Spring Nature Table
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Hyacinths and glass rabbit.
Bunny and wool felted egg with marble egg. My first ever attempt at felting, using Nicole’s tutorial at Frontier Dreams. You can see they came out a bit too thick but they get the job done!
The wooden ewe and lamb the Daddy and I made for the Candlemas table.
Bird, nest, and wheatgrass.
We’ll be changing our nature table for summer soon, hard to believe it’s hot already!
No. 1 — May 3rd, 2010 at 4:19 am
Rose, how do you manage to keep such a lovely table with pretty breakables and small children around? I love the idea of a nature table, but with three boys, two of whom are three and under, i just can’t figure how to make it work. Any suggestions? Anything i put out at their reach is always getting moved around, taken places or broken. I’d love any of your lovely words of advice:). Oh, and the table pictured above is beautiful.
No. 2 — May 3rd, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Amy, I do not put anything on the table that I would be heartbroken to lose. The Boy (age 5) doesn’t mess with it at all, but there was a time when he would have been ALL OVER it! The Girl (age 2) plays with it all the time, and I do tend to find the items all over the house. I let her know what things are okay to play with (wool, wood, rocks, and plants) and what isn’t (glass). For me it’s about allowing them to have their hands on it and add to it, and as they get older, I can add more fragile or chokeable items. I try to keep it pretty age-appropriate, and not expect too much!