As Royal is completely enamored with the frontier lifestyle (namely Davy Crockett) and Alice enjoys her fair share of Little House play, they love any opportunity to work on a project that involves leather.
Nana supplied all the materials AND the helping hand :-)
Royal designed a sheath for his pocket-knife.
Grandpa did all the hole-punching with the leather-punch tool, then Royal worked at sewing it all up.
Alice practiced some hand-sewing up each side of a long piece of soft leather, with Nana making final touches, including the strap and some butterfly bling :-)
Now it's time to go out and shoot a bear...
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| Royal, donning his leather bullet pouch, canteen, coon-skin hat and moccasins. |
We have grandparents that live just up the hill from us too! I love getting them involved in projects. My father-in-law has done several basic woodworking projects w/ the kids. I love that they have a chance to work with him like that. They've done things with my MIL too, but she's still working so her time is a lot more limited. I haven't tried any leather working with them, but I bet they'd really enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI love that last picture too - it reminds me of my boys!
BTW, I found your blog through Celeste's - I'm enjoying looking around at all you've shared. I'll definitely be coming back! :-)
Thanks, Amber :-)
DeleteBeing near grandparents sure has its perks, doesn't it?
So glad you meandered over here to visit. Do come back!
Love this!!! My 10yo went through a HUGE Davy Crockett phase as well! :) Great ideas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
DeleteWell the Davy Crockett thing is so big here that we are doing his 9th birthday in 2 days with this theme! It's actually a lot of fun getting ready for it. I may have to post about it here too after the birthday buzz has died down a bit :-)