When I woke up this morning, I thought I would make some sewing cards from wood, but I didn’t have the correct thickness of wood for the scroll saw, so I decided to go ahead and recycle some thick cardboard boxes instead. I will go searching for wood tomorrow but for today we used card:) This was such fun and even Kye enjoyed sewing a little Maple leaf!
Materials:
Cardboard boxes from around your home
Crayons
Yarn
Scissors
Wool needle
Nail
Draw your acorn template or whatever you would like to draw onto your card and colour in.
An acorn.
Take a sharp nail and push holes through your card, make sure your sewing holes are not too near the edge of your drawing.
Once you are finished making the holes for sewing, cut out your acorn.
Thread your wool needle and tie a knot on the end of your yarn. Start sewing in and out of the card.
And there you have your finished acorn!
This is Kye’s leaf that he was sewing.
Happy sewing!
xo
Linda
fine motor skills..recycling and fun
lovely :0)
adorable! magnolia would love this project!thanks
suzy
Wow…i just absolutely love what you and Kye did. Thanks for sharing.
These turned out just beautifully. The colors are glorious and the thread looks so complimentary. Very nice!
Thats a great idea Linda! THanks for posting, we may do the Spring version!
Thanks for sharing that great project! Love the way the acorn is colored and that sweet leaf. You just gave me an idea for an art project I’m going to work on next month.
So cute!
This is such a good idea. My kids are always looking for craft ideas to do with me.
Linda, the little jersey is too cute. Your fruit so fresh and colorful and the acorn project looks like so much fun. You know how much I love your projects. I just wish I had more time to spend on your blog. Much lovexxx
I love the stripey effect of the cardboard.
A lovely idea, thank you
x
Thank you so much for this idea! My 3-year-old has been really wanting to learn how to sew lately. This looks like a great project to start her on!
Peace, Kelly
You know, with help, I think my special needs boy could do this! He loves string and rope so any project using string/rope is right up his alley. I think he could do this.
Please see messed up comment on the blog before this one. Oh, dear.
My security word is “sporsh.” I like it.
I’m crazy about this idea!
I think my daughter will love it, and if she does, we’ll be taking pictures and linking to you!
(And I’ll let you know when we do link.)
Thanks so much for the lovely idea… she’s been loving to sew (barely learning), and I had never even considered making my own cards!
Thanks so much Stephanie:)