October 13th, 2022 Workshop: Autumn Nature Table Crafts

Autumn Nature Table Crafts Thursday, October 13th, 2022 8:30-10:30 am Please register here to attend the event Sign in at the Hartsbrook Hall Main Entrance

Event Location: South Mod (enter the building from the ramp along the side of Piening Hall, the High School)

Description: Join Hartsbrook parents Rachel Beaupré and Karen Lavallee-Tente and create some soft fiber sculptures that will bring a bit of autumn into your home. We'll make simple hand-sewn pumpkins and needle-felted acorns. No previous crafting experience is necessary! All materials will be provided.

A $5-7 donation towards supplies is appreciated.

Look for our table at Friday Coffee Hour to preview the crafts!

Questions? Contact Rachel Beaupré (1st and 4th grade parent) at rgbeaupre@gmail.com or Karen Lavalle-Tente (4th grade parent) 413-210-8012 (text)

Hartsbrook Community Crafting is back!

About Community Crafting:

Share in the joy of making among friends! Community Crafting is a parent-led group offering monthly workshops in a range of practical and decorative arts. Try your hand at paper crafts, wet and needle felting, hand and machine sewing, basket weaving and more, and experience some of the skills our children develop in their classwork. All members of our school community are welcome. No previous crafting experience is necessary! 

This group is supported by the Family Association. Please email fta@hartsbrook.org with any questions.

Paper snowflakes

Join the Easthampton snowflake contest! Mail in by 2/1/21 (details at link below)

Share photos of your process or finished shape with your Hartsbrook crafting community by emailing them to communitycrafting@hartsbrook.org to get them posted here.

Window stars

In November, we fold stars to decorate the windows of the school for the holiday fair. They are not difficult! Come learn and fold for yourself. You need waxed kite paper (sold in large sheets or in 6" square pads) or tissue paper you can cut into squares or rectangles.

Beautiful instructions: https://denverwaldorf.org/wisdom-of-waldorf/waldorf-window-stars/

    Two different videos of making that star: 

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=ua__xf55z1Q

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4rTo8eROpY

 

 

Helpful videos on how to fold two types of stars using rectangular paper.

https://youtu.be/pEG84Hb8aDQ

9:00 she begins gluing points together

12:00 she does the tricky part of attaching the last piece to the first. 

Her video for 8 pointed star:

https://youtu.be/H-uLFRFTtI0

 

 

16-pointed rainbow star by Andrea & Fenton, 2020

Another post with links to many beautiful patterns: http://andamentoblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/window-stars.html

A wreath of five pointed stars! http://invitationtothebutterflyball.blogspot.com/2014/02/new-window-star-tutorial-with-printable.html

Beanbags

Holiday Fair-in-a-box craft activity for children 8+

Materials:

• 2.5" x 5" pieces of felt or fabric
• Needle
• Floss
• Filling: beans, lentils, rice, or flax seeds
  Note: If you have a fine filling, stitches will need to be very small

Paper birds

Holiday Fair-in-a-box craft activity for younger children

Materials:

• 2 mirror image birds
• Wings material
• String
• Glue
• Scissors (optional)

Instructions:

1. Glue the birds together.
2. Put yarn through the hole and knot into a loop.
3. Gather the end of one wing and put it through the whole.
4. Arrange the wings and use scissors to trim to the shape you would like, and adjust the yarn so the bird is balanced.
5. Enjoy!

Virtual Holiday Fair 2020

This year our crafts are packed up for you to make at home! You can order a fair-in-a-box from The Hartsbrook School. Activities include:

• Waldorf window stars
• Kettle corn
• Paper birds
• Candle holders
• Embroidery floss knotwork
• Juggling beanbags

https://www.hartsbrook.org/community-events/holiday-fair-crafts/