Easter Garden Flag Decoration

In our street lives a lady who has these very cute Garden Flags and she changes them everytime there is a celebration, holiday, or change of season. Now she has an Easter Flag and my daughter really loves it.

I looked it up on internet to see if I could find one, but I found myself with 2 problems...one, Easter is next week...two, they are so expensive! (and even more if you ask for faster shipping).

So, why not make one ourselves...this was the best idea ever for a beautiful day like today's! We had so much fun in the garden! And the flag, one of a kind!

Here is how we did it:

What I used was a old bed sheet as canvas. I googled for some Easter Rabbits Coloring Pages and this one was the one I liked and tried to copy it on the fabric. (If you find it difficult to draw it yourself, just make a bigger scale print and trace it)

After I copied, I grabbed an old box and used some painters tape to hold it.

Some paint, brushes and an apron....and let your child be creative...I promise you, you will see the most beautiful garden flag EVER!

This is our New Easter Garden Flag!

I loved the detailes...look at her signature with a spider next to it and the ladybug!

Crochet

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I have been a little sick last weeks and to keep me busy I decided to try something I had never done before:  Crochet.

My problem is that I am a lefty and to find someone to teach me has been always very difficult. So I decided to learn and teach myself to crochet like a right handed person would do....I found some good tips and ideas on this page Crochet Pattern Central.

Another good website is Crochet Cabana

I tried the single, half double, double crochet. After a while I had made a big square...I didn't want to trow it away or just let it sit there (although you can see I made a lot of mistakes on the sides)

So I decided I could make a little bag...

This is how it came out:

I sewed a big orange button on it 

My daughter loved it...

How to make a Sock Monkey

Do you have an old pair of socks? One of those you love so much you just can’t trow away?Well, I found some similar to these ones (these will be my next project!)

Thanks to internet (again) I found how to keep my sock FOREVER! hihihi....

There are a lot of tutorials on the internet, but I clicked on this page"Craftbits.com"

Enjoy!

Felt Gnomes and The Little Mushroom House

I had a couple of loose wooden balls and spools in two different tins so my daughter could sort them, but now she is a little older, this game was a little boring for her. So I thought that I maybe could use them for something different. I ran to buy glue, found some felt and made this little gnomes. You can find these materials at any craft store.
I glued them and looked up a website that had inspired me... "Squirrel Acorns" (it includes the tutorial) and started sewing... After I made the gnomes, I had to make them an home! I found the tutorial on this page The Little house by the Sea"

This is the gnome and the Mushroom. I made 10 gnomes. My daughter really loves it!

Muakmuak!