Tuesday, January 29, 2013

While The Bag Lady Blogs....


.... her children craft.


I won't deny it - those Make A Bag posts are frightfully time-consuming to write. However, what partly makes them possible is the girls now being able to craft independently of me. This leaves me time to write posts and then come and ooh and aah at what they're making. They see me now as a supplies stockist of sorts, coming to me with a list of art and craft materials they need, and then running off to set up "work areas" at which they can create. 

I'm thinking that I need a tiny break from the intensity of bagblogging, so I imagine you might appreciate a post on something else, too. Here are some things the girls made last week - a sort of snapshot of what crafting looks like in our house when there are actual outcomes and not just mess.

Emily made this finger puppet for Jenna. She says it's supposed to have been a Christmas gift but she forgot to give it to Jenna till now.

Here's the back, with the finger holes and a band for the other fingers to hold on to for better manipulation.

Jenna made this purse over the weekend:


And Kate has been drawing up a storm, literally. 


10 comments:

  1. Lovely. So sweet. My daughter is inspired form the finger puppet and wants to make one befor going to be tonight!

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  2. I love seeing your girls' crafts! They have such creative ideas!

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  3. In your free time (haha), I'd love to know what you have discovered about keeping crafting materials accessible to your children, and tidy enough to not drive everyone crazy. Our craft area seems to be a turbulent sea of half-made abandoned "I'm not done with this" or "I might need this someday" projects, and tons of bits of things that don't stack well or fall into a category. Can you tell that organization isn't my forte? How do you keep your kids' stuff organized, so their craft space is inviting and inspiring, and not just a disaster? (and THANKS for the bag tutorials!!)

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  4. Look! Its a non-reversible flat tote with fully reversible, externally attached strap! I seriously don't look at bags the same anymore. Ha!

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  5. Your girls are very creative... Kate's drawing looks like stained glass!!

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  6. This is a delightful post, but Dymbrulee's comment is the awesome sauce! ;)

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  7. Oh too cute! (and yes I'm avidly following the bag posts.)

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  8. I loved seeing all of their creations! and that finger puppet is very clever!

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  9. So cute. I can't wait until my 16 month old can draw/paint/craft semi-independently.

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  10. I love their creations and thank them for playing along with this because I love your posts, am learning quite a bit.

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