Childhood dream --- Waldorf dolls

They have been playing and playing and playing....with these dolls....
I gave away a few Barbie dolls before which didnt bring much excitement, creativity, and most of all LoVe....
Jo Von wanted a purple wool hair doll that has a detachable scarf.
That's hell of a challenge for me coz i knew only the one Swee Kian had taught - a sewn in scarf with a little bit of wool hair.
When the whole doll was ready, she slept with the doll and woke up searching for it in the early morning.
Used up my longed kept yellow minky fabric that i bought from Australia....nice feeling.



And this belonged to Jo Ee.
She wanted a doll which has longer hair so that she can tied up.
The body was made from the bamboo terry fabric --- also another nice feeling fabric that i cut out from the diaper inserts.
She was as contented as before....she always has a flair for dolls....and that served up the whole day and night.....and nothing else.


Isn't this what childhood is all about?
Children....just need simple toys, preferably handmade by mom to make their happy and contented days.

Handmade reward chart

Wanted to get a reward chart for the girls long time ago.
But it's always the price that put me off --- a daunting RM 70 or more, just for some removable and stickable cartoons!

Then i realized that i have actually had all the resources, why not DIY?

I have some leftover microfiber cloths, leftover of cotton and flannel fabrics, and snaps button. Just need to get more velcro and also reusing a stick.

1. Fold down the microfiber to form a loop so that it hold on the stick.
2. Mark and snap the button on the microfiber cloth with two males on top and two females at the place just below the stick.
3. Cut out the cute cartoon prints on the cotton and flannel fabrics and sew the velcro at the back. We have snoppy, hello kitty, strawberry, bear, assorted flowers.
4. The end result:

5. The back of the removable, washable reward 'sticker', with velcro stitched at the back.:


6. Velcro sticked well on microfiber without having to have another side of the velcro sewn on the back fabric.

7. And all these cost me only RM 3.50 for the 1 m of velcro. If I didn't use up all the velcro previously, this item will be totally FOC!

The girls are so excited with it! We use that to reward them when they do the cleanup, help mummy to prepare food, behave themselves, etc.