Advice for Teaching Needlepoint to Kids

Poppy Monk Needlepoint has some fabulous advise for those who plan to teach needlepoint to kids this summer.  She lays out the benefits, strategies for teaching, and tips to make it more interesting to children.

https://poppymonkneedlepointkits.com/blogs/the-5-minute-needlepoint-blog/teaching-needlepoint-to-screen-native-kids

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Mopsey Designs Kids' Mobile (Hardware and Designs)

Mopsey Designs has something unusual--sets of canvases with hardware to make the set into a mobile to put over a child's bed.  There are five designs:  space, woodland, ocean, bees, and rain or shine.  You can see a photo of a finished mobile here with the other four designs at the bottom of the page.  I can't tell how the ornaments are attached to the bottom of the hardware but Stitch by Stitch Larchmont can help answer questions if you don't have a favorite shop to inquire for you.

https://stitchbystitchneedlepoint.com/products/mopsey-designs-md-46-mobile-space-with-grey-hardware?_pos=31&_sid=1a9d6fa27&_ss=r

How cute would these be with a little bell attached to the bottom of each ornament to make gentle music as it turns in the wind?

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© Copyright April 7, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Two Children's Chairs

The Beinecke Library at Yale just posted photos of two children's sized chairs, designs by Pablo Picasso, stitched by Alice B. Toklas.  It appears likely that Yale owns the photo of the chairs, not the chairs themselves, judging from the wording of the record.
https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3528440

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Custom Needlepoint From the Kindergarten Set

If you have a special drawing from the small child who occupies a piece of your heart, why not have it turned into a needlepoint canvas you can stitch and cherish?  Here is how Needlepoint For Fun handles these things.
http://www.needlepoint-for-fun.com/custom-needlepoint-childrens-art.htm

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Stitching with the Small Child UPDATED

Randi at The World in Stitches has highlighted a few small fun pieces suitable for beginners at needlepoint. If you have kidlets who want to learn, one of these might work nicely.
http://twisinc.blogspot.com/2014/07/rainy-day-fun.html

By the way, Suzanne's kids are doing really really well.  They aren't little and aren't beginners but adept in the art of needlepoint!  (UPDATE:  The second link below is new.  I'm really impressed, Suzanne!)
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2014/07/timmy-hamster.html

http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2014/07/cutest-little-purse-ever-stitched-by-10.html

http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-weiner-doggie.html

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Listening to Kids

Pepita's experience designing to a child's requirements is both a charming story and a great idea.
http://needlepointofview.com/2013/05/08/tefillin-bet-hamikdash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tefillin-bet-hamikdash

By the way, if you are looking for Judaic canvases, follow the link to do some fun browsing at Pepita's other website.

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