A perpetual calendar can be used to help children learn to understand the passage of time, the rhythm of the seasons and why the moon is seemingly changing its shape all the time. It’s fun to create your own calendar, but it can be tricky to get the circle and...
Have dolls gone out of fashion? A few weeks ago, I overheard a mother at the playground say that her daughter really loved playing with dolls at nursery and wanted a doll for her birthday, but she and her husband resisted buying her one – her words were...
The lovely world of social media sometimes throws up amazing ways of helping people, and Instagram’s #dollsforukraine is one of them. A group of natural fibre doll makers across Germany and England raised a lot of money last year for children in Afghanistan by...
My daughter goes to a mainstream primary school because there isn’t a Waldorf school near enough to where we live. A Waldorf education can also be rather expensive, so if like me, you find yourself in a position where you would like to give your child a Waldorf...
Welcome! Emmy & Esther is all about making Waldorf inspired dolls, toys and accessories. My name is Julia, and here on this blog, I share craft patterns, tutorials and my musings on topics that interest and inspire me.
