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Craftiness

We crafted today.
Wet-felted soap in the morning.
Papermaking in the afternoon.
When Sophie has a question like, “How do you make paper?” it’s easy to see the course our day is going to take. We raided the recycling bin and made three blender loads of “puuulp” (as she pronounces it!). One empty picture frame from the thrift store, and some old window screen later, and voila! Paper! Moral of the story- it takes a LOT of recycled paper to make a wee three sheets of new paper. Wow.

The world is truly our oyster with a few craft supplies and an internet full of tutorials, with video, for basically anything handmade. What a different education they will have with the internet at hand.

The felt soaps were inspired by Zach Aboard and were a test run for some we want to make using our friend’s handmade soaps. It was a fun process and the girls loved playing with the “rainbow wool.” I love the one that looks like a rock. It may just join our nature table instead of the vanity.

We carved a few pumpkins yesterday and after struggling with the owl/pig pumpkin, we learned that less is truly more. We may have to make a family of the round eyed ones.

In other news, Sophie took her first pony ride. It was thrilling, as was the butterfly garden and the city of playhouses that reside on The Little Farm, in Miami. It was well worth the trip, though I look forward to a Halloween pumpkin-picking that doesn’t feel like the middle of August.