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Home / Posts tagged “Making the Children’s Year”

Tag: Making the Children’s Year

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 April, 201928 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Tie-dyed Eggs

Easter Tree

Eggs are symbolic of the new life that comes with spring. We may all be familiar with the exchange of chocolate eggs at Easter but traditionally real eggs were given as gifts. These would be…

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Category: Blog
Tags: Easter, Making the Children's Year, Marije Rowling, seasonal crafts, Spring
Posted on 4 December, 201818 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

A Making Time of the Year

cover of Making the Children's Year

Making the Children’s Year is crammed full of creative things to do with your hands all year round, with lots to do during dark afternoons and rainy days indoors. We’ve picked out a taster for…

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Category: Blog
Tags: Crafts for children, Making the Children's Year
Posted on 8 November, 201718 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff

Review: Making the Children’s Year by Marije Rowling

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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
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