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Home / Posts tagged “crafts”

Tag: crafts

Posted on 24 November, 202325 November, 2024 by Nathan

Magic ball of wool

Magic ball of wool

This is a most original present, especially loved by children who enjoy knitting. The idea is that as the child knits, little presents appear and fall out of the ball of wool.

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Category: Blog
Tags: crafts, Making the Children's Year
Posted on 8 November, 202310 October, 2024 by Nathan

Autumn Lanterns

children carrying autumn lanterns

When the nights are drawing in and the sun loses its strength, it is time to make our own little sun – a lantern.

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Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, crafts
Posted on 6 December, 20219 October, 2024 by Katy

Hawthorn Press is forty years young

The last month of the year it is a time of reflection. This is Hawthorn Press’ 40th year and those 40 years have gone by quickly. It seems only yesterday in 1981 that Hawthorn’s founding…

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Category: News
Tags: crafts, Festivals Family and Food, seasonal crafts
Posted on 24 August, 202110 October, 2024 by Katy

Making Waldorf Crafts

Making Waldorf Crafts book with knitting

This autumn we publish Making Waldorf Crafts by Nina Taylor – a recipe book to guide young people through making things on their own (with a little help or guidance from an adult, if needed).

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Category: News
Tags: crafts, Crafts for children, Education, Steiner crafts, Steiner-Waldorf, Waldorf Crafts, Waldorf education, Waldorf homeschooling
Posted on 5 January, 202110 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Home learning through lockdown

multi-tasking mum

As 2021 begins we find ourselves back in lockdown, and looking for inspiring activities and home learning aids. Hawthorn Press has practical books that can help with home education such as educational text books, crafts,…

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Category: Blog
Tags: child development, child education, crafts, home education, homeschooling, outdoor education, storytelling
Posted on 1 April, 202016 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Deep End Home Schooling – how our books can help!

multi-tasking mum

As we face weeks, and perhaps months, of uncertainty during the Covid-19 crisis, Martin Large explores the ways in which Hawthorn Press’s titles can help with home schooling and staying at home

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Category: Blog
Tags: crafts, home education, homeschooling, Steiner crafts, Steiner Education, Steiner-Waldorf
Posted on 8 October, 201917 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Fungi in the Forest

sticks carved into toadstool shape

We’ve been watching the mushrooms spring up everywhere this autumn! Fungi are vital to all life in the forest and beyond. They form a web of connection within the soil, linking trees and plants by…

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Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, crafts, The Children's Forest
Posted on 9 July, 201825 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Making Peg Dolls & More now available in paperback

Making Peg Dolls and More by Margaret Bloom

This popular second book from Margaret Bloom is now out in a paperback edition (with flaps). Projects will capture your child’s imagination, from a daring dragon-riding marionette to a pretty butterfly garden mobile and a…

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Category: News
Tags: crafts, Crafts for children, Making Peg Dolls & More, Margaret Bloom, Steiner crafts
Posted on 8 November, 201718 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Review: Making the Children’s Year by Marije Rowling

cover of Making the Children's Year

This review is by Janni Nicol, the hardworking and brilliant editor of Kindling Magazine. It first appeared in Kindling issue 32 and also in the SWSF Autumn 2017 newsletter. Many thanks to both of them for this…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts, Making the Children's Year, Marije Rowling, seasonal activities
Posted on 17 October, 201721 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Review: Making the Children’s Year by Marije Rowling

cover of Making the Children's Year

This craft book is the new edition of “The Children’s Year” which has been in print since its first publication in the early 80s. It is a wonderful new edition, with both new and old…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts, handwork, Making the Children's Year, Marije Rowling, seasonal activities
Posted on 2 October, 201728 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Review: Making the Children’s Year

cover of Making the Children's Year

This fantastic review was written by Amber of Roam the Gnome, a family travel website and blog. Many thanks to her for reviewing this title, and for letting us reproduce her review on our website.…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts, Making the Children's Year, Marije Rowling, Waldorf Crafts
Posted on 21 August, 201728 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Book Review: Making the Children’s Year by Marije Rowling

cover of Making the Children's Year

We have (and love!) the previous version of this book ‘The Children’s Year’. It was one of the first craft books we purchased when we first discovered Waldorf, and it has facilitated many a making…

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts, Making the Children's Year, Marije Rowling
Posted on 13 July, 201721 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Review: Mask: Making, Using and Performing by Mike Chase

mask by Mike Chase

All the reviews of Mask are coming in at the same time! Today, we have this beauty from the SWSF Newsletter, written by Kevin Avison. Many thanks to him.

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts, dramatherapy, Mask: Making Using and Performing, Mike Chase
Posted on 10 July, 201728 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Review: Mask: Making, Using and Performing by Mike Chase

Mask front cover

“Masks have accompanied human cultures since the beginnings of time.”

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Category: Book Reviews
Tags: crafts, dramatherapy, Mask: Making Using and Performing, Mike Chase
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