Saturday, August 27, 2011

Renate Müller

We recently discovered this amazing book on Renate Müller, the designer of these beautiful and therapeutic hand made jute and leather toys. Of course she first designed them in the 60s, but she's still working hard today.


Saturday, August 6, 2011

Shoelace Sewing



Simple shapes with pre-cut holes that your little one can use by sewing around the edges (this isn't a practical sewing project). This activity was originally inspired by a 5-year old boy we spoke to. His kindergarten class has a wooden sewing set which is very popular with the children. Here are instructions and templates so you can make your own sewing set.

This is great for the 3-5 set and is a surprisingly easy craft project to set up.