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Tips, tricks, and tutorials, everything from hand-sewing to that dang-blasted Wal-mart rip-off curse of my existence serger, can be found below:

Fat Quarter Cloth Napkins

Superhero Cape Pattern

Using an Eyelet Setter

Camera Strap Cover

Oliver + S Puppet Show Shorts



 Waldorf Pocket Dolls

Dinosaur Log Cabin T-Shirt Quilt

How to Repair Adjustable Elastic-Waist Pants

Log Cabin Courthouse Steps Quilt Block

Jersey Knit Bias Tape

Jersey Knit Sheet Skirt

Patch Applique

Reverse Applique Handprint Turkey Shirt

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Homeschool Books

Pumpkinbear's homeschool-books book recommendations, reviews, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists

Homeschool Blogs

  • Journey Into Unschooling
    Curdled Coffee - I seem to get this a lot. Please advise. Copyright ©2013 Journey Into Unschooling All Rights Reserved.
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    Friday’s Nature Table - Welcome to Friday’s Nature Table where we share our nature inspired activities and creations. Each week, I feature a link from the week before… Kitty and I...
  • Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational
    Irregular Plurals Card Game - It's been awhile since I got out our tricky plurals cards to practice irregular plurals. I thought I'd find a new way to practice irregular plural nouns -...
  • All Things Beautiful
    World War II, part 1: 1939-1941:President Roosevelt and Blitzkrreig to Pearl Harbor - Timeline and Maps I was able to show the boys the progression of the war by printing out a very large map from *Owl and Mouse *and then using little figu...
  • The Artful Parent
    Flower Crowns & Necklaces (Yes, Stained Glass!) - We made some beautiful flower crowns yesterday. Necklaces, too. So easy and yet really quite stunning. It seems the perfect lazy summer activity as well—to c...
  • E is for Explore!
    Thaumatropes - Integrate art, math, science, as well as history by constructing a thaumatrope! Kids use their measuring skills and imagination to create a paper animati...
  • The Chronicle of the Earth
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  • Mt. Hope Chronicles
    The Silly Faces of Lola - [image: Img2013-05-10_0151][image: Img2013-05-10_0152][image: Img2013-05-10_0153][image: Img2013-05-10_0155][image: Img2013-05-10_0156][image: Img2013-05-1...
  • mamascout
    letter writing - I am enjoying writing dispatches and mailing them to a few dozen women all over the world. Something has been sparked - I have an idea! Just wait till I ge...
  • For Love of Education
    Disney Mid-May Madness Sale on all iTunes Storybook apps - The sale runs from May 17 – May 21 and all Storybook apps below will be $4.99 only! Wreck-It-Ralph Storybook Deluxe – Relive the incredible story of the Di...
  • We Don't Need No Education
    In The Studio: Warning!! Dissecting Kits - We are having lots of fun preparing activities for children who come to the studio. The ages range from preschool through high school, so there are a wide ...
  • LaPaz Home Learning
    Proud mama brag - My amazing, smart, funny, kind, thoughtful, beautiful daughter Emily graduated yesterday from UNC-G with a degree in English Literature. Her dad and I are ...
  • Ordinary Life Magic
    going outward - we do our living outside in the summertime. there's the rose patio (it's surrounded by roses), right by the back door, where we play with games and scienc...
  • Teaching from a Tackle Box
    Montessori on Etsy! - *I thought I was addicted to Pinterest, and then along came Etsy!* Jessica from Garden of St. Francis suggested to me that I start selling my handmade Mon...
  • On The Shelf: A Picture Diary of Montessori Work In Our Classroom
    Some springtime activities - Volcano work with baking soda and vinegar. Watch it erupt! Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar cutting strips! Print making with styrofoam. Farm...
  • Almost Unschoolers
    Composite Head Collages - Art for Children - Arcimboldo - * * * * * * *Materials:* - Different colors of construction paper - Glue sticks - Scissors (child safe if appropriate) - Magazines or catalog...
  • Counting Coconuts
    Where Am I? - ** Hi there! As you can see, I haven't been blogging regularly for several months now. This is a result of a sudden blog-break I had to take last fall, ...
  • The Helpful Garden
    New Downloads Site - I have been working on a new downloads site for this blog for a couple of months now (in all that spare time I pull out of thin air). It is still under co...
  • Blog, She Wrote
    Blog, She Wrote has moved! - Blog, She Wrote has moved to a new location: blogshewrote.org
  • Satori Smiles
    BrainPOP subscription 20% off - BrainPOP has been an exciting video supplement to our studies for over three years now. We use it mostly to supplement our Science and History lessons, but...
  • My Montessori Journey
    New Etsy shop listing: Thanksgiving Pillow: BLESSED - I just listed this item in my Etsy shop, right in time for Thanksgiving. This would make a great hostess gift for Thanksgiving. Or a treasured keepsake to pu...
  • Home Chemistry
    Two New Books for Families That Love Science! - This past year has been busy -- but the result has been TWO new books with tons of amazing science and other geeky projects for kids and families! *Geek M...
  • Lizards and Ladybugs
    - This Blog will be closing soon. After becoming accustomed to Blogger and how it works, I've since created a new blog and will be posting everything there fr...
  • : : 100 Digits : :
    Spring Break Martial Arts Camps 2012 - Week 1: April 2-6 (Edmonds School District Spring Break) Week 2: April 16-20 (Northshore School District Spring Break) Gung Fu for Christ and Refuge Church...
  • 5 Orange Potatoes
    handmade ornament- little baubles - Our friend Sam designed this little bauble.....READ MORE.

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The lucky momma of two little blonde daddy clones, we spend our days eating cheese cubes and oranges, reading books about dinosaurs, pestering the dadda, and making junk out of other junk.
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  • scrumdilly-do!
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