I wanted to make a fun little project for the Lunar New Year. I didn’t have a lot of time, but luckily this cute little dumpling takes almost no time to make. My family loves his happy face, but that can always be left off if you don’t like it. Happy Dumpling Materials: 5mm crochet hook …
It is almost time for elementary school Valentine’s Day parties. Our kids don’t always make their own cards, but on the years that they do this is one of their favorite projects. The teachers and other students all love these cards. We make our own seed paper with marigold seeds in it. When they take …
Valentine’s Day is almost here. I decided that I needed to create a quick project for the holiday. Since it is so cold a scarf seemed like the perfect project. This is a very simple project that will work up quickly. The scarf is made of half double crochets. The hearts are simply created by …
My daughter loved her dinosaur hat so much, that I decided she should have a dinosaur hat to wear on the days that she doesn’t feel like wearing her scarf. She loved that idea so I got to work making one for her. This pattern is pretty easy and works up quick. I used my …
My daughter LOVES dinosaurs. She has a ton of dinosaur books and toys, and has told us she is going to be a paleontologist when she grows up. I knew that I needed to make her something with a dinosaur on it, and decided that a hooded scarf would be a great project for this. …
We are finally getting some snow! My kids were very excited about it and wanted to build a snowman. This gave me the idea to create a snowman hat for my daughter to wear while playing in the snow. Of course the snow was starting to melt by the time we got to take pictures …
It is less than a week until Christmas. We have been very busy with finishing presents, baking cookies, and decorating. Today my daughter and I had some time to sit down and make a new Christmas craft. We decided to make a Christmas wreath for her to display. This craft is a very simple one …
We have a new kitten in our house. Anyone who has cats knows that kittens and Christmas ornaments are a dangerous combination. All of our fragile ornaments had to stay packed in the box, and the bottom few rows of the tree are pretty empty. I decided that I needed to make a few ornaments …
It’s getting close to Christmas so I decided that I needed to create a new ornament for our tree. I love having our tree decorated with homemade ornaments. Between the kids and I we have a lot of them on ours. Today I want to teach you how to make this holly ornament. It is …
Unicorns are very big in our house right now, and my daughter has been begging me to make her a hooded scarf with pockets. I decided that the best thing to do would be to combine those two things. The result was this adorable scarf. It isn’t too difficult to make, and made her so …
