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Crochet Character Easter Baskets

Easter is coming soon and it is one of my favorite holidays.I just love the colors and all the fun activities. I especially love watching my kids at Easter egg hunts. In previous years I have just given them the plastic Easter baskets from Walmart and they were fine, but this year they are old enough to want the character baskets. If I only had one kid I would probably spend the $15 for an Elmo or Hello Kitty basket, but with 3 little ones, that comes out to $45 just for baskets! Ouch!

Being the crafty, crochet obsessed freak that I am, I decided to make my own Easter baskets this year.

Elmo and Hello Kitty weren't too difficult. They were just crocheted in a round with one color, then I added their faces.

 I enforced the bottoms with plastic canvas circles that I just sewed to the inside.

Thomas the Train, on the other hand, was a huge pain in the butt. I also crocheted him in a round, but he required color changes, and I had to reinforce the sides since he is a rectangle.

He actually looked MUCH better before, but my doggie got a hold of him. Poor Thomas never saw it coming... I really want to make another Thomas, but Dax is attached to this one and says he likes it just the way it is. Ok dude...

Easter basket line-up :P

So there you have them. My crocheted character baskets that only cost me around $10 to make all 3. With the money I saved I can stock them full of bubbles, eggs, and other fun (mostly non-sugar) goodies.

~Macy

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Crocheted Stick Horses. Er...Creatures...

Hi everyone! I just wanted to show off a few of my newest creations because I am really proud of these.

Any time we are in a toy store my kids grab the stick horses and ride them around. I decided to make one for Samantha and it ended up as a unicorn. 

I didn't follow any pattern on this one, so there are a few kinks, but Dax's dragon turned out much better. 

I am currently working on a TaunTaun for Philly, and I'm guessing that will be the best of the three just because I figured out the mistakes on the first two. For all you lay people, a TaunTaun is basically an intergalactic camel in Star Wars, but this one smells much better. :P

Luke Skywalker on a TaunTaun. Yes...I'm a HUGE geek.

I'm rubbish at writing out patterns, I basically crocheted the heads in a round, made the features and sewed them on, and stuffed the heads. I painted one inch dowels and hot glued the heads to the dowels.  To cover the mess of the hot glue I wrapped it with ribbon. 

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Isn't great that we can all get along??

The brave Dax goes in search of a quest!

The pics were taken with an iPod. I REALLY need a new camera! (Hint to my hubby).

My fancy princess with her newest friend.

My kids love their new toys and I had a blast making them. 

Thanks for letting me show off!

~Macy

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My New Beanie Obsession

Cold weather is approaching and I have gone beanie crazy. In the last week I have made a beanie for myself and each of my children. The only one left is my hubby. I'm thinking of making him a beanie with a BIG embroidered Mac symbol. Muahahaha! (There is an ongoing war in our house: Mac vs. PC. I'm a Mac, baby).

Here are the results of my latest obsession. Do you think it would be too much to make one for the dog??

Sam rockin' the owl beanie

When I made this for Dax he yelled, "Curse you Perry the Platypus beanie!!"

My little Philly in his new Jack Skellington hat

My girly beanie. It is puffy at the top for less "hat hair".

What is your latest obsession?

~Macy

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