By Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke

Activities with unspun sheep's wool, also known as magic wool, offer a wide range of creative possibilities for both children and adults.

In this book Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke combine their talents and experience, and show how to create beautiful pictures, as well as table-top scenes featuring figures and animals. They explain the process of carding and dyeing unspun wool to make 'magic wool'.

They focus on making pictures with wool, including scenes from several well-known fairy tales and festivals, before showing how to make simple dolls and animals, building up to an entire nativity scene.

Detailed instructions, diagrams and colour photographs are provided throughout.

About the Authors

Freya Jaffke is an experienced Steiner-Waldorf kindergarten teacher in Germany. Her books on early childhood have sold well over quarter of a million copies worldwide and include, Toymaking with Children, Work and Play in Early Childhood, and Celebrating Festivals with Children. Dagmar Schmidt is a craft teacher in Tubingen, Germany.

Publisher: Floris Books
Pages: 68
Size: 23x21cm
Format:  Paperback
ISBN: 9780863158292
Publication date: 2011/09 (2nd ed.)