, bring your board games! Or crafts! Let's mix up our own play dough! This will be a …
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January 29 – Art Books and Painting Mess, plus a Side of Breakfast
Aaaaaaaand we're back! Hello, friends. I'm excited to be packing up my materials crate again. We have a couple of new families joining us this week! Let's ease back in with some quiet arting... and games. Plan to make (and eventually clean) a giant art mess. Bring any art books you have lying around – …
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December 11 – Pioneer Morning + PM Theatre
We're power-free this morning! Just for the two hours before lunch, never fear. We'll use this time to craft a yarn doll, practice whittling and take turns stringing popcorn on twine by candlelight. If anyone wants to make + write with berry ink, or any other pioneer-type craft or game, please bring the supplies (or …
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December 4 – Felted Things + Holiday Cards
We're using felted wool sweaters to make stockings or mittens. One large sweater, felted, makes a single stocking or two pairs of kid-sized mittens – sometimes both! Look for as close to 100% wool – including mohair, alpaca, and merino – as you can find. To felt your sweater(s), wash it in HOT water with …
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November 20 – Hand Sewing, Cardboard Play + a Wrap Party Lunch
Too much? Possibly, but we're whipping through projects lately, so... Let's sew something! Please bring your scrap felt + fabric this week for some sewing practice. These pictures look super feminine, which wasn't my intention. But as Wilder has sewn a knife, I swear there are more gender-neutrally inspiring things that I can't find pictures …
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November 13 – Collections + (More) Needle Felting
The way some people collect things... It's fun to share the things that inspire us! This week, we're bringing our collections to present and share. These do not have to be fancy, or even grouped and labelled – just bring whatever you guys collect. For example, we have jars of found glass, pinned bugs, myriad …
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November 6 – Explore Time + Felting
It's going to be excellent weather for outdoor play this week - in the 50s! Bring costumes if your kids still want to play in them, and we can still do all of the Halloween games we're interested in. But topic-wise, I'm moving outside! Let's try our hand at telling time using the sky and …
October 30 – Halloween Party
It's a party! Come with your Halloween best – ALL of you! – with, probably, a spare outfit for playing outdoors (or keeping warm indoors). There'll be lots of snow. I'll bring the traffic cones to block off the turnaround, so the kids can employ the full driveway to build forts for 10-30 minutes at …
October 16 – Paper Mache (aka BIG Mess)
Pumpkin-shaped inspiration! We're going to paper mache some stuff. Please bring a form – something to mold – if you'd like to do bowls, or balloons if you'd prefer to pumpkin. We'll need lots of newspaper as well, so bring whatever you have lying around that isn't shiny. Some kid-prep links include this video about …
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