some of the craft activities

Inspired by Sieni's recent posts about some of the craft activities she's been doing with Tara, I thought it might be nice to share some of the crafts I've been doing with Shiori. It's a great idea to record it and post it as it's always nice to share part of what we do in our daily lives. With a 2 and a half year old, we average about 2 craft activities a day, or only one if it's a big one like a couple of the crafts pictured below. I now wish I had been recording the crafts for a lot longer, as Shiori usually likes to dissect them after a few hours and I don't have anything to show her when she's older. Thanks Sieni!
This is a dolls house that we made together. It's a great way to use left over boxes and scraps of paper and material from sewing projects. Today one of the Baha'is in our community gifted Shiori with a lovely dolls house that she used to play with when she was a little girl, so I have a feeling that this one will be soon retired. We'll probably take it apart and make some other craft out of it :) Last week it was the birthday of one of our friends, so Shiori and I decided to make a gift together. Shiori decided that a bunny rabbit would be a fun idea. It was actually a great craft to do with her as she enjoyed stuffing the bunny with wadding, choosing the fabrics for the clothes and selecting the adornments. She even enjoyed helping with some of the stitching. This was a slow process where I would sew the needle in and she would pull it out, so it was team work stitch by stitch. This project certainly took all day, in intervils of course. Shiori then picked out the fabric for the draw string 'wrapping bag.' I'm looking forward to our next sewing project together as it was something we both enjoyed a lot

Bangladesh improved there handicraft business exporting into foreign countries

In our Bangladesh we have improved on handicraft business. We are also exporting our handicrafts to foreign countries. We are being appreciated from those countries for our nice handicrafts. We can introduce our country with the other countries through this business. This type of business is helping to reduce our unemployment problem. Women are also working on handicraft. I feel that it is a good sign for Bangladesh. We have different handicraft businesses. Among them Nakshi Katha is a famous handicraft. It is not only famous in Bangladesh but also in other countries. A framed Naksi Katha increases the beauty of a room by hanging on a wall. It is used at home, office, shopping complex etc. In the rural area of Bangladesh “Nakshi Katha” is a common handicraft. It is an art of neglected village women. Sometimes, some fashionable women of rural area pass their leisure period by designing Nakshi Katha. Nakshi katha is a tradition of village. It takes tatters, cotton and needles to weave a Nakshi Katha. Women weave it with their creative skills. They make special designs with different pictures on it with the colorful cottons. It takes three or four months to make a nakshi katha for a woman. It is mainly used for bed sheet and blanket. The Bangladeshi people feel proud for this. Nakshi Katha can be used as a gift item for new couple, especially from bride family in the rural area.

The seller was showing Nakshi Katha in the fair - picture by Taslima Akter

Now Nakshi Ktha is a famous and fashionable item of handicraft in the urban area. We can buy Nakshi Katha from different fair, shopping centre etc. In the fair most of the seller are women. The shopping centre Aarong is famous for Nakshi Katha design.

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