Sewing Lessons For Children

I've just had my first experience in teaching children how to sew - it requires a lot of patience on both my part and the children. The youngest child was 6 years old and the eldest was 13. I had planned the lesson to take 1 hour but it turned out to be 2 hours long. We sewed little felt bags and they turned out quite nice.

The only thing that I hadn't taken into account was that only the teenagers could thread the needle. The younger ones found it very difficult so I had to thread it for them every time they ran out of thread. This took a long time and some waiting. What I would do next time is to take along some needle threaders and teach them how to use this or I would do it myself but it would be much quicker.

As I wrote above, sewing does take longer than planned but I was amazed by their patience, persistence and concentration. It was a wonderful feeling sitting in a group with everyone busy sewing away. They really did enjoyed it. 

These were made by my 7 and 10 year old boys.

Islamic Mosaic Art Gallery

Mosaic is a wonderful art form. Any age group can do it. It is quite relaxing and the result is always spectacular. If you haven't considered doing it then I recommend it.

The works below are from children from 5 years old to adults. The projects varied from coasters, placemats, door hangers, mirrors, boxes and just decorative pieces (you could do it on virtually anything).

OK so not all are Islamic themed. I just put them all together. Here are a few more from an older post on mosaics.For a detailed instruction on how to make mosaics, click here.