Animals

I've been making a lot of animals lately. They seem to be very popular and are fun to make!

Here are a few of the ones that I've completed.

These two bears use the same pattern, I just didn't change colors on the garnet and gold one. I've made quite a few of these bears and plan on making more! I loved the pattern! Here it is:

Bear Pattern

This is a white tiger for my son, his favorite animal. I love this designer and have quite a few of her patterns. I have 2 more already started! Here is a link to her website for all of her patterns, including the white tiger.

https://jesshuff.com/

This bear is using the same Frontline Bear pattern as above, I just used 2 strands of Red Heart Super Saver yarn and a J hook. It was a gift for my son's teacher at the end of the school year.

Bear Pattern

A bloodhound puppy for my neighbor. They have a bloodhound named Rose so she wanted a crocheted version of Rose. Here is the pattern I used:

https://willowcrochet.com/basset-hound-amigurumi/

I had an order for a llama. I love how it turned out but all of those loops were not fun to make!! I would make it again, just maybe a smaller version. Here is a link to this pattern:

Llama Pattern

I saw this dragon pattern on Ravelry.com and had to make one for my son!

Dragon Pattern

I make my son an Easter Bunny every year for Easter and I usually let him pick the pattern. Well, this year he said he wanted a Captain America bunny. This is what I came up with. I think he turned out cute! I used this pattern and just did color changed to make it look like Captain America.

I heard my neighbors talking about how much they liked Groot so I decided to make one up really quick. He turned out cute!

It's a free download through Ravelry.com

Baby Groot

My nieces turned 13 on June 18th. Their mascot at their school is an eagle so I decided to make them one for their birthday. The school colors are green, grey, and white. Here is a link to the pattern I used:

Eagle Pattern

I love making these! If you would like to order one, or have a question about a pattern that I have listed, please let me know! You can email me at lindsaymayo@gmail.com

Crafts with Lucas - Perler Beads

It's the first official week of summer here in Tennessee. We are already being crafty in our house!

This is our first craft of the summer. 

https://www.perler.com/

He always does these with his friends, not just in the summertime. They are so easy for the kids to do and it lets them use their imaginations and creativity! We tried out these Big Beads this time. Lucas said that they were a lot easier to maneuver around and I think he liked them better. However, when I went to fuse them together, it did take a little longer since they are bigger. We do like how it turned out though!

We have other crafts planned for the summer so be looking for more Crafts with Lucas posts!

Clothespin Wreath

Summer has begun and that means I get to do fun crafts with my mommy! Here is our first one of the summer.

Materials:

(You can get these at Hobby Lobby and Walmart)

Wire wreath frame
Clothespins (enough to go around your wire frame)
Paint
Paintbrush
Wooden Letter
Hot Glue Gun

First step is to clip the clothes pins onto the wire frame

Depending on what kind of frame you have, you can do a double layer of the clothespins. That's what I want to do for our wreath for the fall so it can be Garnet & Gold.

Once you get all of the clothespins around the frame next you paint them. 

I did 2 coats of paint on the clothespins to get the color that I wanted.

While the clothespins are drying, next we painted our letter. We chose a letter M for our last name.

Here is everything painted:

The next step my mommy did so you might need some help from a grown up, especially if you're using a hot glue gun.

My mommy hot glued the letter where I told her that I wanted it to be positioned, right at the bottom. If you want it to be somewhere else, that's great too!

Here is our finished wreath (once the paint and glue dried)

Be sure and share your clothespin wreath with me if you make one!

Be sure and check back on Crafts with Lucas to see what we do next!