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We finish the farm!

Trees, a veggie patch and the Farmers wife
Painting, Sewing and embroidery, Woodworking, Wood, and Dolls
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What do you need?
Vegetable garden
a block of wood, approximately 44 X 11 x 4.5 cm
sandpaper
dark brown paint
wooden sticks, paper and coloured markers
Trees
4 wooden discs & 4 branches
felt, green (in various colors) pink and white
matching yarn and a needle
mini autumn leaves (Blokker or Xenos)
Bison contact glue & hobby glue

Farmer's wife
a wooden bead
felt-tip pens, red and blue
pipe cleaners
hobby glue
felt, dark blue, red and yellow
a tiny piece of pink felt (hands)

matching yarn and needle
fiber fill
yellow wool or cotton (hair)
3 doll buttons

The farm is almost ready! We would still like to make some trees, to show the changing of the seasons to our mini-monsters. Then we make a vegetable patch. In the meantime we have modelled and baked the vegetables from FIMO clay.
 
Nice to make our vegetable garden in miniature! Finally, we make a farmer's wife, because what is a farmer without a farmer's wife? We make a copy of the farmer, but with long hair;)

We start with the vegetable garden
 
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Measure how many holes you need then draw dots on paper.

Place the paper on the block of wood then drill holes using a gimlet.

Drill the holes for carrots, radishes and leeks.

Paint the vegetable garden dark brown and let the paint dry well.

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Make signs with the vegetables, made of cardstock and a wooden stick.

Put the vegetables in the veggie patch and place the signs accordingly.

How to make the trees

Cut off small branches in your garden or search for fallen ones in the forest or park.

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You need 4 wooden discs (Hornbach).

Drill a hole in the middle.

Brush contact glue on both sides.

Press the tree on firmly then allow the glue to dry.

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The Winter tree can be totally barren.

Or punch out snowflakes from felt then glue them to the tree.

Sew fresh green leaves and pink blossoms on the Spring tree.

Stick ready made Fall leaves in and under the Autumn tree.

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Sew bunches of big green leaves on the Summer tree.

All the trees are ready!

How to make the farmers wife

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Here is what you need, felt; bead; pipe cleaners; cotton; needle & thread; buttons.

Print the pattern, then cut it out and pin it on the felt.

Cut all the parts out of felt and sew the clogs together.

Fold the body with the limbs and fit the head on the doll.

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Sew the onesie to the body.

Wind long hair around your fingersn.

Make two braids then trim the hair.

Sew two small pink hands (rectangles, sew them double) then glue them on the pipe cleaners.

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Fill the body lightly and glue the head on the doll.

Put on the kerchief and sew the buttons on.

Just draw a face on and everything is ready. Now the mini monsters can enjoy playing with the farm!