Mr 3 and Mr 5 are desperate to learn to sew.  Mr 3 has tried by himself a few times which is actually rather scary.  Luckily he hasn’t hurt himself or anyone else (or damaged any of my projects) yet!

Anyway, seeing as I have been getting crafty for Christmas I decided it was time to have our very first sewing lesson.  Let’s use the term sewing loosely shall we

Early on I helped Mr 3 to hold the needle, but he soon got the hang of it.

Armed with a bowl of cut out felt pieces and beads, a large darning needle and beading thread, Mr 3 and Mr 5 got to work making some hanging Christmas decorations.  It was so much fun and they were really proud of themselves!  I was super proud

I tied a heavy bead to the end of the thread.  Beading thread was perfect as it is big and stiff and they were able to rethread the needles themselves without any help.  They did need to be repeatedly reminded to hold the needle and thread at the eye of the needle so they wouldn’t have to keep re threading.

It was a great help having Mr Husband around, but I think I could do this again without additional adult supervision.  Having said that, we did it during Little Miss’ nap time, there is no way I could have managed with a 15 month old trying to help!

Please ignore the massive scratch on Mr 3′s tummy… A close encounter with the corner of a glass table top

L-R: Mr 3′s hanging decoration, Mr 5′s hanging decoration

We then moved on to making felt Christmas trees.  This was a lot harder for them and I’ll wait until next Christmas to try again.  Or maybe I’ll just do it first up next time when we all have more patience and energy.  I had to help them with these ones, but they pretty much did them by themselves.  Sewing the trunk on was a little tricky though.

Mr 3′s tree on the Left and Mr 5′s Tree on the Right.

Do you have any Christmas craft ideas for kids?  I have a few on pinterest but would love any other suggestions!