We are excited to share with you today a fabulous new book written by Rhythm of the Home contributor Bernadette Noll, along with co-author Kathie Sever. Make Stuff Together: 24 Simple Projects to Create as a Family features not only wonderful and unique family craft projects, but also serves as a handbook for parents wishing to connect with their children through creating.
Make Stuff Together shares a wealth of stories and tips about how to acquire materials and work with children while building meaningful experiences. The book focuses on the use of upcycled, recycled, and repurposed materials, most of which are accessible and inexpensive. Kathie and Bernadette provide lots of suggestions for getting out into your community and connecting with others while seeking out materials. Gathering burlap sacks from your local coffee roaster or end rolls from the upholsterer’s shop keeps useful materials out of the landfill and provides unique and free materials for your family to work with – all the while building connections with those around you. The variety of materials used adds so much color and diversity to the finished projects in this book. No doubt you will find plenty of inspiration in these pages – not just in the projects themselves but also in the thoughtful words of the authors.
The projects are divided into six units: dinner time, library time, into the woods, fun and games, happy birthday to you!, and commemorate and celebrate. The projects in each unit are parceled into easy-to-manage segments that help you share quality time with your family without finding yourself overwhelmed.
We are excited to share with you today a free project; you may download the pdf instructions for this wonderful Appreciation Banner from Make Stuff Together. We’d love to hear how you incorporate this project into your family’s daily rhythms.
To find out more about Bernadette and Kathie’s work, visit their website and blog at Future Craft Collective and on Facebook.
To celebrate Make Stuff Together, we are giving away one free copy to a ROTH reader. For a chance to win, simply comment below. We will announce the winner later this week.
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Oh my! This book sounds wonderful for my growing family – my older children, ages (almost) 9 and 6 especially love making new things!
I love books like this. So full of ideas. I am going to buy this one for sure.
This looks wonderful! I love doing crafts and projects with my daughter!
Looks like a very inspiring book! Thank you for the opportunity!
Wow, what an awesome sounding book- how have I not heard of this before? I would love to have a copy!
This book looks wonderful! I’m always looking for ideas for projects to do with my boys.
Love it! My daughter and I are spending the summer doing crafts together. It is a wonderful bonding time.
this looks like fun
Fingers super double crossed!!!!
what a fun book! my daughter is just now getting into crafting, so this would be perfect.
Looks like a great resource.
Tons of fun for the summer! Would love this book.
Wow! That’s just the kind of thing my daughter, 6, and I would love! I was recently turned onto Sew Liberated and Growing Up Sew Liberated, but this one takes the cake being actually designed for mom and child(ren) and I won’t have to re-invent a wheel…lol…
What a great book! This would be so much fun this summer. thank you!
awesome! I would LOVE this book. For a few years now, we have used the “Summer Center” from Future Craft Collective. It’s such a great visual tool for my girls and helps us organize our goals, and plans. I can only imagine what’s in store in this book
This book looks so sweet and fun! We’d love to win it.
I’m a new Subscriber here and I really love Rhythm of the Home! I’ve four children and I would love to pick Bernadette and Kathie’s brains for craft ideas to make at home. I’m not the best crafter, and I am looking for inspiration to help my family enjoy summer 2011.
It looks like an amazing book combining my passion for crafting and spending time with my 4 boys! I would love to win this book!
Sounds perfect! I’m always on a hunt for a good and fun ideas for making crafts with my wanna-do-everything 4YO girl
What a great looking book!
These projects look just lovely. Would love to try them out!
I have such a lack of inspiration at the moment, this book sounds perfect!
I love these kinds of books.
I’m just beginning to fall in love with craft books: what a great addition this would be!
How fun! We could put this book to good use
This would be a good book for my daughter and I. She loves crafts.
It looks wonderful! I would loooove to have this!
Thanks a lot for this giveaway!
Ohhh love this!!!
Looks like another great inspiring book. Thank you for the giveaway
This looks like a fantastic book!
Thank you for offering the giveaway!
~ joey ~
Thanks for posting the appreciation banner instructions – I am definitely making this! I am also home-schooling my 3 kids am always on the lookout for new ideas! Please pick me! X
Sounds like a must have book that would carry me and DD for YEARS! This is going on my to buy list!
I just discovered your lovely blog/online magazine yesterday. How delightful to find a give away today.
This book looks very fun! Thanks for the opportunity!
Rebecca Hill
Looks fabulous! I’ve just started teaching my daughter, 10, and her best friend, 9, to sew!
What a wonderful book! We homeschool our to children and the book would be great!! Thanks!
I love the concept of this book! So often we want to do things *for* kids, when they really want us to do things *with* them! What a lovely guide!
would love to have this book!! wow! looks amazing
Looks like a wonderful book!
What a lovely new book! Thanks for the review & a sneak peek inside!
I hadn’t heard of this one yet, looks wonderful! Thanks for the giveaway!
What a delightful book! We are a crafty bunch here in our household and look forward to seeing waht fun ideas await us in the book.
This book would be perfect for our family. We have 2 boys who love to “make stuff”!
Thanks!
Love the link, would love the book!
Sounds like a very useful book for families to have on hand.
sounds like a great book!
What a wonderful book! My family would love it!
Wow! I would love this – we have been foraying into the world of sewing with Sew Liberated – and would love to make things together with this book!
Crafting in the summer…..love it!!!!
I know my family would love the book! We craft together all the time and love new ideas!
Looks like a fun book!
What wonderful pictures, and it looks like a fabulous book! My 3 children and I would love to have a copy!
oh my gosh- what a wonderful looking book and project- would love to win a copy!
I would love to win a copy of this book! Thank you for hosting the giveaway!
This is a wonderful book. I would love to explore it with my 11 and 8 year olds.
The book looks great. I can’t wait to check it out. My family loves crafts and we’re always looking for new ideas.
What a neat book!
This book was made for me, and the kids that I work with as an occupational therapist and as a mom. Have follow “future craft collective” and “craft hope”, so inspired that we made hope flags at local schools and to send to an orphanage in Haiti, as well as sock monkeys for operation sock monkey. Started “www.thepurpletree.ca” and collective to get back to basics, build community, empower through the handmade and giving to others. Always looking for cool ideas. Congrats to the authors and us supporters for continuing to create alternatives to screen time. Go sew go!
This book sounds great; thanks for the chance to win!
Looks wonderful!!
Wow, love these ideas already! My daughters + I can’t wait to get our copy of your wonderful new book. See you this Sunday at Stitch Lab Sewing Studio!
Wow, this looks like a wonderful book!!
what a perfect looking book, sounds like such fun projects.
Congratulations!
Yeah. I want that book. lol. I just went online last week to look up ideas to do with kids during the summer and this is so up our alley! Thanks for the opportunity and congrats on your publishing success!
Jen
Love this and so would my two boys!!!
I would love to have this book to add to our collection. My kids would also love it!!
sounds like a great book! thanks for the giveaway.
What a neat idea! Idea books are my favourite to add to the arsenal of things to do with the kids!
This sounds like a book I would like to have on my shelves. Thank!
I would love to win this, sounds like such a great book!
Sounds like a great book of activities! Thanks for the chance!
Looks like an inspiring book full of fun projects!
Wonderful! I’d love some project ideas for the long, long summer break stretching before us…
looks like a wonderful book to have!
this looks like a great book – would love the chance to try it out!
I have adopted a new rule as an auntie with awareness~ that I will make all gifts to my nephews and nieces; this book would be wonderful to enable me to have them partake in the process, after all – time is the greatest gift!
This sounds like it could be a very fun book to have! Love doing projects.
Looks like a creative book. thanks for the giveaway.
What a beautiful giveaway! We love creating together.
This looks like a really fun book!!!
This looks like just what I’ve been searching for!
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book!
Would love this!
What a treasure. Can’t wait to get a full look inside the book.
This book looks amazing and super fun!
This book looks wonderful! I would love a copy.
This will be a lovely addition to our home!
ooooh…..this looks great!
What creative ideas! Not just your standard pillow or potholder crafts here. It looks great!
I think I have the same sewing machine. We are a making family, and are always looking for ideas.
I alway love to learn about new ways to do crafty things with the kids.
How neat! Please pick me!
Oh this looks like a wonderful book and my oldest son and daughter are crazy about crafting
It would be a great summer treat to share this with them. Thank you so much for the chance to win!
Wow, what a wonderful craft book. Thanks for the opportunity re the give-away.
Me too please! My children would love this book too.
Wow! The book looks wonderful!
Looks awesome – I think I’m going to grab myself a copy
With a 4yo, 2yo and 6month old I can just imagine how ratty it would be looking in 10 years time 
looks like a fun book! congrats bernadette!
WOW! This looks great! My girls and I would love a copy.
What a lovely book! I love the idea of connecting with community to acquire materials and build relationships. The projects look wonderful, as well. Maybe I can get my 8 year old to jump into a craft too!
Wow…what an awesome giveaway! Im always looking for fun new sewing projects : )
oh my goodness, i can tell from the appreciation banner pdf that this is not your usual “crafting with kids” book. this is just exactly what i’ve been looking for — a little inspiration for kid-friendly crafts that keep spreading their magic long after we’ve enjoyed the process of making them together. thanks!
Looks like a lovely book with lots of projects to fill our summer days with crafting- my two daughters would love this and so would I!
Fun, I love making stuff together.
I love crafting with my family, this book looks wonderful!!
This looks like my kind of book, the kids would love it!
this book looks great! i’d love to win!
-t
I love the philosophy behind this book and the Future Craft Collective blog. It looks like just the thing to keep me and my daughters busy together for many afternoons. So, when and where can I get a copy, assuming I don’t win?
Sounds like there are some wonderful and inspiring projects! I’d love to win
I would just LOVE to win something like this. I adore the projects that were shared. Thank you for the chance
I so admire these crafty ladies! I’d love to read more.
Looks like a fabulous book!
Oooooh, this would definitely come in handy over the summer when both kiddos are home full time. And I’m not crafty, even though I enjoy creating, so a book full of tips and instructions is just what I need!
Sweet! Lots of inspiring ideas!
My daughter goes to school where Bernadette’s lovely sister worked. I’d love to have a copy of this book. I love getting new ideas on how to build memories with my daughters.
Even if I don’t win, I plan to buy this. What a fantastic idea.
This looks wonderful- thanks for the chance to win!
Looks like a great book for creative ideas!
Wow this looks like a really inspiring book! I’d love to introduce some of the projects mentioned to my family! Thanks~
I’m so excited about Kathie and Bernadette’s book. It’s right up my, and my family’s crafty alley!!
Sounds like a great book! I love that it uses upcycled materials, too.
This looks like it would be perfect for our family! Thanks for the chance to win and congrats on your publication!
what a cool book! As my daughter gets older (3 1/2), she’s more and more eager to “help.” This book would be a fantastic jumping off point for future projects together!
oh, i’d love to win this book!
Looks fabulous! Pick me, pick me
Sounds intriguing! Love to win a giveaway yet!! Amber
Thanks for the chance to win this delightful book!
Would love this book to give me ideas of crafts to do with the girls.
Sounds like a great book!
thank you the chance to enter a giveaway and the project!
This book is number one on my wishlist. I love the banner!
Oh this book looks right up our alley. Thank you for the opportunity, and for the wonderful tutorial!
I love the possibilities in this book – I’m just getting ready to retire and be a full time grandma – such wonderful activities for Ellie & I to share.
The book looks great and like a lot of fun!
What a gorgeous book. I’d love to make some of these things with my littlies. I hope it does really well.
What a wonderful giveaway! I’d love to use this book with my crafty girls. Thanks for the chance!
Looks like a fabulous book! xo maureen
oh how very fun!
Looks wonderful!
What a wonderful book! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I would love to win this book!
I would love to win this! Thanks for the chance! My daughter’s always very crafty with me and she just caught the sewing bug this past weekend so she’s on a roll!
I would love to win this! Thanks for the chance! My daughter’s always very crafty with me and she just caught the sewing bug this past weekend so she’s on a roll!
Looks great!
This book looks very inspiring! Perfect timing for the summer days at home too! Thank you for the opportunity!
This is great find for all year round! Would love to get inside those pages;)
Oh me oh my! My littles would love to make some of these crafts and projects! Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!
Thanks for this opporunities–we’ve been looking for a reason to learn to use my grandmother’s sewing machine.
Great family crafting ideas! Thanks!
Looks like a marvelous book! Thanks for the giveaway!
Looks like a really lovely book – I’d love to get to know it better!
This book looks awesome. Can’t wait to own it!
pick me, I love this book!
Oh my, I am already itching to open this book and loose myself in the projects…
fantastic giveaway!
This sounds so great. Already putting it on my wishlist for paperbackswap.com
Looks like a wonderful read. I need extra inspiration this year!
Looks like a fun book!
I’d love to win such a cool book!
this is lovelY!!
this looks like such an excellent book! thanks!
wow looks like great fun to be had ! great idea !
Oh wow please enter me into this! What a fabulous book – with 3 boys I am always looking for new projects to make with them – Making Stuff Together will certainly fit the bill!
What a sweet book. We would love some new crafting inspiration!
that book looks really fun. with a newborn now, i need some projects for my older boy
Ohhh… so many wonderful mama-made craft books, so little time! This one’s going on the top of the “to-buy” list!
What a lovely looking book. My lads would certainly get a kick out of working together on projects that they would use.
What a great book. I’d love to win!
Sounds like a lovely book for inspiring creativity!
Blessings,
Catherine
This looks like a GREAT book and I want to make an appreciation banner for family ASAP!
Thanks for sharing this book – such an inspiration! I love the categories and the timing is perfect for some summer crafting!
What a neat book! I am so looking forward to my boys being big enough to make things with them!
Just the book to make our summer even more perfect!
I have been waiting months for this book to come out! My girls and I would have so much fun -”making stuff together” (hee hee) Thanks for the opportunity!
These are the types of books parents should be given from the get go. Inspiring, creative and fun!
Thank you for sharing!
This book looks like so much fun!
Who doesn’t love to make stuff? Thank you for sharing!
This is awesome!! Count me in
This book looks wonderful!
very fun! I’d love to win if the contest is still open!
Heather
It looks amazing, I would love a copy!
What a great idea. I should do more together with my children.
Just started following your blog yesterday! I love it and can’t wait to find the Rhythm of my Home with 3 kids 2, 3.5, and 5.5 with a husband that travels a lot!!!
Looking forward to much inspiration!
This looks amazing! I would love to have a copy of the book!
Looks like a wonderful book that I would love to have and share with my daughter!
I have been looking for something to share with my daughter that is an indoor project. The heat we get in Southern California makes playing outside difficult. I would love to add this book to my collection.
H
This would be a wonderful resource for inspiring some more creativity around my home, I loved to have us all work together on some projects and I love the of repurposing materials for those creations.
What a wonderful book! I’m a teacher here in Holland and this would be the right book for thee craftlessons!!
looks wonderful
This looks like such a fun book!
The book looks amazing. Can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Looks like another wonderful find. I will head over and check it out…
This sounds great! I am tracking down a copy right now.
This sounds so fun.
I absolutely lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve ROTH. I just discovered it today, and I wish that it had existed when my own children were younger (sigh) but alas, I am a teacher of young, special needs students, and these sensory type activities adapt oh-so-nicely. I followed a thread from Susan K’s Making Books and I am very pleased to have found this site and another, This Little Light of Mine Blog.
Seems like a wonderful book – just what I’ve been looking for!
I have this book on my wishlist! I have been wanting to get it for awhile. What a wonderful giveaway! I want to start doing more projects with my little one!
this looks great, going to check out their blog!
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