Waldorf Playstands

The playstands have migrated into the den for now. This was an investment, but well worth it!

Autumn Princess

Becca from Cedar Ring Circle gave us the idea to fingerknit a crown and weave fall leaves through it. This was much easier than the sewn fall leaf crown we attempted last year. (We used a knitting tower for the crown.)

Autumn Nature Table

Autumn Nature Table

Spring Baskets and Egg Dying

For the basket: About 4-7 days before you want to use your basket, have your child spoon some soil, and then some wheat berries, and then some more soil into a small dish. Keep watering it a little each day. The wheat berries will shoot up grass. When it's tall enough, place the small dish into a basket.

For the eggs: Cut up a bunch of beets and put in a pot. Cover with water. Boil for an hour. Take the beets out and put raw eggs into the pot. Boil for 20 minutes. For blue, use blueberries (we added blueberry extract, because we wanted them to be really blue), and for yellow, use tumeric.

Easy Play-dough

In a large bowl, mix together 2 cups flour and 1 cup salt. Add 4 tbsp. cream of tartar and 2 tbsp. olive oil. Mix together, then pour 2 cups of hot water on top, and mix. Divide up into a few groups and drop a few drops of different food coloring on each mound. We used the natural food coloring from Whole Foods, so the colors are a little bit muted. I want to try it again using tumeric to make orange, and dye made from boiling beets in a pot for an hour to make the pink. We initially made lavender, pink, yellow, and blue. It became a lesson in color mixing when Isla mixed the yellow and blue and discovered it made green. We'll see how long it "keeps" in baby food glass jars with lids.

Planting the Early Spring Garden

Valentines!

This year we wanted to make something special to give to friends on Valentine's Day. The balls were felted, then strung on embroidery floss to make little necklaces. Then we "hid" the necklaces in hearts made from recycled paper bags, sewing them shut with more of the embroidery floss. Hints about the colors of the necklaces inside were conveyed by the floss stitching on the hearts.

Goddess of the Evening Sky

Garden Inspirations

Birthday Ring

We use our Grimms Birthday Ring as a table centerpiece for dinner every night.

A Waldorf-Style Bedroom