Making Pompoms is a simple handwork project that’s ideal for Kindergarten or Grade 1 prior to formal instruction in knitting. Often setting the students to simple, repetitive tasks they can do independently, frees up time and attention for teaching knitting to each student individually.

Did you know that making your own knitting needles isn't that hard or complicated? With a few materials and a little time, you can create one of a kind needles that you will no doubt cherish and love using.

This introductory handwork project is intended for grade 1 students, but if you are working with older students who didn’t get a chance to make their own needles, I think they would appreciate the task.

Did you know that making your own knitting needles isn't that hard or complicated? With a few materials and a little time, you can create one of a kind needles that you will no doubt cherish and love using.

This bunny project is a great first project because it's easy, fast, and forgiving. It's just right for a brand new knitter because you can take the practice piece of knitting and turn it into an adorable little animal for the child to cherish.

Every fall, we seem to add a new autumn inspired project to our repertoire, and this year we are knitting pumpkins! This tutorial is for beginners, but children and adults of all ages may enjoy this project.

This pocket dolly is easy and makes a great first project. The original pocket dolly project can be found in Elizabeth Seward’s book. However, I found that unless a child could sew the head, it required a lot of extra effort from the teacher.

How adorable is this little octopus?! What's great about it, it that it's super easy, easy enough for a brand new knitter. In fact, if you don't know how knit, I walk you through the basics, from one novice knitter to another ;)

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Every fall, we seem to add a new autumn inspired project to our repertoire, and this year we are knitting pumpkins! This tutorial is for beginners, but children and adults of all ages may enjoy this project.

This pocket dolly is easy and makes a great first project. The original pocket dolly project can be found in Elizabeth Seward’s book. However, I found that unless a child could sew the head, it required a lot of extra effort from the teacher.

How adorable is this little octopus?! What's great about it, it that it's super easy, easy enough for a brand new knitter. In fact, if you don't know how knit, I walk you through the basics, from one novice knitter to another ;)

Wet felting is such a fun engaging craft. With a bowl of warm/hot water and another bowl of cold water. You also need dish soap and wool. Children love the process of compacting the wool into a ball and bouncing it around once it’s firm enough and ready for drying.

Some handwork projects span several weeks or months and others can be done in a day. Making a felted ball falls somewhere in between depending on how you make it and for what purpose. In grade 4 Waldorf schools, you may find students making and embroidering felted balls. These gorgeous masterpieces take months to do, but the end result is breathtaking.

Welcome autumn with this simple, yet beautiful handwork project that's great for children about eight years and up. All you need is felt and embroidery thread.

In Grade 4 Waldorf Handwork, the embroidered ball project introduces students to three-dimensional shaping and decorative stitching, blending form and function in a joyful, tactile way. As they stitch panels together and embellish them with colorful embroidery, students refine fine motor skills, practice symmetry, and express creativity through pattern and color.

Cross-stitch introduces students to precise, rhythmic handwork that supports focus, patience, and spatial awareness. Working with geometric patterns on even-weave fabric, children gain confidence in stitching while exploring symmetry, color harmony, and traditional folk designs.

Stitching a simple running stitch on season shapes like leaves and snowflakes is a great opportunity to practice skills students will need in the upcoming years with short achievable projects. Adding stitching detail to snowflakes is a beautiful seasonal craft.

This is a very easy beginner's stitching project. You can free hand a sea star or download a pattern for this project. I used Holland felt in 100% wool in the color Tea Rose.

Try your hand at pattern making! For simple silhouettes, this project is great for beginners and as an intro to making your own projects. Watch as I work my way through this project while giving you tips.

The kit comes with a pattern you cut out, high quality embroidery thread, a needle, three pieces of wool felt and wool batting. It's all packaged in a beautiful box with color print of final project as well as detailed directions.

If you’d like to try and make your own animal from start to finish, begin with a silhouette drawing of your animal. The primary thing you’ll need for your pattern to make it 3-dimensional is a gusset. The gusset is what gives your animal ‘body’. The more simple, the better.

Did you know that you can draw and animal, make a pattern, cut your fabric and stitch your animal in less than 2 hours? Stitching animals based on patterns the students make on their own is a grade 6 handwork project you'll find in many Waldorf schools.

Students transform a flat sheet of copper into a rounded bowl through rhythmic hammering and careful annealing. This meditative, hands-on process nurtures focus, patience, and an appreciation for the transformation of raw materials into beautiful, functional objects.

Wood carving teaches students to shape living material into purposeful or symbolic forms using strength, sensitivity, and precision. The practice fosters willpower, spatial awareness, and reverence for nature.

Crafting a copper ladle challenges students to create a durable, functional tool through metal shaping, forming, and joining techniques. It integrates beauty and utility while developing craftsmanship and perseverance.

Students handcraft a book by folding, sewing, gluing, and binding pages with care and precision. This quiet, focused work supports attention to detail and gives students a lasting, personalized creation.

Block printing involves carving images into linoleum or wood and transferring them onto paper or fabric using ink. It enhances spatial thinking, design skills, and appreciation for traditional printing techniques.

Shaping a brass bowl requires strength and refined skill due to the hardness of the metal. This project develops discipline, rhythm, and an eye for symmetry and proportion.

In making a leather journal, students cut, stitch, and assemble natural materials into a functional and beautiful writing tool. This process supports fine motor skills, creativity, and meaningful self-expression.

Students design and construct a custom notebook, choosing materials and layout to suit a personal or academic purpose. This project merges artistic expression with utility, inviting pride in one’s work.

Once you master the assigned project of making a copper bowl to the specification of the teacher, you are free to try your own projects.