The children chose the learn to sew by hand or knit. We spent the first half to the morning learning our new skill. The sewing was done with sacking and wool. Most children mastered that well and even sewed on buttons. Two girls persevered with the knitting and even taken it home.
Several children were shown how to weave flax flowers, after they had a lesson in the flax family, who to cut and how. They found the weaving quite hard and will have to be shown again.
I was able to conference with each group and focus them on the tasks or objects they need to make first. The room was a mess, but everyone was engaged in making. A very busy hum filled the room. At the end of the day some of the groups had achieved learning a new skill and putting it into practice making part of the costume. One group spent all day making a mask only to have it collapse because it was not reinforced adequately. Great learning curve for those two.
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