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Baby Babushka toy {a tutorial}
A babushka doll made for baby D by Lily
An easy soft stuffed toy, easily modified or decorated at your whim.
Lily created this doll one day while we visited friends, it really didn’t take long and she was proud of her efforts.
{i am learning to stay out of the way of her inspirations more and more as her skills develop
and i know she is capable to see it through}
Begin with two large rectangles of felt fabric and a scrap for a face circle
needle and strong thread of various colours
fluffy wool to stuff it
half a cup of rice or similar large grain to fill the bottom of the body
sketch a babuska-esque pattern, fold in half and trim the shape to mirror each side
trace this pattern onto your two felt rectangles {front and back of body}
cut out a circular piece in contrasting colour to become the face,
stitch the face circle into position with small neat stitches around the edge
adorn her with features, hair, etc at this point
lay front piece on top of the back and begin stitching around the body, Lily began at a shoulder and left the head open to stuff the body
pour the grain into the base of the doll so she will stand up
fill the rest with fluffy wool
stitch up your last opening
adorn as you wish, with embroidery, buttons or fabric clothing etc
gift it to a little person who will surely enjoy chewing on the arms….
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learning through letter writing… and lasting friendship
when Lily was on her way to two years old, we pulled up in the fringes of Fremantle WA to make our home for a while. We initially house sat for friends of ours and then stayed on for a few weeks after their return. Their wee boy Fern was only four weeks older than Lily and soon these two where playing, cooking, working, eating, walking, peeing and making mischief companionably alongside each other
We nicknamed them straighty and curly (their hair) and told funny stories about their adventures.. during the years we lived nearby, they surely where besties and devoted fans of the Amazing Drumming Monkeys! {do you like all my made-up words?}
we’ve all had a lot of adventures since then, but the connection is alive in our hearts and when I sat letter writing during the week, Lily joined me to write to Fern who now lives in NZ.
We haven’t seen him since late 2008 but the occasional letter or gift or joke passes over the sea between them.
I was quietly hopefull this letter writing would go without frustration (hers) and outwardly, gently encouraging as Lily focused in on this task. She has only recently begun writing more than a few words spontaneously and she seemed abit daunted by the long blank page. Enthused, but asking me to help her decide what to write, she eventually decided to write about her life because he doesn’t know what she’s been doing. {dear Fern I live in a bus it is powered on blueberry gas… thats 8 year old humor for you}After the first paragraph she copies jokes down for him to giggle over, and then drew a cartoon story on the back about life in the bus and so it became a good laughing session and I was so pleased to see her persistence and interest and enjoyment of the ink flowing onto the page, even if some of it was blobs.
Sometimes I am anxious about her ‘official educating’ when she has spent so much time absent from school, yet we have not officially taken up the homeschool banner. I question whether she is stimulated enough or if her skills are developing as they need to. I doubt myself and my ability to guide her along the paths of interest and learning and sometimes wonder if she is simply bored bored bored! I fall into the trap of comparison with other families and how they get on with their lives and education, I worry and celebrate and come up with great ideas and sometimes am at a complete loss.
So you see, when these moments happen and I am shown how naturally her writing and punctuation and word structure and creative writing have developed without formal classes I am so, so excited! From last week to this her skill has remarkably improved in this area, and since this day of letter writing she has written a few more short stories and in depth captions to her illustrations. {she had a fever over the weekend and I do have to wonder about the picture from Anthroposophy in which children often come out of a fever having grown or developed or moved into a new place, or something fantastic like that}
I have subscribed to this wonderful blog Simple Homeschool {never let your schooling interrupt your education}
Here I find writings which are so encouraging with regards to some of these struggles I have. One point which is repeated is along these lines
“the connection and relationship and enjoyment of each other take priority over
getting the comma in the right place every time”
And so, I am enthused and inspired about this child’s learning which evolves in front of me, mirrored by my own personal learning amidst it all. Particularly the gift of humour!
did you enjoy the amusing photo’s of the little ones amongst my musings?
{i just couldn’t resist sharing them once I got back into to my old library of photographs}
do you home school, school school or some other?
how have you and your child/ren approached literature skills?
or how do you imagine approaching this with them?
any thing you want to share on this topic?
have you a love of the written word?
peace and ponderings
Roselinde
xx
L’illustrations
Welcome welcome
Roll up roll up
Introducing a new page here at Rosalindentree
Announcing L’illustrations
autumn play in celebration of the season change
L’illustrations is a changing gallery of original artworks by Lily aged eight.
I had the honor of a brief interview with the artist
Lily how does it feel to know people all around the world are looking at your art?
Good!
how do you think they will feel when they see your drawings?
Happy!
So I hope Lily’s whimsical illustrations bring you as much happiness as they do for her and for us!!
Daniel the Devil
Last week at Salamanca market we chose
Daniel the Devil from local authors and artists, Marion and Steve Isham.
They have published 18 books for kids featuring Australian characters animals and historical features. They are informative, beautiful and unique. Some have riddled or clues hidden in them.
Lily plans to choose one book each week!
Daniel has inspired some shadow puppet making this morning so Lily can make a play of the book. She’s using black electrical tape on paper with long pop sticks and is looking forward to taking them up to show Marion and Steve later in the day!!
While Cedar has ( with help) thickly covered a page with wax crayon(stockmar beeswax blocks) and is scratching at the layers with a pointed stick to reveal pretty colored patterns.
Remember doing this as a kid?