Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from The Crafty Flamingo!!

Do you have any crafty resolutions? I'm hoping to finish a few projects that I've had started for a while :)

Christmas Crafts with Lucas

Now that the holidays are here we are having fun at our house making Christmas crafts!

Hobby Lobby and Joann's had so many fun supplies this year, we had to make most of what we found!

From ornaments...

    

    

to suncatchers...





to a Christmas countdown...

    

everything was so much fun to do with my mom!

Amigurumi

When I first started crocheting I used to see all of the cute animal patterns that people would make. I never thought that I would be able to make any of them. They all looked so hard! I never thought that my crochet skills would get to that level.
Then I saw a pattern for a kitty cat that looked simple enough. Here it is:
http://marmaladerose.blogspot.com/2009/04/crochet-kitten-pattern.html?m=1
This quickly became one of my favorite patterns. I've made quite a few of these.

Here are a few of my creations from the kitty pattern.

Some of my other creations with my kitty.

Since then I've moved on to many other animals. I've made teddy bears, sock monkeys, dinosaurs, unicorns, cows, elephants... this list goes on and on! Here are the patterns and my pictures of my creations.

A turtle for my son. Click here for the pattern.

A butterfly for a baby gift. Click here for the pattern.

Dinosaur for the kids in my cul de sac. Click here for the pattern.

I'm also working on making penguins for my son's class. I combined a few patterns to make this so if you are interested in making one of these let me know!

These are just a few of my amigurumi critters. I have come to love making new critters! If you have any questions about any of these patterns, or would like to share something that you've made please comment below!

Back to School

Well, my little one is officially a kindergartener! I can't believe it!

He has such a great teacher. He is going to learn so much and have so much fun!

I will get to be able to share more of my crafty endeavors with you now that he's back to school. Here are a few of my projects that I worked on over the summer.

As you can see, I've been making a lot of amigurumi lately! Be on the lookout for more Crafty Flamingo and Crafts with Lucas posts!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

We will be back soon with another fun post!

Slime!

Sorry for not having my weekly posting last week! I got germs in my throat (strep throat) and didn't give my Mommy a chance to tell you about our craft that we did last week.

Since I wasn't feeling good, my mom decided to do one of my favorite things, make slime!

When we first started making it, we used Elmer's Glue, food coloring, water, and borax. But now, there is this magical solution that you can use with your glue and that's all you need!

Here is what I used:

Elmer's Glue
Elmer's Magical Slime Solution
Food Coloring
Glitter
Bowl and spoon to mix it all up

You can get all of these materials at Joann's.

First you empty the container of Elmer's Glue into the bowl. Next you mix in the glitter and food coloring to get it the color you want. Then you mix in the Magical Liquid.

As you stir it the slime will start to come together. Here is what is should look like.

And that's it! As you can see, I had lots of fun making this. Just make sure that your mom doesn't mind you making a little bit of a mess when you do this :)

Make sure to check back soon for my next craft with Lucas!!

Suncatchers

This week my mom and I decided to make a few suncatchers. We've made these before, but they are so much fun to make that we decided to make them again!

Here are the materials that we gathered together:

2 blank suncatchers
Suncatcher paint pens
Suction cups
Towel that you don't mind getting a little paint on

All of these materials can be purchased at your local craft store or at Walmart.

First you need to spread out the towel on your work area.

Next you just choose your color and paint!

Once you get your suncatcher painted the colors that you want, you just have to wait and let the paint dry.

 And here they are hanging on their suction cups on our windows by our front door!

This was so much fun to do with my mom! I can't wait to see what we are going to do next :)