A Child’s Dream Come True GIVEAWAY!
We have our winner… it’s Lauren! Congrats :-)And if you were wondering what Lauren thinks she’ll get with her $50 spending spree, this is what she wrote in her comments…“Hi… I found your awesome Giveaway through Hybrid Rasta Mama’s tweet… I would love to enter:) if I win I would probably get the “Tidy Up […]
Tutorial for making a Quite Book for your child.
Melisa from A Little Garden Flower and Waldorf Essentials has created a project especially for us here at The Magic Onions. It is a 3 part video tutorial on making a ‘quiet book’ for your child. A quite book is an interactive book made from wool felt that your child can play with and is […]
How to Make a Pine Cone Garland

We had a cold front come to visit from Alaska this weekend. She shed her white cloak of snow all over our mountains and her frozen breath still sits heavy in our Southern Californian air. It’s so cold we’ve had to turn on our central heating in our home which is a drastic step for […]
Handmade Christmas Gifts – Paper Mache Nest.
Our granny loves birds nests. She has a collection of discarded nests that she has picked up on her walks. They are so pretty to look at and a wonder to see how intricately the husband birds have woven them together. Her love of nests in mind, the kids and I have made her this […]
Handmade Gifts – Let’s make a Ball.
On our quest to make handmade Christmas gifts this year, we made our girl cousins Flower Fairies the other day. Today, we made our boy cousins wonderfully colorful woolen balls. We used my wool scraps and wet felted them to make the balls. All we needed was wool roving (found online), liquid dish washing detergent, […]
Let’s make Dried Flower Ormaments.
Some more handmade ornaments are bringing their magic to our Christmas tree. In the Waldorf tradition, we have tried to use natural materials when making our handmade ornaments. Nature is so full of treasures… with a little thought and creativity, just about anything we collect from the outdoors can be turned into pretty ornaments. Today, […]
Let’s make Flower Fairies

As well as making handmade Christmas ornaments for the tree, the children and I have made a conscious choice to try to make all of our Christmas gifts this year. It’s totally liberating to learn that we can make beautiful things. It takes time and effort, of course, but we have discovered that we have […]
Let’s make Toadstool Ornaments.

We have arrived safely in South Africa after a very long 39 hour journey. It is so wonderful to be surrounded by all the familiar familial things from my childhood. And, so fantastic to see my family again. We have new family members arriving from around the world daily and it’s so meaningful to be […]
Let’s make a Felted Wreath Ornament

We are having so much fun on our quest for a handmade Christmas. It’s totally amazing how creativity takes on a life of it’s own… we have an idea, brainstorm it and discover that, yes, we can make just about anything! Kitty, in particular, has grown in confidence… she hardly ever says ‘I cant!’ and […]
Handmade Christmas Gifts – Friendship Bracelets
Kitty has made each of her friends a Christmas gift. She sat quietly, with my sewing basket in her lap, and worked peacefully on her own. “What are you making?” I asked her after a while, curiosity getting the better of me. “Christmas gifts for my friends” she replied as she proudly held out a […]