Say hello to our new dining/playroom

So I still have things to do in this room, artwork for the walls, a few cupboard doors, but it’s getting there now and I LOVE it!

Our dining table and chairs which I found on Facebook, are a beautiful addition to the space and extend to seat 10/12!! Amazing for family gatherings.

It couldn’t be further from the Waldorf playroom I had here - but it still feels warm and nourishing and it serves us all as well as being the perfect stage for our seasonal displays!

Handy fabric boxes on the bottom row (swipe to see) keep all our arts and crafts materials accessible and organised!

Can’t wait to have a family art session and create some pieces for the wall!

Wool Ghosties

“I saw a ghost,

He saw me too,

I waved at him,

But he said BOO” 👻

Sometimes it’s the simplest crafts that are the most satisfying and nourishing. We are having a slow morning here with the little one being awake half the night and so I saw it as the perfect opportunity to make some ghosts from wool roving to go with our Halloween display inspired by the traditional roving fairies we associate with Waldorf the world over (we tend to have a festival display alongside our traditional seasonal table).

To make these ghosts yourself you will need:

• 1 x large wooden bead or felt ball

• White wool roving

• Black beads or you can use pen or roving

• A needle, thread and some scissors

• Some little hands to help

To make:

• Pull long tufts of roving between your thumb and forefinger, (4 per ghost) and lay them as to crosses on top of one another to make a star. The little one particularly enjoyed doing this.

• Place your bead or wool ball in the centre turn upside down and whilst holding the bead and roving in one hand, smooth down and over to create a ghostly shape.

• Stitch on two beads for the eyes

• pass a long thread through the top of the head through the wooden bead inside and then back up to the side of that through the top of the head again, knot to form a loop and hang.

I hope you enjoy making some ghostly friends for your home.

(It might look like I am setting fire to my ghosties, camera perspective is an odd thing, rest assured I am not so don’t try it at home 😂)

Simple Halloween Bunting

Quick paper pumpkins 🎃 and witches hats bunting (swipe to see)🧙‍♀️

Halloween is just around the corner and my 10yo has been asking if when we can put some decorations up, so this afternoon after school, we made some simple paper pumpkin and paper hat bunting. Here’s how to make them so have a go yourself.

You will need:

🎃Orange kite paper (or origami paper, or your own orange wet on wet painting)

🎃A thin stick

🎃Black sugar paper or card

🎃 A pencil, scissors and a glue stick.

To make the pumpkins 🎃

• On a piece of paper draw a pumpkin shape, it needs to be symmetrical so fold the paper and draw half on the fold then cut out.

• Trace and cut at least 8 of these from your orange paper (the more the better) and then fold each in half.

• Place one half folded in-front of you, glue the top half and then fix half of the next piece to it, glue the top half of the next piece and then fix another to it and so on. Continue until all your pieces have been stuck together.

• Snap a stick the length of the pumpkin + a little extra for a stalk , glue well.

• Take your glued paper and glue the exposed top and bottom sides which are left, place the stick as the folded inner spine and bring the two ends together (it should fan into a circle) hold whilst the glue sets a little on the stick and then leave to dry completely. Glue/tie string around the stick stalk and hang.

To make the hats 🧙‍♀️

• Draw around a side plate on black paper/card, cut the circle in half, take a semi circle and fold into a cone, securing with glue, leave to dry. Place the hat top when dry on black card and trace again leaving a rim, cut out, glue and leave to dry.

Hang when done.

A quick and easy make for the weekend ☺️ have a great one everyone!