This activity is a wonderful activity for fine motor coordination and is loved by girls all ages.

We have  been doing it in our art camp as a regular activity and as a filler activity. The little girls who are between 5-8 absolutely love this activity and its a great transition activity. When they are waiting to go to another activity or if they finish a specific activity before the rest of the kids than they go to work on their sewing’s. The truth is my 11 yr old son asked to do it also and he took it up so its not only for girls.

The idea is for the kids to sew with either one color or many, create a pattern and THEN they can create something out of it. Its not competitive and they love to sit around d and talk while they sew.

You can make wallets, bookmarks, frames or just plain wall hangings out of the finished sewing’s. It’s probably a good idea to know what the kids will be making out of it before they start so  you can cut the pieces accordingly.

Unless the kids are old enough you need to be available to thread the needles for them and then to knot it at the end. You need to use very blunt yarn needles for this and make sure the material you get has large enough holes.

I have enclosed a few images that show the type of yarn we use and some of the sewing in progress and finished.

The material has to be bought in an art supply store, I actually found an image in an art supply store and you can see from here the kind of canvas or plastic  sewing pieces you can use, plus you can get the large blunt needles that you would need for this activity at stores like tis also

Years ago when doing this type of activity I used to be able to get stainless steel blunt needles but when my daughter ordered for camp this summer she got plastic ones. They are a bit blunter I guess but they bend to much for my taste.