Lingering Thanks

· categorized in Homeschool, Kids,

This post was supposed to make it to my blog a couple days ago but the internet was out almost city wide. Then I was going to write it yesterday. (But I was too busy digesting greatness.) When I thought of it this morning and how I was a little late, I realized how wrong …

Monkey Washcloth Puppet

· categorized in Kids, Sewing Tutorials,

As promised, to go with my hooded monkey tutorial, here is the matching monkey washcloth puppet tutorial. I made these for a friend’s baby but may be making some more pretty soon for my adorable little model here.

Hooded Monkey Towel

· categorized in Kids, Sewing Tutorials,

Hooded Monkey Towel When my youngest child was born a friend made me a most brilliant thing. It was a hoodie towel. The grand thing was that it was huge. It was pink with some sweet brown trim. My baby loves it, and my other kids wish they had some. I never did like the …

Throwing Discs

· categorized in Crochet Patterns, Kids,

Last Christmas one of our favorite clever gifts were these crocheted discs that my mom found in a fair trade store. They have tons of fun designs and colors. For my son’s 4 year old birthday this year I decided to try my hand at making some and personalize one for him in his favorite …

Rainbow Elephant

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

Elephants are well loved around here. My 1 1/2 year old sleeps every night with “Dawdle” her elephant and she gets extremely excited when she sees a picture of one in a book. She makes a most adorable high pitched “Bwawoooo!” sound just like an elephant, that her daddy taught her. I thought it would …