I want to recommend these young children's 'sewing' kits - really excellent - from 4 y o

[FrannyandZooey]

this seller here

We just did the fish pouch one and ds LOVED it - he was so excited and it took us about 45 mins to an hour, with him doing most of the sewing. He was skipping around going "I've sewed! I've SEWED!"

I think we are going to try the slippers next. They say from 5 + but ds is 4 and obviously needed me to help, but had no problem doing the stitches with me pointing where each one should go.

franny

have you a hobbycraft near you?

they do things like 2 hole punches for £1.99

or tescos ditto, though theirs are shite

oh ok, I have loads. I actually have a complete alphabet, I make personalised cards for kids with their names punched out and a big star also punched out and then I make a double layer of tissue paper, put glitter and glue in it, and add it as a backing.

So now you know my darkest secret.

But aside from that I am NOT A CARD MAKER

ah my tissue of lies disintergrates

BUT IT IS ONLY PUNCHES

ONLY PUNCHES

I do not use foam or any of that weirdness

and I only have my punches fetishy thing because of my fondness for jan pienkowski

Oh CUTE

that sounds really pretty

no no hobbycraft, I have been told to go there about 100000 times by Mners when I have asked "where can I get a.....?"

I have never ever seen or heard of one except for people on here talking about it

no no there was no card for me

ds has a thing about sharp things and things that cut

he has umpteen scissors inc those wavy ones ( which btw are very cheap in Baker Ross not like in ELC) and a few hole punches, but I know those long reach ones would have a special place in his collection

i'm sure i DID send you a card. surely i did.

it may not have been homemade, i am a bit shy about such things. because of my fear that people will think i am a Card Maker.

oooh

yes perhaps you did

I am sorry, my memory is dreadful but I think I remember now

but in my defence it did not have sparkly letters cut out of it

but there is no sparkling . it is not about sparkling

it is about white card and simple shapes

note i am not a card maker

you said GLITTER

SPARKLING GLITTER

I like glitter

and sparkly things

I have a long reach hole punch as I am a cardmaker

OOOOoooo Franny - you are about 9m late with this discovery.....I was looking for exactly this at XMas.

I gave up, brought some felt, blunt needles and embroidery threads and thought "I will make my own" (albeit without fany long reach punchy things).

The felt needles and embroidery threads are still sitting unused inthe DTDs "busy boxes"

Oh well there is always next year....

SMS there will be another Christmas, this year, you know

so I hear anyway

yes but am not sure whether i really conveyed the classiness of these cards with my use of the word glitter.

UCM it is wonderful that you are a card maker, how splendid

Really Franny? Are you SURE? I don't want to be disappointed you know .

Oh thats ok then

SMS we will just sit here and be hopeful together

it must be any time now, do you think?

Filly glitter is classy enough for me. Oh yes.

Any time now you say?

Can I start buying then?

Shall I get my glittery shiney things out of the loft and pin them to my ceiling.

Can I?

Can I? Can I?

Pretty pretty please........

"he's making a list, he's checking it twice..."

Yes and so are the bloody DTDs

Starting with Nelly Kelly shoes and moon sand . I think santa may already be out of stock on thoe 2 items

moon sand?

that's going on my list

Yes they have seen the adverts on TV...apparently it never dries out you know....