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Fri
10 ^th

Paper Bowl Yarn Heads

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Fri
03 ^rd

Yarn Wrapped Craft Stick Dolls

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My 4 year old loves to play with yarn. Many of our favorite activities and crafts are wrapped or threaded with yarn. We made lovely yarn wrapped hearts earlier this year & my daughter loved it.

She loves the yarn because she loves to unravel & cut it and I love it because it is great for her fine motor skills.

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This craft is fun to make & is fun to play with after you are finished, at least my daughter thought so.

Mon
04 ^th

Earth Day is April 22nd. It is never too soon to start teaching your children about the planet & how to protect it. We have taught our daughter to recycle & the importance of not wasting food, water or electricity. Even her favorite book “The Lorax” teaches her about what can happen if we don’t protect our planet.

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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.” Dr. Seuss – The Lorax

Since my daughter loves sewing so much, to celebrate this Earth Day, we opted to make an Earth craft & lacing activity. Here is how.

What you will need:

Cardboard

Acrylic paint

Yarn

Yarn needle

Directions:

Draw a circle and a rough sketch of the Earth on a piece of cardboard. The shapes do not have to be perfect. Poke holes around the outline of the shapes of the continents.

Paint the cardboard using green for the inside of your outline & blue on the outside. Let the paint dry.

Use a yarn needle to thread through the holes on the inside of the continents.

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Tue
19 ^th

Yarn Wrapped Hearts

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My daughter is slightly obsessed with yarn. We have a big bin filled with yarn & ribbon and she pulls it out all the time. She likes to cut it, tie it to things & make obstacle courses throughout the house with it.

Sun
02 ^nd

Cardboard & Yarn Craft Ornament

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Since Mai has started daycare our craft collection has doubled itself. We have a collection of home crafts & now the take home ones as well. Our kitchen island has a pile of them. This week, we hung up a few of our favorites to display them. This weekend we decided to make some crafts that were meant to be hung. Since Halloween is over & Christmas is everywhere, now was as good a time as any to make our first ornament.

What you will need:

Cardboard

Paint

Yarn

Glue

Directions:

Cut out your desired shape

Cut out notches in the cardboard.

Paint the cardboard shape.

Wrap yarn around an empty toilet paper roll to make it easier for little hands.

Pull the end of a piece of yarn through one of the notches. Pull tight around another notch & continue until you achieve the look you like. Younger toddlers may need a hand with this.

Pick a side that you like better. Glue a string to the opposite side.

Fri
08 ^th

Paper Plate Wig Masks

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My daughter loves to pretend play. She has a vivid imagination & it is fun watching her explore her world of make believe. She loves to play baker and bake us beautiful cakes. She will take the little cherries out of he Hi Ho Cherry-o game and decorate her stacking cups with them and make tiered cakes. Last week when I didn’t feel good she made me a bowl of chicken soup complete with ABC magnets & a plastic drumstick. Delicious!

One of her favorite cartoons is Sheriff Callie. She has a cowboy hat that she wears & a pink hamper that she calls Sparky her horse. Giddy Up Sparky.

She loves wearing dresses & twirling around & saying “Look Mama, I look like a princess.” Yes you do.

With her growing interest with the world of dress up & make believe, I thought we could have a little dress up fun.

Paper Plate Wig Mask.

What you will need:

Paper plates

Yarn

Glue

Pipe cleaner or string

Scissors

Directions:

Cut a whole out of two paper plates following the line of the first inside circle in the plate. — Cut a hole out of two paper plates following the line of the first inside circle in the plate.

Glue the two paper plates together for a sturdier mask base.

Measure out how long you want your bangs to be & cut a piece of yarn at the desired length.

Measure out and cut several more pieces of this length.

Glue the bang pieces into place. Do not worry about them lining up perfectly, you can trim them later.

Trim along top and cut until flush along the curve of the plate.

After you have placed your bangs, add a strand of yarn on the out edge of the plate following the curve of the plate about a 1/4 of the way down & then let the yarn hang straight down & cut to desired length, — After you have placed your bangs, add a strand of yarn on the outer edge of the plate following the curve of the plate about a 1/4 of the way around & then let the yarn hang straight down & cut to desired length.

Add another piece of yarn right up against the other following the same pattern. Do this until you have worked your way to the inner edge & then switch sides & repeat.

Continue until both sides are finished. Trim the uncovered portion of the plate.

Insert a pipe cleaner or string between the two plates or to the the back of the plates to create the backing to your mask.

And for the boys…

Cut out a half circle within your paper plate.

Start with one side of your mustache, laying down strand by strand similar to above.

Working from the top end of one side of your mustache work to the edge of the plate and follow downward along the curve of the circle until you meet the opposite side of the mustache.

Fri
18 ^th

Yarn Embellished Initial Wall Hanging

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My daughter as many of you may well know, is named after my mother. Mai is a less than common name, which is one of the things I love about it. She will always be unique. We have a lot of personalized & monagrammed things for her. I cannot see the letter M without thinking of my little munchkin. So when I was shopping at Michael’s and saw a giant wooden M for sale, I had to scoop it up. Her room is purple with golden & neutral tones, so I chose colors to compliment her room. What you will need: A wooden letter Different colored yarns Elmers glue Scissors Glue gun

Purchase a cheap wooden letter from a craft store or make one yourself.

Form a circle using the glue. Starting from the center begin circling the yarn around itself.

Continue to circle around until you cover the glue circle.

Snip the end of your yarn off and form into the circle.

Working off the edge of the first circle add another glue circle and repeat the circling method.

For circles that are not full because off cut out edges, form half circles around each side cutting off the ends at the edge.

Continue this pattern, making circles as big or as small as you desire.

To fill in uncovered spaces around the circles, fill in with a different colored yarn following the same lines as your circles.

Line the edges of your letter with the accent yarn to smooth out your edges & add a more finished look.

Braid the different colored yarns together & knot each end.

With a glue gun add hot glue on the back of your initial where you would like your hanger.

Press your braided yarn into the glue & repeat on the other side.

Find a place to hang your craft.

Sat
15 ^th

DIY Braided Hair Clip Holder

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My little girl was born with very little hair. She, like her father had a receded hair line. (Sorry Honey!) There was no hair in the front, but there was quite a bit in the back. As time went on, the back of her hair continued to grow, yet the front stayed hairless. She started to take on a sort of baby mullet. I dressed her in pink as much as possible to avoid the “Isn’t he cute.” “Thank you, SHE is cute, isn’t she?”

So, when Mai was finally able to pull her hair back into pigtails, mommy was elated.

I bought hair clips & barrettes galore. Every time we left the house, I had to throw a pretty clip in her hair. The problem is I had no where to put all of these little hair pretties and they ended up all over the house and lost.

Braided Hair Clip Holder

What you will need:

A sturdy piece of cardboard

Elmers glue

Modge Podge

A print out of a pretty princess

Yarn

Glue gun & hot glue

Adhesive picture hanging strips

Directions:

Print out a picture of your favorite princess on your home printer.