I was working on a cross stitch project the other day and Kate decided she wanted to try it too. Obviously she’s too little for that, but I thought she might be ready for one of those lacing cards. After all, she’s pretty much mastered stringing beads. I was going to look for one on Amazon, but then I figured, why not just make one? I covered some chipboard (I have tons from packs of page protectors) with some paper. Then I cut out some shapes and drew a reverse outline (?) with a sharpie marker. Punched a few holes with my crop-a-dile and we were good to go!
Oh, I used a yarn needle from my knitting stash and some yarn as the thread. I tied the thread to the needle on one end and the paper on the other. I realized afterwards that I could have just as easily had her use one of the shoe laces that came with the bead lacing set. In fact, the next time I get around to knitting something I’m totally going to switch them out. 🙂
She loved it! She still needs help to do it, obviously, but she had a lot of fun getting to “sew” like mama. 🙂
