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Karina's Handmade Designs
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24.01.2022 So grateful to be reminded of this. A letter from a school principal on the NZ Primary Teachers page posted this: ......... Dear parents with school aged children You might be inclined to create a minute by minute schedule for your kids. You have high hopes of hours of learning, including online activities, science experiments, and book reports. You’ll limit technology until everything is done! But here’s the thing... Our kids are just as scared as we are right now. Our kids not only can hear everything that is going on around them, but they feel our constant tension and anxiety. They have never experienced anything like this before. Although the idea of being off of school for weeks sounds awesome, they are probably picturing a fun time like summer break, not the reality of being trapped at home and not seeing their friends. Over the coming weeks, you will see an increase in behavior issues with your kids. Whether it’s anxiety, or anger, or protest that they can’t do things normally - it will happen. You’ll see more meltdowns, tantrums, and oppositional behavior in the coming weeks. This is normal and expected under these circumstances. What kids need right now is to feel comforted and loved. To feel like it’s all going to be ok. And that might mean that you tear up your perfect schedule and love on your kids a bit more. Play outside and go on walks. Bake cookies and paint pictures. Play board games and watch movies. Do a science experiment together or find virtual field trips of the zoo. Start a book and read together as a family. Snuggle under warm blankets and do nothing. Don’t worry about them regressing in school. Every single kid is in this boat and they all will be ok. When we are back in the classroom, we will all course correct and meet them where they are. Teachers are experts at this! Don’t pick fights with your kids because they don’t want to do math. Don’t scream at your kids for not following the schedule. Don’t mandate 2 hours of learning time if they are resisting it. If I can leave you with one thing, it’s this: at the end of all of this, your kids’ mental health will be more important than their academic skills. And how they felt during this time will stay with them long after the memory of what they did during those weeks is long gone. So keep that in mind, every single day...
24.01.2022 This is my first attempt at an Exploding Box. It is for a friends daughters wedding. It has room for photos and journaling. It took me a while to make but now I am hooked. I found a template for a baby box with booties. What do you think? It looks like a box but once you lift the lid it fall out to an mini album. It has two layers.
23.01.2022 Great idea https://www.facebook.com/5min.crafts/videos/699014776907777/
23.01.2022 I feel a project coming up
21.01.2022 What a great idea https://www.facebook.com/Hometalk/videos/1619511418066408/
20.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/CreativeMemoriesAU/videos/1165846603427104/
17.01.2022 My Autumn wreath made out of pool noodle. What do you think?
14.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day
14.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/cleverly.me/videos/538238656379913 Need to do this at home
13.01.2022 Decorating for Easter. Using old Easter eggs and giving them an uplift. Loved the finish look #diyeasterdecorations #craftingtime
12.01.2022 Hi everyone - have you had a meeting with your family about covid19? What to talk about? 1. Hygiene 2. Cleaning of house 3. How you are going to isolate a member of your family when they fall ill. 4. Food - do you have a two week a worth of food for family... 5. Stock taking of food, cleaning and hygiene products. 6 . Go round the table and let kids have their say. They are worried just as much as you are. They are watching news and getting a lot of info on social media. Include them in your planning. Happy to do a basic agenda for you to print out to help you . Stay safe
12.01.2022 I think my teenage girls would like one for their rooms https://www.facebook.com/5min.crafts/posts/680504008758854
11.01.2022 Hi Guys, I am planning to have a stall at next months Boulder Markets for Mothers Day. I will be selling my journals and mini albums. I have made these brag books that are easy to fill with photos. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWaDoo-wNDE
03.01.2022 What a great idea for a girls room. https://www.facebook.com/5min.crafts/videos/692654244210497/
02.01.2022 Tip for labels Black duct tape is great to make labels. I have two sizes and it's cheap. They don't peel off in the dishwasher. I use liquid paper pen to write on them as it's easy to wash off. I bought my duct tape at cheap auto for $2. It has 30 metres. Can't beat it.
02.01.2022 Are you going on holidays this year? How about taking a Travel Journal with you so you can write about your exciting trip. You can add photos and memorabilia like postcards in it. It is easy to do and you will have an amazing record of your holidays. I make them to order and theme them for you. Check out the photos of the ones I have done for customers and some I ready for sale at the Markets.
