What could be sweeter than this Ostheimer nativity scene? All pieces sold separately.

A wonderful board game for the wee ones. Small children will delight in moving their wooden mice and cheese around the board.

"This is a trove of stories showing how people have found the spirit of Christmas in later ages. This might be a child in a poor quarter of a Spanish town who is convinced that the kings come to earth again every year to help children, or it may be a simple peasant who lives with the conviction that he will meet Christ in his life. ...This book is divided into five sections:  Advent, the Birth of the Child, the Christmas night through the ages, Christmas in the world, and the Three Kings time. " --- (from the dust jacket)

These versatile wooden spirals are a lovely way to celebrate advent or birthdays. Wooden figures and candles fit into the round holes and can be added or changed to suit the season, or the age of the birthday child.

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Shine, shine little

candle flame, In

feasting take your

part, And as you

burn yourself away,

O shine into my

heart."

-Sylvia Beels, Bruderhof

Beeswax Birthday candles....we have all the numbers plus shooting stars! $2.98 

Tea Light Candle Holder, $21.98

Beeswax Pumpkin candle,  $13.98

This little fox ornament is hand-crafted in Central Asia in workshops founded and run by women entrepreneurs using natural materials and old traditional felting methods. We have lots more to choose from in the shop. $19.98 Tiny taper candle holder, $4.98.

Beeswax Pine Cone candle, $4.98

Story telling candle holder, $4.98

Nickel-plated candle snuffer, $6.98

Beeswax candles are a gift from nature that embodies a simple and healthy state of being. Most candles are made with paraffin, a petroleum by-product which is not natural and is unhealthy to burn. To prepare paraffin for candle making it is chemically bleached and hardened, then artificially scented. Burning paraffin emits harmful, black soot and pollutes the air. Beeswax is 100% natural and a renewable resource that actually cleans the air by emitting purifying negative ions. Beeswax candles also make the most beautiful, pure, warm light.

                                                                                                 --from Big Dipper Wax Works 

Glass log candle holder and the cutest owl candles ever.

This peg loom kit comes with everything you need to get started and is perfect for kids from first grade on. Buy one now and get your kids started on holiday gifts for grandparents! $29.48

Ostheimer Deer Family

Littlest fawn, $7.98, laying fawn, $12.98, doe, $15.98, stag, $23.98, tree, $14.98. 

We have the acclaimed First Aid For Fairies series in stock, including the new, fourth, and final book, Maze Running.

We have lots of fun Halloween items in the store now and quite a selection of these whimsical necklaces by Mama's Little Babies. Boo necklace, $36.98.

Black cat!   $9.98

Sweetest witch ever. Another hand made treasure by Rebecca Varon, $44.98

Kathleen Van Deusen of Petal Holistic Skin Care will be giving complimentary skin care consultations and free Hauschka gifts at the Wishing Well, Friday, October 12, starting at 9 AM. Call or stop by to sign up.

The Weleda Body Lotion Kit includes the Citrus, Sea Buckthorn, Pomegranate, and Wild Rose lotions. $13.48

The LiceMeister comb is the only comb endorsed by the National Pediculosis Association. $15.95

Dr. Hauschka Neem Hair Oil, $39.95

Ah....Lice. All we can say is don't panic. They are actually very easily dealt with. You just need patience and a good quality lice comb. If you suspect your kids have lice, just run the comb through their hair to find out for certain. If you find lice you will want to work section by section, carefully combing through small amounts of wet hair with the comb as close to the scalp as possible. If you can still see any nits afterward (tiny white tear drop shapes on the hair shafts close to the scalp) you can scrape them off with a finger nail. Once you have done this initial, careful combing of the whole head you will want to repeat again every two or three days for two weeks to catch the whole lousy life cycle. This is a much better, more reliable, and safer option than using chemical treatments which are toxic and do not kill nits. Once you've gotten rid of the bugs, you should run a lice comb through your kids' hair weekly just to check, as a preventative measure. 

Complementing the combing sessions with applications of Dr. Hauschka's Neem Hair Oil can also help deter lice. 

For more than you ever wanted to know about lice and their speedy removal, including instructional videos, you can go to www.headlice.org.

If you want someone to come to your house to give you a tutorial in person and/or do the combing for you, the Hair Angels are an excellent local company. This is the company that performs the lice checks at our school. You can find them at www.thehairangels.com

And by the way, The Hair Angels do not recommend going overboard with washing everything in your house multiple times. Some light vacuuming of sofas, and a wash of the bedding with the first combing should be sufficient in most cases, as lice cannot survive long away from their food source....the human head! Ewww!  

Dragon, Ostheimer, $45.98.

We have a great selection of stainless steel lunch contraptions. Safer than plastic and more easily cleaned, these truly will last a lifetime.  The handle-less ones are stackable and great for camping kits. 

These containers are easy for little fingers to open and have a silicone inner rim to prevent leaks. Small size, $17.98 and large, $19.98. Sandwich box, $22.98.

This stainless steel thermos is wider and shallower than most...more like an actual soup bowl. $31.98

 

Everyone in the family can sculpt his or her very own Michaelmas dragon with his or her very own dragonish personality...what could be more ferociously wonderful for your nature table? Just warm the wax in your hands and away you go. We have many colors of beeswax to choose from. $2.50 / sheet. We also sell multi-color boxed sets. 

Le Feau De L'Eau....Fire of the Water

These beautiful, long-burning, vegetable wax candles are made by two former PWS parents, Jo Strettell and Wendy Polish. In their proprietary formula, a high-temperature wax, which makes up the outside of the candle, is sculpted in water. This outer wax holds its shape while the inner soy wax burns down, creating a lovely glow. We have four subtle fragrances to choose from. Burn time is approximately 80 hours!    $55

Come meet the whole extended acorn family! These lovely woodland people are all-wool creations hand made by Rebecca Varon. Grandfather acorn, $54.98, acorn girl, $24.98.

Hand blown hourglasses by Spectrum. These measure 30 minutes.

There is lots of fun to be had and math to be learned with the 4 processes dice. We also have regular dice in several different sizes and colors. To play, each player rolls the dice and then makes the calculations shown. Perfect for a family game night!

Flowers ornaments made using a Japanese fabric folding technique. 

Calling all crafters (and crafter want-to-be's)!

PWS parents, Kamala Norris and Sheila Swift, will be holding weekly Angel Room crafting workshops outside the Wishing Well for the next seven Wednesday mornings after drop-off. These are open to all PWS parents and are a great way to meet new people, learn some really fun and interesting crafts, and most importantly to complete your eight required Angel Room items. We'll be doing something different every week. The cost is 4 dollars and includes all materials. 

Angel Room Crafting Workshops
Wednesdays, 8:15AM - approximately 10AM

We hope you will join us!

PWS parent, Bridget Phillips, makes these beautiful necklaces from treasures she finds in nature. We have many more to choose from at the Wishing Well. Come see!

Bison tooth, $49.98, stones, $25.98

We have all kinds of things at the Wishing Well to help you put your kids to work.

Kid-sized, German-made broom, $11.98

Wooden broom and brush set - great for camping or small clean up jobs, $17.98.

We have a nice selection of baskets in a variety of shapes and sizes that are handmade by a fair-trade, women's collective in Ghana. They range in price. This large basket is $49.98.

Let your kids get your fall garden going with this sturdy tool set,  $17.98.

Come check out our new shipment of adorable cotton placemats and matching napkins.  $19.98

The Wishing Well will be closed tomorrow, Friday, August 24, due to a film production shooting on campus. The Wishing Well will be open next week at the following times:

Tuesday, August 28, 10AM - 2PM
Wednesday, August 29, 12PM - 4:30PM
Thursday, August 30, 10AM - 2PM
Friday, Closed

The Wishing Well will also be closed for Labor Day Weekend, and will reopen with the following hours:

Tuesday, September 4, 10AM - 2PM
Wednesday, September 5, regular store hours resume

Regular Store Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30AM - 4:30 PM

The Wishing Well will be closed this week, reopening again on August 21, 2012. From this date forward we will be open weekdays from 10am to 2pm until the start of school on September 5. We just received a new shipment of beautiful lunch baskets so come see us!

The award-winning Automoblox. We have lots of styles and colors.  $47.98