My granddaughter Lilli just turned 7 and loves to craft. According to her ' crafts are my favorite thing'. So now that we are all settled in our new house, we decided it was a perfect time to get the supplies out and get started.
I figured starting with something simple, creative and free style would be the best. We decided on a monster faced pillow. On a piece of paper she drew out a shape that she wanted. Then we traced it into some fleece and she did all the cutting. She cut a front and a back piece.
She took this very seriously, took her time and was pretty accurate.
Of course... no one does anything without help from Jack the cat!
Nothing gets done, until Jack is done being annoying.
Next it is time to start sewing on a face and giving this guy some personality. She decided to give him 3 eyes. She had to sew on 2 layers of felt circles and then a red button in the center. She hand stitched his mouth on.
I didn't think to snap a picture of the rest of the process, but she cut some coloured rick rack and we folded it in half and made strands of hair for the top of his head. Once all of the personality was on him, she sewed him together, wrong sides together. She needed a bit of help going around the corners of his legs.
After a bit of stuffing he was complete! She was very proud of what she made as she should be. She has already asked for a craft box of her own stuff here, so she can sew whenever she comes to visit.
It totally makes me happy that I think this girl will really enjoy sewing as a hobby, just like her grandma. It's such a fun way to spend time with her.
I did make one right along beside her....because I knew her brother would want one. He didn't have much interest in making one himself, he preferred to just tell me how he wanted it, while he went and played with his cars. ( then he thought I should set aside sewing altogether while I went and made him something to eat.)
I love this guy's little smile!
I definitely had a great day in the sewing room with these two. I think with being a grandma comes much more patience and a sense of knowing these kids won't always want to hang out with me. When my own kids were small it seemed that I was always just to busy to have very many days like this.... just making a mess and having fun. Oh if I could turn back time!
