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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:39 PM
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    We are hosting a Founders' Day at our school on May 1, and I have been contacted to suggest some type of quilting activity - perhaps a collective sewing of pre-cut squares or whatever - that might engage the interest of children anywhere from preschool to 6th grade. At our Sunday School, I know children of all ages have been very enthusiastic about using yarn and a big needle to stitch together knitted and crocheted squares, but I won't have anything like that ready for May 1.

    I found one project idea at the Linus Project (http://www.projectlinus.org/patterns/pdf/NoSewFB.pdf ) but I am sure there are other ideas out there. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you for your time.

    I should clarify, I am really hoping for something that is mostly do-able that day!

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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:44 PM
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    If you have volunteers to help, you could have the kids each design and color a quilt block. Each grade level would do what they can. i.e. The preschool kids could be given a block to just color. Then put blocks together into quilts. I did this and really enjoyed it.
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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:46 PM
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    My grandchildren ages 5&8 & I just made the Zee character from Nickjr website. No sew just cut out, glue and stuff. Of course I did the cutting. They seemed to enjoy it.
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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:49 PM
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    I agree, in fact I was teaching at a community college and had my students do a block. I wanted to get to know them and had white blocks and took crayons and markers. I had some that were sad but most of them did a good job. I needed some way to connect and this really helped :lol: :lol:
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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:51 PM
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    I will surf and see if I can find you some ideas

    1. crayons on quilt
    http://quiltbug.com/Articles/crayon-quilts.htm

    2. http://www.thepatternco.com/crayon.html

    3. http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/crayon-quilts/index.html

    4. http://www.mesew.com/crayonart.html

    5. how to heat set crayon quilts
    http://www.ehow.com/how_5072688_heat...on-quilts.html
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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:51 PM
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    I haven't tried crayons on fabric, but from what I've read here, it works nicely after it is set with heat.

    Anyone have a comment on this? Kids are familiar with crayons.
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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:53 PM
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    Years ago we used crayons and we used fabric markers. They both worked well. Markers were a little too messy for me to use with preschool and kinder(But that's just me), but they were great for 1st and up.
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    Old 03-15-2011, 05:58 PM
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    lap robes for area nursing homes - see link

    http://www.thecraftstudio.com/qwc/qu...di/laprobe.htm

    other ideas at that site too
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    Old 03-15-2011, 06:08 PM
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    I'm sorry - can I check what you mean? Did you trace a pattern of the Zee character, cut it out in advance, let the children glue it inside out to a backing fabric with fabric glue, and then stuff and glue the opening?


    Originally Posted by Granna of 5
    My grandchildren ages 5&8 & I just made the Zee character from Nickjr website. No sew just cut out, glue and stuff. Of course I did the cutting. They seemed to enjoy it.
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    Old 03-15-2011, 06:12 PM
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    We did the kids' handprints on squares and crayon drawings on others for a retiring teacher many years ago. Sashing and binding done in school colors. Turned out so cute!
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