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How to make a picture on flannel board

I made this picture with Mason when he was just three years old. He made the squirrel all by himself! This picture was on the home page for Full Circle yahoo group.

I covered a foam core board with flannel fabric. I just hot glued the edges in the back. I then used different colored wool rovings to create a picture. No tools are needed, just pull off a little bit of wool and place it on the flannel board, it'll stick! If you don't have wool rovings, but knit, you may have some bits of wool yarn available. Snip off a little and start to unravel and fluff up the wool. There's your wool!

*tip with those left over "tails" of yarn:
Save them! I collect any ends of wool yarn in a little plastic bag until ready to use. My boys like to help me unravel them and make them into colorful wool. This is a great quiet time activity as little ones are so captivated by it!

wool felting workshop

Dec. 16, 2005

I taught a needle felting workshop for parents in the Full Circle Waldorf Community. It was a lot of fun, and the dolls turned out gorgeous!

Here are some of our lovely families!

Community feast!

This was our typical rhythm of the day. Jennifer drew it beautifully here.

We always have such a great feast thanks to everyone's homemade goodies!

And we have such a great time sharing with the community.

Story time

A beautiful story time/birthday canopy. This was a cozy, dreamy place for story time.

Advent Spiral Garden

Dec. 20, 2005

I held an Advent spiral garden in my home. Valley Waldorf City School donated the greenery so that I could share this beautiful experience with homeschoolers. Thank you!

Here's dh helping me to needle felt star ornaments to give to the children after the Advent Garden. Thanks, honey!

Winter crafts

Dec. 13, 2005

Masking these beautiful paper stars was the handwork project for mommies for December. Aren't they pretty?

Look at our lovely moms working so hard!

Here are some stars on my window.

Children are making their own creations!

Full Circle Waldorf Community 2005~2006

This was my beloved Waldorf homeschooling community for the year 2005 to 2006. When I started Waldorf teacher training in January of that year, I was so inspired to share the beauty of Waldorf with the homeschool community, that this group came about. We met at this beautiful park to celebrate festivals twice a month. I gained so many wonderful memories and developed dear friendships from this experience, and it really has a soft spot in my heart. I've been forever wanting to capture the sweet memories from those times, so here they are-FINALLY!

Here's my little Mason sweeping and making our meeting area beautiful. I can't believe that he was only 3 years old at that time! Ok, this was right before his 4th birthday, but still so little! And, um, he's wearing a bathing suit....

Happy Birthday!

Feb. 14, 2006

This is how I honored the children's birthdays with the Full Circle Waldorf Community.

I'm leading the birthday children and the parents into the prepared special canopy.

I'm telling a special birthday story.

I'd light a candle for each child and we'd all sing a birthday song after and share birthday muffins that the moms made. Yum!