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I'm
so excited about James' Easter basket this year because much of what's in it is mama made. :)
Here's what's inside...
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I found
this pattern for Easter eggs and knew I had to at least try to make them for James' Easter basket. I had to learn a few new tricks
(I *heart* the Magic Loop), and voila! a jumbo Easter egg was born.
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The pattern mentioned above is for a very large egg, so I decreased it to create these little guys.
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After that there was no stopping me. I found
this pattern and made a cute little bunny.
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And
this pattern produced a wee chick.
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I wet felted some eggs last month after I saw
this post by Natural Kids.
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I love the book
The Sun Egg by Elsa Beskow, and thought it was a must for James' basket.
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So were these little wooden animals made by
Engelberger. We have a growing collection of his animals and we love each and every one. Beautiful craftsmanship.
Ostheimer is another favorite of ours.
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Lastly, I needle felted this sweet little "boysenberry baby" necklace. I'm 99% sure James will love it, but if he doesn't I'll have no shame in wearing it myself!
The finishing touches were a bag of fruit snacks, a granola bar, a big orange, and a yellow playsilk. For the record, I have nothing against chocolate bunnies or jellybeans; it's just that my boy is active enough without all that sugar!!
Tia is here with us for the holiday, so I whipped up a basket of goodies for her too, but I won't post a pic of it just in case she reads this post before Easter morning. :)
13 comments:
Wow, James is so lucky to have such a creative mom. Those goodies are awesome.
I love that book too! What a wonderful addition to your son's library & what a beautiful basket of homemade goodies! :)
Um... where to start?! Didn't you just learn to knit like a few months ago?! WOW. How many times do I have to ask you to PLEASE open an Etsy store so I can buy this stuff for my boys???? Seriously I would be your best customer!!
Good for you for cutting out the sugary stuff, it's totally not necessary.
LOVE love love the little needle felted necklace (can I pay you to make one for me on the side?!) and the bunny is adorable. Great job!!!
What a great Easter basket. Your son is lucky to have a creative mom & a homemade basket of goodies to cherish!
I've given you the sunshine award: http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-first-award.html
Happy Easter!
What an awesome Easter basket!! I love all of the handmade goodies! I am sure James will too :-)
So cute!!! Beautiful things handmade!! yea for momy!.
Big Hugs
Karen
I love everything about his Easter basket! You are so creative.
Just wanted to let you know I have a gift for you over at my blog. I feel it supports a great cause, but it is time sensitive.
Great job Mari-Ann! I LOVE LOVE little bunny and chick :-) So cute!
great ideas
what a wonderful basket of goodness! I especially love the bunny and the chick! I'm sure everything was very much loved. I made monsters and bunnies for my girls' baskets, my girls seem to really respect the goods made by more than every other toy they get. It's nice. :)
I LOVE the name of your blog! There's lots of great ideas over here too!
lisa
Such wonderful handmade goodness! You have a lovely blog:)
Warmly
Linda
His basket is just perfect! I really like how everything is just so simple, and inspires tons of thought, creativity and is not boring! Sometimes I feel like I get caught in the plastic trap...I did pretty good for Easter and focused mainly on books and a wooden train. I am about to make some eggs for my felt food. There is no way I am sewing all of those egg pieces together. Wish me luck and I promise to take a few pictures. I have been a felt food machine the past few weeks!
Such cute things! I especially love those knit eggs and the felted ones! How lovely!!! And this needle felted necklace is just sweet! I would wear it, too! ;-)
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