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Sewing Mittens

I just wanted to share a fun activity that we did last week during our last week of the Winter Wonderland theme from Mother Goose Time. This last week was all about life in the arctic and during the day about Arctic Gear we did a mitten invitation to create activity. I don't think I have seen my son as engaged in an invitation to create as he was for this one. We were supplied with a needle, embroidery thread, and a sewing square. He was so excited to try his hand at sewing! He actually asked me if he could keep the needle. I barely had to tell him what to do, he needed a quick instruction on the very basics of sewing and then he took off. I mean the amount of concentration he showed on this was amazing. I love that Mother Goose Time sends such a variety of activities. I would have never thought to have him try sewing. The skills practiced in this particular invitation to create were self direction, which he displayed by planning what and how he was going to go about this project, and fine motor skills.



He really thought about what he was going to do and right away made a plan to use every color of embroidery thread that was available. I had some extra embroidery thread from other projects that I had saved and brought out for this. 


Here is the finished product. He is so proud of this and it is hanging up in our school area right now. I think I might even go find some more of these sewing squares so he can do it again, maybe with yarn or string next time for a different look and feel. I never would have guessed he would have been so inspired by this project. Its a great example of why you should try things with your kids that you might think they wont like. They might surprise you. 




*Mother Goose Time has generously provided this curriculum to us in exchange for our stories and honest opinions*




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