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| When we did JM the last time, we didn't do the reed basket because I thought it looked too hard. I'd like to do it this time and I wondered if anyone who did it last time could share their hints and thoughts. Was it difficult for the kids? Did you have to soak the reeds for a long time?
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| We did JM a few years ago when it first came out. I had the plastic/yarn baskets as well as the reed ones. We did an intergenerational program and the reed baskets were a huge it. It was great watching families work together to make them. They did take some time but people flocked to that shop. Young kids either did a plastic one or worked with a parent/older sibling to make a reed one. The reed baskets were definitely a highlight.
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| we are doing the baskets too!! You can go to www.basketweaving.com and get kits of 30 for around $40. I also find a site called www.my-hebrew-name.com here we take the english name and get the hebrew name for their name tags. Then in the jewelry-making shop we are using the Aleph Bet Beads(the hebrew letters you can find them in that www.craftsandmore. ) so they can make a necklace In their hebrew name  |
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| | I can't decide if we are going to do the baskets or not, our VBS Kids range in age from 3-6 and the baskets just don't seem right for kids this young. I'm using a lot of crafts from Oriental Trading and modeling them after Group's Crafts. Like we're doing dreidels but i found some cardboard ones that are much bigger and you color them then fold them together. Much easier for kids that age! --Matt
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| | I just posted about our Easter JM and the reed baskets. Here are how ours turned out. Baskets- We used the reed baskets for the older kids and cardboard for the younger. Right off, I’d not waste money on the cardboard type, especially those from OTC. We used yarn and they were pretty much a flop. I wish we’d done the plastic ones for younger kids. The reed baskets on the other hand were really great. I am glad we chose to do them. Here is what I did. For the 3rd and 4th grade kids, we pre-wove the spokes to get them started. Most did great with some extra help. The 5th and 6th grade kids, once they got the hang of it, did great also. The key is to make sure the reeds are soaked well and if they dry out, to re-soak them. The reeds are about impossible to work with dry, so make sure you put the entire roll into the water and then unwound it all together on the floor or somewhere appropriate. Another suggestion is while weaving the spoke at the beginning of making your basket. Make sure the end of each spoke (the part that’s tucked in) is long enough that when it dries it won’t come loose. The reed shrinks a tiny bit when dry, so if it’s barely tucked under and held in place, it will come out when it dries. I hope that’s clear enough. The older kids took a good 30 minutes to finish theirs, the younger 40. I even had a sith grader call me this week looking for thier lost basket. She was very concerned she get it back. I am very glad we did them!! Pam in Oly |
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| | The last time we did Jerusalem Marketplace, my basket-maker found the suggested craft to be the easiest among all age groups. We had a variety of basket weaving materials (yarn and jute are the two I most readily recall) because I kept reading here how difficult the baskets were, but the reeds were the easiest. She soaked the reeds so they were pliable and all went well. |
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| | What I saw of doing baskets they can be hard when you don't have alot of time on you but,looking around I came up with some good ones that are cheap but, work for all ages. go to makingfriends.com and go to either weaving crafts or v.b.s. and look at their version of a basket.It is made out of craft foam paper now I scale it down a bit from the size they use.1 sheet I folded down the middle then in half and will be able to make a small basket. Now doing the slices like the exsamples in the kit we got from this site well you make your own once I figured out how many and centered it out a bit now I have a template to do on all of them.Cost of the foam it can vary I got these at our local $$ store at 2 for a 1 but, I think I could of done the larger sheets but, I wasn't thinking at the time. But, at this website they do sell them also and it is usually free shiping! Yarn was easy people donated a bunch and pony beads well luckly I have tons of that. They also have other weaving things real easy,also for some kids I thought of using the GODs eye,yarn and 2 sticks...I got those at the $$ too 100 of them for 1. I think so far of all the crafts we are working on that I had to fake out alot we spent $60.And, we have some good ones.And, it doesn't look cheap maybe not as authetic but,if you are on a budget hey whatever works! |
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| We bought the Raffia Basket kit from Guildcraft Arts & Crafts. It takes time but we went with real easy other crafts so when they finish them they go and work on the baskets. I am not a craft person but I did get one for and example so if I can do it anybody can. If you are insterested just go to Guildcraft Arts & Crafts in your search engine and the number of the item is 481-183 and you get 24 for $18.29. Good luck.
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