Over several years we have been making Story Sacks for local schools - these are aimed at helping children to read and to grow to love books. We create all the characters in a book, either by sewing or knitting, provide some word games, and a tape of the story, all in one "sack" so that the children can act out the story through the toys.
Just before Christmas we knitted The Christmas Story, but we have also completed The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Noah's Ark, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and many others. We love working out how to make the characters and accessories, and we hope the children love the results!
After our first Storysack meeting of the year we are now starting another book called "The Acorn Sailor". To "illustrate" this, we will have to make a boat, some more knitted people, a fabric river scene, sand castles and lock gates and of course an acorn! More photos when we have made some of these items, but here is a picture of the book's front cover to give you an idea!
October 2010
We have just had our first storysack meeting of the autumn and the new headmaster at St George's is very keen for us to carry on making storysacks, and has asked if we will do "The Three Little Pigs". We have done this one before for Bell Lane School, so we know just how to make the three little houses as well as the pigs, so hopefully we will get this one done in time for Christmas.
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