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From st misc october 09 pumpkins etc

  We often have the kids do “real” sewing at camp.  Today was a little different, we did a group project.  With real “pointy” needles the kids sewed a face for our scarecrow, stuffed a shirt, coveralls then put everything together to create the body then plopped the head on top.  During the process some kids were stuffing, some were sewing the face and at one point everyone was sewing colorful patches on the scarecrow’s shirt and coveralls.  The group aspect made this really fun.  There were a few pokes with the needles but no tears and everyone learned what sharp means.

From scarecrow collage

From Acorns pumpkins cecil

From Acorns pumpkins cecil

 I feel a little like Henny Penny.  Acorns are falling like little bombs…..really, they hit the roof and deck with such a loud sharp thump I jump everytime.  This is a particularly heavy “crop” of acorns this year.  It works that way; some years there aren’t many and other years the trees are loaded.  It seems to me that there’s some folklore that indicates that lots of acorns means a severe winter or maybe it’s just a normal cycle. (?)  What ever it is there are tons of acorns falling and the kids are gathering them up like little treasures.  Here’s a tip:   yes, kids love to gather acorns however, there are little worms that live in acorns and come out once they hit the ground or when the kids bring them in the house…………Yuck!  If your kids bring in a collection of acorns put them in a warm oven (350 degrees) for about 10minutes…..no more bugs!