Summercrafter

Welcome to my day of the FALL BLOG HOP hosted by Sheri at Sunshine in the Attic . Below is the schedule of other bloggers in the hop: September 19th  Sheri --  Sunshine in the Attic  September 20th Maggie --  Maggie's Empty Nest Days September 21st Susie --  Susie's Sun Room September 22nd Celine  -- Espritpatch   September 23rd  Yevette --  Evindie September 24th Judy --  Judy's Fabric Addiction  September 25th  Elaine -- Summercrafter   September 26th Patricia --  Quilting Lines Do pop over check out what they made, as for me? I have a  fixation with the Five Little Pumpkins Song.  It's been part of my teaching repertoire for many, many years.  So here is my latest rendition I am calling it Five Happy Pumpkins. It's really easy to do, it does involve some applique but it's as easy as "cut and paste!"   Updates in yellow! These squ...

The last of the little pumpkins have rolled out of sight and as the silver clouds cover the moon, the new and improved version is not quite what I had planned. While I fantasized about using rickrack, googly eyes and all sorts of embellishments, I ended up using the sewing machine more than anything. I changed the yellow crescent moon to a full white moon with a bat silhouette across it, with red glass beads for eyes that don't appear on this picture. The pumpkins have different shapes as do real ones and I added stitching to mark the line indentations that characterize the big orange fruit.   It’s really the best part but is difficult to distinguish and appreciate unless you are up close.   I used felt again for the features, but in yellow to mimic the candle’s glow on the jack-o-lantern.   I also added tiny glass beads to accent the eyes. I tried the googly eye but didn’t really like the look. For the felt fence, I outlined it in brown stitch; I used the free mot...

Finger plays are great activities to do with little ones. Interestingly enough, I find that the older kids also love them because it brings back “warm fuzzies” from when they were "little."   It’s really fun to act silly and watch the children giggle and laugh and enjoy something as simple as a song or finger play. Five Little Pumpkins is a very popular one for this time of year.   The words may vary slightly, but the five little pumpkins always roll out of sight! Using flannel boards and felt for such activities make great visuals that really help keep the kids focused and engaged. And felt, the craft store acrylic kind, is also a very easy medium to use:  Everything is removable. I start with laying the black, then the fence, the moon as the kids try to figure out  what it is then they see the pumpkins.  1)      It doesn’t fray or unravel 2)      Comes in various consistencies, soft or firm 3)     ...