Today we are so excited, because we have finally opened our first Etsy shop! We are all involved in making the products for our shop which is called mamma 4 earth. There you will find cloth menstrual pads, knitted farm animals and knitted gnomes. I hope you will drop by.
Here is the link
www.mamma4earth.etsy.com
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Grade Three Farming Block
Erin is busy with her farming block as I have already mentioned. We were pruning quite a few branches off of our large trees this week. Jenna and Erin quickly gathered all the branches up and started to cut them into logs for firewood with a bow saw. It was a lovely self led practical activity!
Ancient India
Jenna has studied Ancient India this year, so we thought it would be a lovely activity to decorate our hands with henna cone pens. We came up with some lovely designs. When it is dry it leaves a very light colour of the pattern. It should wash off in about two weeks, (we hope).
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Lemon Cheese
Today as part of Erin's Farming Block she made Lemon Cheese! It was so quick, I was amazed. This is the big ball of cheese that she made from 1 litre of milk and the juice from 3 lemons and a pinch of salt. In the photo the cheese has been hanging in the cheese cloth for half an hour. It has already become quite hard! The longer you let it hang in the cheese cloth, the drier and harder it becomes.
We were able to eat it on crackers after half an hour, it was fantastic!!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Homemade spindles
We have been doing so much weaving and sewing etc... because Erin is busy with her Farming block. Jenna decided that she wanted to make a drop spindle. She made this one herself from a download on the internet about how to make a drop spindle from a dowel and an old cd. She did this all herself and then started spinning! Wow, I was amazed.
These are the two balls of wool that Jenna has hand spun on her spindle. I have started knitting a sheep from the one. This is absolutely amazing, to see my children busy with this ancient art, it's wonderful!
Here is a web site that explains how to make a spindle from a cd and a dowel:
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