This year we are focusing on 4 themed school baskets. Each family is asked to contribute one item towards any one of them. Please email the contact for the basket you are contributing to to let them know what you are providing.
Here is a list of ideas, we don't expect to put all of this in the baskets, just to use it as inspiration....
Baby Basket
Coordinator Maggie Ward
maggiehillward@gmail.com
*Organic baby products from brands such as California Baby, Babo, Dr. Hauschka, and Weleda
*Moor Lavender Calming Bath Essence
*balls and rattles
*Cloth diapers and accessories
*baby blanket
*Bassinet
*Logo free onsies and teeshirts
*Wooden rattles/baby toys
*Hand made baby book
*knitted/crocheted teddy bears
*Nursery hangings like painted plaques and soft fairie figures
*Soft and neutral colored mobiles (Think wool fairies, needlefelted animals and flowers, etc.)
*Handmade options-mobiles, balls, dolls, hand printed shirts, hand sewn diapers, blankets, baby book, etc
* Ideas welcome! Think organic, handmade, one of a kind items that you would want for your own baby!
Early Childhood Basket
Coordinator-Clara Hendon
[email protected]
*Books! Some examples:
*Colorful silks and clips
*Lunch basket and accessories
*Play stands
*toy baskets
*Handmade dolls and clothes
*Dress up clothes
*jump ropes , Horse stick and pony harness
*Wooden figures
*Needlefelted puppets, especially of favorite fairy tales and songs
*Wooden blocks
*Handmade options-hand-dyed silks, hand hewn blocks and figures, Homemade cloaks and gnome hats, needlefelted play food and puppets, etc.
Young Grades Basket
Coordinator-Nok Sirikakan
sirikakan@me.com
*Books!
*School supplies like crayons, crayon holder, juggling balls
*School satchel
*Lunch basket/box and accessories
*Craft supplies-yarn, beads, paints, fabric, wool, embroidery floss
*A bead loom, a lap loom, knitting needles, crochet hooks, needlefelting sets, a hand sewing set...
*Small musical instruments-lap harp, small drum, glockenspiel, etc
*Geometric coloring books
*Abacus
*Beeswax
*Gardening tools/hat/gloves
Middle School Basket
Coordinator Laurie Cohen-Peters
[email protected]
*Older and more complex craft kits
*Classic literature
*Books on medieval life and stories set in medieval times (Check they are not overly mature!)
*Telescope
*Microscope set
*Rock mining equipment
*Music score books
*Books on star patterns and myths
*High quality art supplies such as a water color set and paper, art pencils and a sketch journal,
*Sun printing materials
*Chemistry set
*Set of small scales and measuring tools
*Drafting tools
*Books on safe home experiments
*Books on model building, fort building, small construction projects
*Wood working tools
*Explorer stories
*Books of classic poetry
*Historical fiction
Here is a list of ideas, we don't expect to put all of this in the baskets, just to use it as inspiration....
Baby Basket
Coordinator Maggie Ward
maggiehillward@gmail.com
*Organic baby products from brands such as California Baby, Babo, Dr. Hauschka, and Weleda
*Moor Lavender Calming Bath Essence
*balls and rattles
*Cloth diapers and accessories
*baby blanket
*Bassinet
*Logo free onsies and teeshirts
*Wooden rattles/baby toys
*Hand made baby book
*knitted/crocheted teddy bears
*Nursery hangings like painted plaques and soft fairie figures
*Soft and neutral colored mobiles (Think wool fairies, needlefelted animals and flowers, etc.)
*Handmade options-mobiles, balls, dolls, hand printed shirts, hand sewn diapers, blankets, baby book, etc
* Ideas welcome! Think organic, handmade, one of a kind items that you would want for your own baby!
Early Childhood Basket
Coordinator-Clara Hendon
[email protected]
*Books! Some examples:
- The Sun Egg - Elsa Beskow
- Blueberries for Sal - R. McCloskey
- The Story of the Wind Children - Sibille von Olfers
- The Mitten - Alvin Tressault and Yaroslava
- The Tomten - Astrid Lindgren
- The Story of the Snow Children - Sybille Von Olfers
- Winter - Gerda Mueller
- Owl Moon - Jane Yolen
*Colorful silks and clips
*Lunch basket and accessories
*Play stands
*toy baskets
*Handmade dolls and clothes
*Dress up clothes
*jump ropes , Horse stick and pony harness
*Wooden figures
*Needlefelted puppets, especially of favorite fairy tales and songs
*Wooden blocks
*Handmade options-hand-dyed silks, hand hewn blocks and figures, Homemade cloaks and gnome hats, needlefelted play food and puppets, etc.
Young Grades Basket
Coordinator-Nok Sirikakan
sirikakan@me.com
*Books!
- Classics such as Wind in the Willows, Just So Stories, The Velveteen Rabbit, and The Jungle Book
- Books by E. Nesbit, Laura Ingalls Wilder, A.A. MIlne, Tomie de Paola, and Hodgeson Burnett
- The Chronicles of Narnia (for 9 and up)
- A Donsy of Gnomes
- Beautifully illustrated versions of Classic Fairy tales
*School supplies like crayons, crayon holder, juggling balls
*School satchel
*Lunch basket/box and accessories
*Craft supplies-yarn, beads, paints, fabric, wool, embroidery floss
*A bead loom, a lap loom, knitting needles, crochet hooks, needlefelting sets, a hand sewing set...
*Small musical instruments-lap harp, small drum, glockenspiel, etc
*Geometric coloring books
*Abacus
*Beeswax
*Gardening tools/hat/gloves
Middle School Basket
Coordinator Laurie Cohen-Peters
[email protected]
*Older and more complex craft kits
*Classic literature
*Books on medieval life and stories set in medieval times (Check they are not overly mature!)
*Telescope
*Microscope set
*Rock mining equipment
*Music score books
*Books on star patterns and myths
*High quality art supplies such as a water color set and paper, art pencils and a sketch journal,
*Sun printing materials
*Chemistry set
*Set of small scales and measuring tools
*Drafting tools
*Books on safe home experiments
*Books on model building, fort building, small construction projects
*Wood working tools
*Explorer stories
*Books of classic poetry
*Historical fiction