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DIY: 12 Simple (Free Tutorials!) Baby Toy Projects. By Selena Mae | Anyone know of a DIY Addicts group?

DIY: 12 Simple (Free Tutorials!) Baby Toy Projects

(No joiners, no quitters). Guilty party, hand-up, right here. Summer 2011. Sewn Egg Chick Tutorial by Kata Golda Making lots of eggs and some baskets for spring, I came up with the egg chick because something felt missing....an egg with a cute face...looked like Humpty Dumpty.

Summer 2011

A chicken, that was a bigger endeavor....so here is the egg chick. Just the perfect size for little hands to hold, to slip in a bag when needing to bring along a little toy, to give as a gift. Materials Pattern Template Felt of assorted colors 6 ply brown embroidery floss 6 ply orange embroidery floss 6 ply embroidery floss to match felt Needle 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Clothespin People. Summer is coming...which means school will soon be out and there will be many little hands looking for things to do.

Clothespin People

With a bit of imagination, a handful of craft supplies and a maybe a little help from some bigger hands you can turn simple clothespins into little friends. Our project supply list included: Clothespins Fabric scraps Pipe cleaners Markers Yarn Popsicle sticks Glue Scissors Imagination Sit back and watch how your child thinks about what they want to do and then tries to figure out how to make it happen. Bird Mobile — Spool Sewing. I had been toying with the idea of a mobile project and our adorable bird pattern seemed the perfect fit.

Bird Mobile — Spool Sewing

Pocket Pets Pdf Pattern - You Choose Four on Luulla. Tooth Bear with Cindy - Martha Stewart Kids' Crafts. : Dolls. A newly five-year-old little person I know had a birthday very recently, and knew exactly what I was going to do for a gift.

: Dolls

You see, there is this very odd vintage rubber-faced doll that is covered in brown fur, and white pom-poms. I bought her from an Etsy-vintage seller a few years back, because I adored the sheer weirdness of her. One day, this certain little birthday person (a notorious appreciator of weird things) was over and poking around my studio, and she emerged with this brown fur doll in her arms. "Stump Baby! ", she said. Of course, I tried to send her home with Stump Baby that day. : Ghost-in-a-box. Black Apple Doll. : A Tiny for A Tiny. There are three things that I know about the middle Chicken-little (Delia).

: A Tiny for A Tiny

One: She is the human I know that is mostly likely to secretly be a fairy.Two: She loves dolls.Three: She loves tiny things. So when her birthday rolled around last week, I knew what was in order. A tiny doll. You might remember last month that I made a sketch/artsy themed birthday present for her elder sis...it's amazing how different children's personalities are even right at the beginning of their lives. Those two are so special and quirky and such individuals already. Right, but back to the tiny doll. I made her with a little nightie on, and then a removable dress, capelet, hat, and scarf. Vintage + modern design for kids and the home. Big Cuddly Bunny. My hometown has an agricultural fair every August that I rarely miss.

Big Cuddly Bunny

My brother watches the oxen pulls for hours and my mother lingers over the prize vegetables, but I always head straight for the rabbits! I totally love them: their blinky eyes, their fat bellies and their ridiculous ears. And so when it comes to Easter and its wonderful cast of characters, for me, the bunny wins. Our Big Cuddly Bunny gets its shape and inspiration from this winter's Big Snowy Owl. With a couple of key modifications a wide-eyed owl turns into a floppy-eared rabbit, full of sweet, earnest personality. The Materials Main Yarn: 6 skeins of Blue Sky's Bulky, 50% Alpaca and 50% Wool. The Pattern Gauge 2 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in stockinette Finished Size 15 inches from ground to top of head 38 inches in circumference The Bottom With the Main Yarn and the double pointed needles, cast on 8 stitches.

Place a stitch marker and join for working in the round, being careful to not twist your stitches. Round 2: Purl. The Body. Purl Bee Penguin. Winter in New York City can be hard to love with its frozen sidewalks, dirty snowbanks, and bare trees.

Purl Bee Penguin

But this winter I'm counting on my new cold weather friend, the Purl Bee Penguin, to help me through! Its happy ovoid shape and graphic palette are sure to remind me that joy really does exist in January. Just ask an Emperor Penguin! I used our new Penguin Fat Quarter Bundle, a lively mix of black and white dots, stripes, and prints, to sew up this quirky little trio of penguins. I loved seeing how each one developed its own personality as I sewed, becoming more and more alive with each stitch! The Purl Bee Penguins are pretty addictive to make, and I don’t think that I’ll be able to stop with just these three.