Happy Valentine's Day

Today is the day when we sing to each child and present a small gift that is either homemade by us, or a Waldorf inspired business on Etsy. 

Felted Gnome from the Jaunty Gnome 

Waldorf Boy Doll by Under the Bodhi Tree Designs

 Simple Love Song

I love Wilson, yes I do

He's the cutest boy I know

He's so handsome and so sweet

Singing to him is such a treat! (or substitute "singing" with "holding", "hugging", "kissing", etc.)

The children made caramel and felted hearts for their friends.

And watercolor cards for each other.

The night will end with a dinner featuring organic red strawberries, wild cherries and a berry smoothie!  Mommy and Daddy might take a little time to enjoy dessert out on the town.  We are so thankful for the love that we share on this special day of the year.

February Enrichment Guide - Crafts, Music, Stories, Recipes, and More!

Check out Little Acorn Learning's Feb. Enrichment Guide! Valentine's, St. Brigid's Day, Candlemas. It's full of music, recipes, crafts, stories and more. What a wonderful resource for homeschoolers, Waldorf schoolers and parents wanting ideas for projects to do at home with children.

Our articles on aromatherapy, gardening and crafts appear in this issue.  http://www.littleacornlearning.com/index.html

Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year Crafts

Some Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year Crafting this past week....

Cross-Stitching Hearts

Felted/Wood Finger Puppets

Valentine's Nook in the Dell

Hanging Hearts

Weaving

Red & Pink Window Stars

Chinese Lanterns With "Wang" (King-Tiger) Symbols

Masks

Valentine's Day!

Today was Valentine's Day. Mommy and Daddy handcrafted gifts for the children. Here are pictures of a couple of the gifts. The ribbons on the streamer stick were dyed with tumeric, brazilwood and copper.

Inspired by 5 Orange Potatoes' blog, we went on a heart hunt in the backyard this morning! We had fun finding and making hearts in nature.

Felting at Syrendell

We love to felt! All of us do some sort of wet or needlefelting. We use the clover 5-needle tool and we also use single needlefelting needles.

Our wax crayons have been in a basket for months, but they tend to get dinged up. Joey wet felted a nice lining for the basket out of some beautiful merino wool strips.

Lately, we've been needlefelting outfits for finger puppets. Joey has created an adorable series of finger puppets called the "Seasonal Children", featuring Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. She needlefelted some beautiful Math Gnomes with Mommy for little brother Wilson for Christmas. The gnomes sleep at night in a box with felted lining!

During Christmas, we worked on needle felting balls and turning them into ornaments!

For Valentine's day, Joey felted some small hearts out of some pink wool and sparkle angelina fibers that she carded. She added a pin to the back of each heart and then felted a piece over the pin backing to hold. These will be precious gifts for her cousins and friends from her dance classes!

We created an Acorn Family for our Seasonal Spot (aka, "nature table") by wet felting and then needlefelting clothes for the wooden finger puppets. Each family member received an acorn cup hat!

Our sweet Gnomy has boots, beard and hat, felted by Ricky and Mommy. He is often seen in our Seasonal Spot, or near a seasonal wreath.

Everyone enjoys needlefelting fruits and veggies for our little grocery store. After playing "store", we often take the bounty to the wood stove that Daddy built for Wilson for Christmas and prepare meals.

Wilson loves playing with his rainbow wood home blocks. The Acorn Family fits nicely in the house! Wilson helped Mommy felt a bowl and some tiny fruit for the table this week.

Since we love to spin and don't like to waste, all fiber scraps go into baskets. When it's time to felt, the baskets are a treasure trove of colors and textures, just waiting to become something amazing!