Here is St Patrick ready for St Patrick's day in 2 weeks. He is made with those incredibly versatile wood and wire dolls you can get at ...

Possums in Australia are CUTE! This caused some confusion to my American customers because they thought I was making an Opossum , which is a...

This is Lucy; a 16" Radiance Child doll. You can adopt her from my ETSY store. This child doll stands at 16 inches, and is made with p...

Been really busy with Christmas then school holidays. Also working a few days per week on an anorexia ward with teen girls (I'm also a n...

Do you remember when you were a child? And it was Christmas? And there was magic. And the absolute certainty that anything was possible. ~~~...

" Memory feeds the imagination ," says author Amy Tan. " The best thing we can give our children, next to good habits, are go...

I didn't use any sort of pattern for this; I simply crocheted a cap, like a doll's wig, starting off with the cream color wool ...

Santa Lucia, thy light is glowing Through darkest winter night, comfort bestowing. Dreams float on dreams tonight, Comes then the morning li...

The best children's party in Perth, if you have any Dutch heritage, is the annual Dutch Club's "St Nicholas Party". My hu...

Here is the Nativity Scene I made using 15cm wood and wire dolls: Mary is wearing a red silk dress with a blue cloak and Joseph has a felt t...

I got the idea for this little fella from the book: Gnomes . He is made from the 15cm wood and wire doll and dressed in felt clothing. The e...

Social impairments are universal with autism. This study looks at why some people's brains are more altruistic, or socially cooperative...

The Shire council puts on a couple of really good parties each year for its rate-payer hobbits, like us. One is the Christmas party, and the...

This is Tom Thumb, made from a kit and pattern I got from Bear Dance Crafts I've made a few dolls from these kits. They always challen...

The following activities aren't done just to fix my son, I also enjoy them! Some researchers claim that autism is due to too much conne...

... at least to the child it doesn't. Customers often ask me what is the correct size for a doll, and shouldn't baby dolls be in pro...

More photos of crafts coming soon. In the meantime, here is a story my son dictated to me. I did edit it slightly for clarity, but didn'...

Here is a tiny 5" Frodo I made today. The patterns come from Winterwood's bendy doll pattern book: http://www.winterwoodtoys.com.au...

"(The) speech before words is the vernacular of all beings. It is the original mother tongue, the language of paradise ... that few adu...

We found this baby turtle on the footpath and my son begged me to bring him home just for a couple of days. It's a Snake-necked turtle. ...