Handmade Holiday’s: Handmade Gifts
Handmade Gifts Workshops We, at Workshops Essayer, are big believers in handmade gifts. Nothing says love more than taking the time and effort to make something from scratch for someone you care about. In this series of workshops, we offer students the opportunity to make handmade gifts for their loved ones. Below please find the…
Handmade Holiday’s: Gift Wrapping
Holiday Crafts and Decor: One of the things I like most about the holidays is the almost endless opportunity to craft. Whether it is experimenting with new techniques or trying to perfect old family classics, making decorations to beautify the interior and exterior of our homes or putting your own creative twist on gift wrapping,…
Duo Choc Chip Skillet Cookie
So I made this cookie for the first time during spring 2020. I loved the process cos it is the easiest of cookie recipes that I have ever used. And the kiddos loved making it too. By the end of the spring term, a coupla of the students announced how they had made the cookie…
AGD Crafts: Mini Paper Fan
Here is the next in the AGD Crafts category. This time, I am making paper fans. There is something about this style of fan that catches my eye every time I see them I use 4″ sized paper which makes the perfect fan for the 18″ dolls. This is definitely one of the easier origami…
AGD Fairy Skirt DIY
This DIY is part of my American Girl Doll crafts collection. This has been my obsession for most of this year. The quarantine has given me time to work on some of these crafts and this was one of them. Fairy skirts are fun to make and very easy too. It does not require a…
Blueberry Vanilla Galette
Galettes have been on my list of to-do recipes. And I was pretty excited to try this recipe. What I liked most about the recipe, was the ease. Very few ingredients and very little prep. Unfortunately, I did not get to actually taste. Blueberry vanilla galette’s do not go very well with an alkaline eating…
Origami Bat DIY
With Halloween around the corner, I thought it would be nice to do an origami bat. I came across this bat, which I liked a lot. As always, this is an easy origami project. So it is great for beginners. Check out the DIY video below.
Pumpkin Hummus
So I kinda have a love and hate relationship with hummus. Traditional hummus is not my cuppa tea. While I will eat it on occasion, I would not buy it in a store or order it in a restaurant. But if I was a party, I might partake. Now I tried roasted red pepper hummus…
Paper Lantern Creatures: Intermediate
Visit Sawyer to enroll in classes. This intermediate fantastic paper lantern creatures workshop is for 7 year olds and older. They will be making bird lanterns and get to pick what color to make theirs from: Green Pink Blue Yellow For this workshop, I will provide instruction via Zoom as well as send you the…
Paper Lantern Creatures: Beginner
Visit Sawyer to enroll in classes. This fantastic paper lantern creatures workshop is beginner level for 5 year olds and older. For the beginner level, your child can pick from Piggie or Hefalump to make. I will provide instruction via Zoom as well as send you the supplies to make these whimsical creatures. The workshop…