My daughter has finally come in the age when she wants us to make things for Christmas! Yea!
I think the most important thing when crafting with children, is that it should be so easy that they can manage mostly on their own. If it gets too difficult and you need to help out too much, they will soon lose interest.
I think the most important thing when crafting with children, is that it should be so easy that they can manage mostly on their own. If it gets too difficult and you need to help out too much, they will soon lose interest.
We used the good, old potato print technique to make bags for gifts. They can be filled with a bag of candy, coffe, nuts or homebaked cookies and given to gran or auntie. (Auntie Tone, in this case.) Hopefully it will be passed on next Christmas as an eco friendly gift wrap for someone else.
I had some leftover linen which we printed with textile color. We used cookie cutters and a knife to make the stamps. Be sure that you have a damp cloth to wipe off the excess color from the stamp so the print retains its sharpness and you don't get blurry outlines. (Or at least less of it.)
A piece of an old terry cloth towel is perfect for applying the color to the potato.
When the print is dry, heat set the color after the instructions and sew bags!
(Don't ask me what the boat has to do with Christmas. I had a rare moment when I managed not to interfere when she chose the boat shape.)
