A copy of a "prick and sew" activity card for children, evidently offered as a premium for buying coffee. I'm not sure if it was to be "pounced" onto a piece of fabric for embroidery, or traced onto cardstock and given to the child with a handful of Mama's leftover yarn to weave in and out of the holes.
It's a free download from the Graphics Fairy's amazing site.
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It looks as if Mum is to poke the holes in the card and let the child use a blunt needle to sew the picture. My problem was always trying to keep the thread from coming out of the needle, so maybe a double thread might work best. A nice little picture for a child to make. Maybe cut off the left edge and frame it?
I'm sending this link to our South Carolina granddaughter for her kids. Thanks, Shay!
A neighbor of ours used to wrap a narrow bit of Scotch tape around the end of the yarn, making it stiff enough to go thru the holes - so that a needle wasn't necessary.
As always, any project photos will be posted! :-)
According to the directions printed along the side, the mother pokes the hole and the child sews the yarn through the actual card. What’s REALLY interesting is that it refers to the child using”his” hands — not “hers” — so it was not viewed as a solely feminine activity as would have been expected in that time.
long ago teaching sunday school, we had some made of lightweight wood with holes drilled out and used shoelaces. all the children used them and i was told it was a manual dexterity exercise. i think there was a cat and dog, car and bus, a house, not sure what else. i always wondered if it came from an educational toy company or if someone made it at home.
Shay, I used to do a fair amount of plastic canvas work, and when the youngest wanted to learn how to do it, I dipped the end of the yarn in Elmer's Glue to make a "needle".
Yes, anything to reduce the opportunities a toddler has to stab his sister.
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