Week 11 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Week 11 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Weather: cold with some snow on the ground, and a few glimpses of sunshine

Soup made today: Carrot Coconut Curry (a group favourite!)


Art lessons today:

• sketching self-portraits using mirrors 
• salt art prints
• Waldorf-inspired wintery candle drawings

Other projects today:

• beeswax candle-dipping done outdoors around a big table
• doll making continued
• needle-felting continued
• letter-writing for our group "mailbox", on handmade paper

Other highlights today:

• warming up with cooperative and running games in the community garden
• learning a few new songs during our opening and closing circles
• singing in time to the beeswax candle-dipping to keep our rhythm going!
• shared mint tea by the fire

Kids art classes - nature inspired art

This has been a full month again - with lots of activities going on.  The kids Waldorf-inspired art group is winding down, with only a few more sessions until we start our next spring round of classes.  Find out more about our upcoming kids art classes, or sign up here.

Here are some scenes from the past art weeks - making painted branch-slice necklaces (lots of little hands were busy sanding, painting, threading, gluing), and framed nature-inspired silhouettes to hang in a sunny window. 

Waldorf-inspired art classes - embroidery, drawing, constellation cards

Again, the days are passing quickly around here!  Two weeks of our Waldorf-inspired art classes have passed, and there are many beautiful moments from these classes that could be shared.  The children are relaxed, working intently at their projects, and many times we look around amazed at the quiet concentration in the room.  In the past week the handwork project was embroidery, working toward a larger finished project of a pouch to hold a set of small story stones that each child will make for themselves.  This week the younger children (Young Acorns) used block crayon drawing to inspire or "illuminate" letters of the alphabet, a nice way for them to practice forming their letters.  S for "swan", R for "robin", O for "owl", and so forth.  The older kids continued with sketching exercises in their journals, studied star constellation charts and then made their own constellation cards that can be viewed by candle or against a sunny window.

Waldorf-inspired art classes with kids

We've had some busy, fun weeks with our Waldorf-inspired art classes!  The kids have been trying their hands at felting wool, pottery and peg dolls - the more tactile and messy, the better! Here are a few photos of what has been taking place in the weekly sessions, and the many busy hands that have been at work: