Fun things to do
Three things to make at home this weekend, and the Saturday craft club, where I teach the stitches I know.
Try at home
Print a sheet, find the bits around the house, and make it with a grown-up.
20 minutes · ages 5 and up
Make a paper sunflower
A big paper sunflower from three sheets of coloured paper and a straw.
Print the sheet (PDF)
30 minutes · ages 6 and up
Pom-pom friends
Wind wool round a fork, tie it, fluff it, and give it eyes.
Print the sheet (PDF)
15 minutes · ages 7 and up
Story dice
Draw six pictures, roll, and tell a story that uses every one.
Print the sheet (PDF)
Saturday craft club
Eight children at a time, in our sitting room in Surulere, with my mum there the whole time. Everything you make, you keep.
Saturday craft club: crochet a coaster
10:00–12:00 · Ages 8 to 13 · ₦5,000 with yarn and hook to keep
Saturday craft club: Christmas cards that light up
10:00–12:00 · Ages 8 to 13 · ₦6,000 with the kit
Saturday craft club: ribbon wands and a dance
10:00–12:00 · Ages 5 to 12 · ₦4,000 with the wands