American Girl class: Kirsten week 2

This week, our Kirsten class fell on the day after Halloween, so I didn't have as much time to prepare the night before as I usually do... but it worked out fine anyway!

For snack we had Swedish crackers and Lingonberry Jam. We had a hard time finding the Lingonberry jam, since we do not have an IKEA close by. I called 4-5 places before I found it at a Foreign food market!

Our craft was a Midsummer's wreath. For the wreaths, I bought them at the dollar store, along with the ribbon and flowers. Each girl got one yard of ribbon to wrap around/through the wreath and decorate with bows. (I should have given them a yard more, especially for the medium sized ones.) The girls also got four-five silk flowers each, which they tucked into the wreath. It would be a nice decoration on a wall or door! They were pretty and sweet!

SEVERAL OF THE GIRLS WORE THEM ON THEIR
HEADS LIKE CROWNS!

A 1:00 CLASS PICTURE
I "dressed the part" in  a colonial dress & bonnet!

 Then we had time to work on our ongoing project, which we began this week. We are making braided mats, and I got the pattern from Kirsten's Craft Book and from Jamin here. I bought 3 types of fabric, and 7 yards of each. At home, I cut them into 1" strips (I had a hard time ripping them...)

This is the 1:00 class braiding...

I LOVED THE RIGHT GIRL'S LOOPED BRAIDS LIKE KIRSTEN!

BRAIDING....

MORE BRAIDING...

THIS GIRL GOT CREATIVE HOLDING HER BRAIDED
PIECE, SINCE IT WAS FALLING OFF OF THE TAPE.
SO SHE HOOKED HER NAMETAG INTO IT AND STEPPED ON
HER NAMETAG CORD! :-D

 The 2:00 class worked on wreaths too...

THE GIRL ON THE RIGHT HELPED TWO FRIENDS
 IN CLASS THIS WEEK- SUCH A SWEET FRIEND!

SHOWING OFF THEIR CROWNS, ER...WREATHS? :-D

BRAIDING...

MORE BRAIDING!

WE'LL GET LOTS OF PRACTICE BRAIDING MORE
THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS!