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Hey Gang, My 8 year old Daughter Katie
came and asked me about an Allowance.
Rather than just give her the money Mom and I decided to find something that she could do to earn it (rather than scooping out the Cat Potty).
Katie said she could try and tie a lanyard for me if Mom showed her a Macrame knot. Mom used the Lighter to seal the ends for her....well it turned out OK....... but then she said whe wanted to make another to sell.
I explained to her that if any she made any that did sell I would give her the money..... well to make a long story short I bought her a book and she made a few and sell they did - so fast that Mom and I decided to use this as an Economics lesson for her - 50% of what she makes goes into the Bank (after Expenses of course) and the rest is for her to spend.
We started on another forum and Katie is having a blast and has already purchased a Stuffed Animal for her Brother and some Doll Clothes for her - as well as a nice chunk into her Bank account for school.
Katie got very good at the Spiral and Flat lanyards;
Recently she wanted to try her hand at a couple of other kinds of Knots in her Book. She tried the Square knot but they were a bit too difficult ~ however we came up with another neat idea that Katie can do that is an offshoot of the Flat lanyard that she has learned to do so well - it is a Custom Paracord Bracelet.
She made one for herself, one for her Brother and one for me and they are holding up well!
Also, Katie tried the Square Sinnet knots and couldn't quite do them.. so she has hired Mom to make those... ~ Yep, Katie now has an Employee! So here are some that Mom has made (and Katie does the QC on them). :thumbup:
One of the Black ones pictured (the short stubby one) has an extra large Lanyard Loop and we left the 7 Strands inside on this one (which we don't normally do) Mom can make it differently, that one was just a "learning project".
Since we had requests for so many different colors we ordered at least one hank of each and so now we have lots of colors available; (here is a pic of Katie's little card she made to show the colors)
Katie even has some Pink Polymer clasps if anyone wants a Bracelet for their Daughter, Wife or Girlfriend.
The Lanyards are $5 Shipped - your choice of color(s). The Paracord Bracelets are $14 Shipped - your choice of color(s).
Shipping is via USPS in a padded envelope.
References available upon request.
Thanks and if you have any special requests just let us know.
hillbillenigma [at] charter (dot) net
came and asked me about an Allowance.
Rather than just give her the money Mom and I decided to find something that she could do to earn it (rather than scooping out the Cat Potty). Katie said she could try and tie a lanyard for me if Mom showed her a Macrame knot. Mom used the Lighter to seal the ends for her....well it turned out OK..
..... but then she said whe wanted to make another to sell. I explained to her that if any she made any that did sell I would give her the money..... well to make a long story short I bought her a book and she made a few and sell they did - so fast that Mom and I decided to use this as an Economics lesson for her - 50% of what she makes goes into the Bank (after Expenses of course) and the rest is for her to spend.
We started on another forum and Katie is having a blast and has already purchased a Stuffed Animal for her Brother and some Doll Clothes for her - as well as a nice chunk into her Bank account for school.
Katie got very good at the Spiral and Flat lanyards;
Recently she wanted to try her hand at a couple of other kinds of Knots in her Book. She tried the Square knot but they were a bit too difficult ~ however we came up with another neat idea that Katie can do that is an offshoot of the Flat lanyard that she has learned to do so well - it is a Custom Paracord Bracelet.
She made one for herself, one for her Brother and one for me and they are holding up well!
Also, Katie tried the Square Sinnet knots and couldn't quite do them.. so she has hired Mom to make those... ~ Yep, Katie now has an Employee! So here are some that Mom has made (and Katie does the QC on them). :thumbup:
One of the Black ones pictured (the short stubby one) has an extra large Lanyard Loop and we left the 7 Strands inside on this one (which we don't normally do) Mom can make it differently, that one was just a "learning project".
Since we had requests for so many different colors we ordered at least one hank of each and so now we have lots of colors available; (here is a pic of Katie's little card she made to show the colors)
Katie even has some Pink Polymer clasps if anyone wants a Bracelet for their Daughter, Wife or Girlfriend.
The Lanyards are $5 Shipped - your choice of color(s). The Paracord Bracelets are $14 Shipped - your choice of color(s).
Shipping is via USPS in a padded envelope.
References available upon request.
Thanks and if you have any special requests just let us know.
hillbillenigma [at] charter (dot) net
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