For the win....
8.30.2010
Tutorial: Sew a Knuffle Bunny - Free Pattern
8.28.2010
This Summer my children fell in love with a new friend while participating in our local library's Summer Reading Program...
Knuffle Bunny. Now, some people pronounce it "Nuffle" while others say "Ka-nuffle" (including our family), but no matter how you say it, this story book character by creator Mo Willems is completely adorable! Here's how to make your very own!
CLICK HERE to download a pattern and instructions in a pdf file or follow along below!
3. Spoon 1 Tbsp. of white rice into each limb. Stuff remaining limb with batting until full.
4. Baste stitch along top of each limb ¼” from open edge.
5. Lay down body piece. Mark on body piece where each arm and leg should be positioned. Lay onto body back with arm or leg facing into the tummy.
6. Lay body front piece on top and pin arms and legs into place. Then pin around the remainder of the body pieces, matching edges together (this may be bulky).
7. Sew with ½ Inch seam around body, leaving the neck portion open.
8. Turn right side out and pour ¼ c. white rice into bottom of body. Stuff with batting until full.
9. Double up some white sewing thread and hand baste along circumference of neck hole. Pull tightly to gather. Sew completely closed. Set aside.
10. Sew the two blue inner ear pieces onto the ears, using a scant seam, making sure to leave ½” from edges of ear.
11. With inner ear side in, sew together each ear to its corresponding back piece.
12. Turn right side out. Fold each ear along the bottom until it meets in the middle of the ear, forming a gusset (as shown below). Baste sew with a ¼” seam.
13. Lay down back of head. Mark where each ear should be positioned. Lay onto fabric with ears facing down towards the center of the head.
14. Lay face piece on top and ears into place. Then pin around the remainder of the head, matching edges together (you may have to fold the ears so they fit into the head space).
15. Sew with ½ Inch seam around head, leaving 2 inches at the bottom neck portion open.
16. Turn right side out and stuff with batting until full.
17. Double up some white sewing thread and hand baste along circumference of neck hole. Pull tightly to gather. Sew completely closed.
18. Hand stitch eyes and nose into place.
19. Using black embroidery thread, hand stitch a line from the bottom of the nose down ¾ Inch. Sew three lines across this line.
20. Using hand needle and doubled up white thread, attach head to body. You may want to go back and forth over this seam multiple times to ensure it is securely fastened.
21. Run a loose basting stitch around circumference of tail circle. Fill with a small ball of batting and pull thread tightly to gather. Attach securely to backside of bunny.
22. Using a black sharpie marker, carefully draw along the edges of each hand and foot paw pad and the eyes. Then place three dots on each cheek as shown in picture above.
Knuffle Bunny. Now, some people pronounce it "Nuffle" while others say "Ka-nuffle" (including our family), but no matter how you say it, this story book character by creator Mo Willems is completely adorable! Here's how to make your very own!
CLICK HERE to download a pattern and instructions in a pdf file or follow along below!
• 1/2 yd. light green flannel
• 1/8 yd. light blue flannel
• small scrap of black corduroy or felt
• small scrap of white felt
• black sharpie marker
• black embroidery floss
• hand sewing needle
• sewing machine with white thread
• enough batting to stuff bunny
• white rice
1. Sew the four blue paw pads onto the bottom of arms and legs, using a scant seam, making sure to leave ½” from bottom of arm/leg.
2. With paw pad side in, sew together each arm and leg to its corresponding back piece.3. Spoon 1 Tbsp. of white rice into each limb. Stuff remaining limb with batting until full.
4. Baste stitch along top of each limb ¼” from open edge.
5. Lay down body piece. Mark on body piece where each arm and leg should be positioned. Lay onto body back with arm or leg facing into the tummy.
6. Lay body front piece on top and pin arms and legs into place. Then pin around the remainder of the body pieces, matching edges together (this may be bulky).
7. Sew with ½ Inch seam around body, leaving the neck portion open.
8. Turn right side out and pour ¼ c. white rice into bottom of body. Stuff with batting until full.
9. Double up some white sewing thread and hand baste along circumference of neck hole. Pull tightly to gather. Sew completely closed. Set aside.
10. Sew the two blue inner ear pieces onto the ears, using a scant seam, making sure to leave ½” from edges of ear.
11. With inner ear side in, sew together each ear to its corresponding back piece.
12. Turn right side out. Fold each ear along the bottom until it meets in the middle of the ear, forming a gusset (as shown below). Baste sew with a ¼” seam.
13. Lay down back of head. Mark where each ear should be positioned. Lay onto fabric with ears facing down towards the center of the head.
14. Lay face piece on top and ears into place. Then pin around the remainder of the head, matching edges together (you may have to fold the ears so they fit into the head space).
15. Sew with ½ Inch seam around head, leaving 2 inches at the bottom neck portion open.
16. Turn right side out and stuff with batting until full.
17. Double up some white sewing thread and hand baste along circumference of neck hole. Pull tightly to gather. Sew completely closed.
18. Hand stitch eyes and nose into place.
19. Using black embroidery thread, hand stitch a line from the bottom of the nose down ¾ Inch. Sew three lines across this line.
20. Using hand needle and doubled up white thread, attach head to body. You may want to go back and forth over this seam multiple times to ensure it is securely fastened.
21. Run a loose basting stitch around circumference of tail circle. Fill with a small ball of batting and pull thread tightly to gather. Attach securely to backside of bunny.
22. Using a black sharpie marker, carefully draw along the edges of each hand and foot paw pad and the eyes. Then place three dots on each cheek as shown in picture above.
We're Getting Close to the End!
8.23.2010
I can't believe I have made it through this many weeks, especially due to my candy debacle in a previous week! LOL!
However, another week of the So You Think You're Crafty competition is here and I am one of the final four! This week's theme is...
Once again, I just LOVED how my craft turned out.
But can YOU guess which one is mine?
Click here to go and vote for your favorite!
However, another week of the So You Think You're Crafty competition is here and I am one of the final four! This week's theme is...
Once again, I just LOVED how my craft turned out.
But can YOU guess which one is mine?
Click here to go and vote for your favorite!
Tutorial: Ocean in a Bottle
8.18.2010
It feels as if all of my crafty time has been spent in pursuit of the So You Think You're Crafty title. So, I am trying to catch up on crafts I did a while back whose pictures have been sitting in my desktop folder for a while and deserve to be posted!
I am sure you may have visited a beach once or twice this Summer. Whenever we go to the beach my children collect seashells, rocks and sea glass from the sandy beach and they end up all over our home! This year I decided to make an Ocean in a Bottle to keep those little treasures and memories of warm days in the sand. This is a great craft to do with kids! You'll notice my lovely model, Chicken, assisting me.
- clear plastic water bottle with wide mouth and cap
- baby oil
- blue food coloring
- hot glue gun
- permanent fine point marker (like sharpie pen)
- paper label (optional)
- Make sure bottle is clean and washed. Remove label.
- Fill half full with water.
- Add one drop of food coloring.
- Add shells, sea glass and small rocks.
- Fill bottle to top with baby oil.
- Use hot glue gun to put a ring of hot glue inside bottle cap. Immediately screw cap on tightly.
- Use sharpie pen to write name of beach and year on the lower half of bottle. You may also choose to write this information on a small, blank mailing label and then attaching to bottle.
I am sure you may have visited a beach once or twice this Summer. Whenever we go to the beach my children collect seashells, rocks and sea glass from the sandy beach and they end up all over our home! This year I decided to make an Ocean in a Bottle to keep those little treasures and memories of warm days in the sand. This is a great craft to do with kids! You'll notice my lovely model, Chicken, assisting me.
- clear plastic water bottle with wide mouth and cap- baby oil
- blue food coloring
- hot glue gun
- permanent fine point marker (like sharpie pen)
- paper label (optional)
- Fill half full with water.
- Add one drop of food coloring.
- Add shells, sea glass and small rocks.
- Fill bottle to top with baby oil.
- Use hot glue gun to put a ring of hot glue inside bottle cap. Immediately screw cap on tightly.
- Use sharpie pen to write name of beach and year on the lower half of bottle. You may also choose to write this information on a small, blank mailing label and then attaching to bottle.
Another Week of SYTYC
8.16.2010
I made 2nd place in last week's poll.
In case you didn't know, my project were the BILINGUAL BLOCKS shown here.
(full tutorial to follow soon)
This week's theme is ANIMALS and boy, am I intimidated!
As we get down to the final weeks, the crafts are so stellar that I want to vote for them ALL!
Here are this week's crafts...
Click here to vote for your favorite!
Can you guess which one is mine?
In case you didn't know, my project were the BILINGUAL BLOCKS shown here.
(full tutorial to follow soon)
This week's theme is ANIMALS and boy, am I intimidated!
As we get down to the final weeks, the crafts are so stellar that I want to vote for them ALL!
Here are this week's crafts...
Click here to vote for your favorite!
Can you guess which one is mine?
SYTYC - Week #5 - Cultural
8.09.2010
WOW! I have made it through another week at SO YOU THINK YOU'RE CRAFTY, but just barely. Last week's craft was great in theory and struggled coming to fruition! LOL! Oh well, we all have those crafts, don't we?
Good news is I am in LOVE with my craft for this week's theme: Cultural.
Head on over here and vote for your favorite.
Can you guess which one is mine?
Good news is I am in LOVE with my craft for this week's theme: Cultural.
Head on over here and vote for your favorite.
Can you guess which one is mine?
Tutorial: Tic-Tac-Toe To Go!
8.07.2010
Summer brings road trips and lazy days with children always wanting something new to play. I made this Tic-Tac-Toe To Go! board for easy afternoon activities. It can be closed using the attached metal loops for twine and thrown into the car or a play bag and taken to any location for hours of fun!
1. Gently pry the backing off of one of your wooden grids. Save backing and discard grid. This backing will become your box lid.
2. Carefully unscrew the two brass hangers on the back.
3. Paint both sides of your lid yellow.
4. Cut piece of scrapbook paper to size of the lid and secure with Mod Podge.
5. Decorate with alphabet stickers to identify the game.
6. Paint 2nd wooden box golden yellow, including insides and bottom.
7. Cut of scrapbook paper to 9 small 2&3/4" squares and Mod Podge to bottom of each cubby hole.
8. Use gorilla glue to adhere 6 poker pieces together in red to create one chip. Repeat until you have a total of 10 chips….5 red and 5 blue.
9. Adhere dimensional X’s to 5 of the chips of the same color. Mod Podge over sticker to permanently adhere. Repeat with 5 O’s.
The kids will get hours and hours of fun from this colorful and portable game and that means you will get hours and hours without hearing, "Mom! I'm bored!" And that, my friends, is priceless.
- 2 wooden boxes divided into 9 sections (Dollar Tree)
- 1 pkg. Poker Chips (Dollar Tree)
- 2 sheets coordinating scrapbook paper (I used papers from the Get Happy line by Cosmo Cricket)
- 2 paintbrushes
- Mod Podge
- Gorilla Glue
- dimensional white Alphabet Stickers
- large blackboard alphabet (I used a mixture of the Vintage and Tank alphabets by Cosmo Cricket)
2. Carefully unscrew the two brass hangers on the back.
3. Paint both sides of your lid yellow.
4. Cut piece of scrapbook paper to size of the lid and secure with Mod Podge.
5. Decorate with alphabet stickers to identify the game.
6. Paint 2nd wooden box golden yellow, including insides and bottom.
7. Cut of scrapbook paper to 9 small 2&3/4" squares and Mod Podge to bottom of each cubby hole.
8. Use gorilla glue to adhere 6 poker pieces together in red to create one chip. Repeat until you have a total of 10 chips….5 red and 5 blue.
9. Adhere dimensional X’s to 5 of the chips of the same color. Mod Podge over sticker to permanently adhere. Repeat with 5 O’s.
The kids will get hours and hours of fun from this colorful and portable game and that means you will get hours and hours without hearing, "Mom! I'm bored!" And that, my friends, is priceless. 
