About Asbah Alaena

I’m Asbah. A servant of Allah who is a muslim by birth and choice, Accountant by way of studies, an artist at heart and a Unschooling mom to 5 kids. This blog had been my major writing rendezvous when I was young but post Gaza things have take a different turn. I hope to write more about our unconventional life choices specially in todays day and age.

6 steps to break thumbsucking in toddlers

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

My guest post at Ahappymuslimah.com

My eldest started sucking her thumb when she was barely days old. Instead of listening to my mom’s advice of using mittens or agreeing to my husband insisting on using a dummy, I relied on Google search and concluded:

· Thumb sucking is normal for infants
· They can self sooth themselves to sleep – avoiding much hassle for mothers
· Most of them break this habit on their own by the time they reach their 3rd birthday
· Dummies are just germ developing site and should be avoided altogether
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RCC 5 – Felt doll prayer mat

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

This is the easiest craft I did so far, Felt doll prayer mat.

The supplies I used:

green felt sheet
Dotted green felt sheet
a white felt sheet
white thread
needle
scissors
pen & paper

I cut a rectangle from green felt and cut tiny strips from either side to resemble a prayer mat, then I cut a slightly smaller white rectangle and stitched it onto the green using a blanket stitch. Continue reading →

Letter C

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

For the week of C, we did the following Crafts

C for cookie

It was simple we cut circles and added dots and then I let the kids paste each circle on the line of ‘C’ Continue reading →

RCC 4 – Masjid Puffy paint craft

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

We tried this awesome Puffy paint recipe using three basic ingredients, everyone has in their kitchens. We used:

1/2 cup flour
slightly less than 1/2 cup water
1 tea spoon salt

Thats it!

The key is in mixing well. Add the flour, water and salt and whisk well, so well that it falls as one thread. Continue reading →

RCC 3 – Masjid Sun catcher

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

This is my favorite so far, I used

some plastic pony beads
parchment paper (or any paper)
tape
pencil
tweezer
a baking sheet
foil paper

I used opaque beads for the Masjid pattern and used the transparent ones to fill in the rest. Continue reading →

RCC Day 2 – Muslim doll finger puppet

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

The size of the doll is slightly short of 4 inches.

I drew the pattern on paper and then traced it out on felt. I cut a 1 inch felt circle and mark places for eyes and mouth. I used small black beads for eyes (but one can do with googly eyes or just plain black thread) and red thread for mouth. Continue reading →

RCC – Calligraphy wall art

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

I had always found it difficult to do calligraphy. It was not my thing, it was Uzra’s. Nevertheless, I was always inspired by it.

Things we need:

a white paper
a blue paper
dollar store picture frame
paint & brush or use Sharpie
glue

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15 Days Ramadan Craft Challenge.

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

With less than three weeks in Ramadan, the fast approaching month is definitely the highlight of our thoughts these days. Some may be wrapping samosas and rolls while others may be working on their spiritual dimension to reap most benefits from this blessed month. I undertook a 15 day Ramadan Craft challenge. Continue reading →

Hours of sanity – 2

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Muslim toddler comic sanity-2.png

Learning Letters. B

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Asbah Alaena

Since this week was letter B, we did some awesome letter B crafts here. And we did crafts for learning the capital and small letter B.

Beaver:

It was easy I just cut all shapes and showed abi how to assemble, we didnt have a beige color construction paper so we substituted it with the tissue-paper we had.