Asian Lunar New Year

In honor of East Asian Lunar New Year festival beginning this coming weekend, we will be making dragon puppets and also doing some paper cutting for decorations.

In 2019 begins the year of the Pig! Join us Thursday, January 31 to cut paper pigs -- or any paper cutting!

We will have materials to share.
If you want to bring materials, we may be using:

• Pointed paper knife, cutting board
• Colored paper
• Felt
• Yarn
• Needles
• Popsicle/craft sticks or chopsticks
• Embroidery thread
• Scissors
• Colored pencils

Many thanks to Mao Mao for showing us how to make the "Spring" character paper cuts and the paper lanterns, plus the rooster pattern for Year of the Rooster in 2017.

2017: Welcome the year of the rooster!

Hot water bottle covers

January 24, 2019

For chilly nights, cramps, or belly aches, a hot water bottle is just the soothing thing... if it's in a cozy cover! We will make hot water bottle covers from old sweaters or you can knit a new one to suit. Pattern ideas, some materials, and willing helpers available.

Bring yarn and knitting needles (or a crochet hook) or a sweater you're willing to cut up and repurpose.

Some examples from a collection http://grandmotherspatternbook.com/?p=10292

And an example pattern: http://dottiebowles.com/blog/up-cycled-sweater-hot-water-bottle-cozy


TIP: Hot water bottles are often available in the School Store.

Wool pants from sweaters

First in 2015, Grandparent Eline helped us make patterns to size, and then to sew wool pants using the arms of wool sweaters (not felted!).

We will be doing this again on January 24, 2019. Bring old, adult sweaters, a pair of pants that fits your child, thread, 1" wide elastic for each waistband, and if you have: a portable sewing machine that can do zig-zag stitching. We will have some extra sweaters and thread to share, and paper for making patterns.

If you have a portable sewing machine that does zigzag stitching, please bring it! 

Design notes:

Make sure top is long enough to keep tummy covered. Need more than you think for folding over for elastic.

Photos from December 3, 2015

Repeated this craft December 1, 2016