Twigs, twine and twill.

Mrs. Welikeplay is a woman of few vices, with the major exception of yarn. Wool has a strange effect on her, she suddenly finds the need to store quantities of it in pretty bags up and down the welikeplay HQ. Being a good husband I feel it is my duty to purloin the occasional ball to use with the kiddywinks to make stuff; reasoning that if she has a little more space she can indulge in acquiring more. If only I had a way of using up shoes too.

You will need:
Two straight twigs for every child/adult. 15-20cm long seems good.
Yarn, wool or string in as many colours and hues as you have hanging around.
If you have them - beads, sparkly things, interesting autumnal treasures

You may need to help younger kids with this first part; take the two sticks and cross then at right-angles to each other. Tie one diagonal loop around the join, and then a tie a second across the other diagonal. Now the children can start weaving under and over around the cross, changing wool whenever it suits them. They can also add their interesting things to the weave as they go to make it more pretty/chaotic.

When they’re done, tie off the wool with a long end. This can be tied to trees in your garden to be revealed as the leaves fall over the next week or two.

Enjoy.

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