05/09/2026
Today was our first Craft Club Juniors!
We now officially have a full house of basic skills graduates. Our final junior completed her basic skills today.
Today i decided on a simple sewing project, making a bow because we had housekeeping to squeeze in and getting to know each other. We talked about expectations, rules, safety and how things are going to work, i’ve appointed our first two date monitors (a very important job which the Senior girls absolutely love!).
I got them all to work out how to put themselves into age order without my help, which immediately got everyone talking, we also played a few little name games. #
They also received their own Craft Club passports today! Each passport will become a little record of their time at Craft Club, at every session I’ll choose one of their Craft Club “superpowers” to record in it. They may well earn several during a session, but one special one will make it into their passport each time.
I cannot believe how quickly they are already starting to bond as a little group. They were so chatty, so lovely with each other and just an absolute pleasure to spend two hours with. A couple of little shy ones that will come out their shell soon.
We also have a few comedians who thought the pattern looked like a moustache so guess what they did … 🤦🏽♀️
We had some lovely baking to enjoy too (thank you to our first baker Emily! 🧁), we had our first group photograph which will hang in my Cabin.
A huge thank you to my wonderful helper from Craft Club Seniors, Alice, who was absolutely brilliant with them and incredibly useful 💕
The bows were a nice first project, it gave the girls some ironing practice, sewing machine re cap but most importantly, a chance to start building confidence. That’s what this first term is going to be about, getting comfortable, having a go and realising just how much they can do by being fearless little lion cubs.
They all looked absolutely adorable wearing their finished bows.
Very successful first Craft Club Juniors. I’m sad I have to wait a whole month to see them again.
Oh, and Patch Gravels has gone off with Annabel for his first month travels *sniffle*
