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Peanut the Wee ElephantGo down any toy aisle in a big box store and you will find row after row of mass-manufactured plastic toys. Things that make noise, light up, and as we are finding out possibly made with toxic chemicals. My point is not to scare you, but to encourage parents and those buying for children to look for hand-made toys this holiday. There are so many books, patterns, and creative crafters out there who have patterns or have created great hand-made toys for children. Here's just a sampling of what you can find out there.
Joelle Hoverson's great book, Last Minute Patchwork+Quilted Gifts has a couple of sweet gifts including Peanut the Elephant and a sweet idea for a baby quilt.
No loud obnoxious noises here!Heather Baily just came out with a slew of fabulous patterns including a pincushion set that will eventually need to go home with me. These stacking toys pulled at my heartstrings as I had the same type of toy - in plastic - at my grandmother's house.
These puppies are very cute!Indygo Junction has many fun stuffed toy patterns out. Check out Repotdepot.com and PurlSoho.com to find these.
I'm so in love with these! I just saw these for the first time at Crafty Planet and love these patterns by WeeWonderfuls. These patterns are simple enough the older kids could make them themselves. Check out the awesome butterfly!
The Cute Book is a series of books that feature fun hand-made toys. The designer, Aranzi Aronzo, creates these Japanese inspired toys. Many many more Japanese craft books are now coming into the country. A few are being translated into English, otherwise you can find several in Japanese. That's a whole other blog post right there...
Here's a list of some wonderful online tutorials of toys and baby/children gifts that you can make!
I'm so in love with these! I just saw these for the first time at Crafty Planet and love these patterns by WeeWonderfuls. These patterns are simple enough the older kids could make them themselves. Check out the awesome butterfly!
The Cute Book is a series of books that feature fun hand-made toys. The designer, Aranzi Aronzo, creates these Japanese inspired toys. Many many more Japanese craft books are now coming into the country. A few are being translated into English, otherwise you can find several in Japanese. That's a whole other blog post right there...
Here's a list of some wonderful online tutorials of toys and baby/children gifts that you can make!
Martha Stewart
- Baby Kimono shirt
- Applique Onesie
- Recycled Sweater Stuffed Animals
- Baby Bibs
- Potato Print Clothes
- Felt Slippers
Purl Bee
Sew Mama Sew! Baby and Toddler Ideas
Craftzine Magazine
Home-made playdough (everyone loves playdough!)
Sew Mama Sew! Baby and Toddler Ideas
Craftzine Magazine
Home-made playdough (everyone loves playdough!)
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i love hillary, the gal who created weewonderfuls, i've been following her blog for years. (she may have created the pattern for the wee elephant as well... maybe) i really like her pully sheep---- http://weewonderfuls.typepad.com/wee_wonderfuls/2006/06/complete_set.html
our photographer rachael checked out your site the other day, she's expecting... a boy, no cute dresses for her. ever think of creating little boy clothes?
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