We have been introducing several types of sewing processes into the mix of things we do in our classroom and these simple sewing jars have been a nice way to introduce the basic concept of sewing to our little ones…
The jars are clear plastic jars that I picked up over the summer from the Dollar Tree. They originally had scented water beads inside them and were being sold as a room freshener. But each time I picked up a jar, I would transfer the scented water beads to another container and then clean out the jar and set it aside to use in my classroom…
I have so many ideas for how we will use these jars for play in my classroom but for starters, we added a couple of lengths of yarn inside each jar for the children to use as simple sewing jars…
Because the lids of the jars have nice big holes, I decided for now not to add a sewing needle to the process. The children were able to pull the yarn easily through each hole in the lid even if the yarn started to get frayed just a bit…
I took the time to introduce the jars to the children and explain how they can use their fingers to push or pull the yarn in and out of the holes of the lids any way they wished…
The yarn is easy to remove from the lids after the children finish sewing so it makes it easy to use the jars for new processes. For our next sewing process, I am going to add large beads to our sewing jars and keep exploring the possible uses for sewing with the jars…
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