Crafts for my Babies
One of my many hobbies is crafting, and I like it not only because it’s fun, therapeutic, and I get to be creative and exercise that part of my brain, but because I know that all my time, and love I put into my projects, will totally be worth it when I see the excitement and smile on my baby’s faces when I give it to them, or when later the grow up and realized that I made it for them, since newborns don’t really understand much about gifts yet haha. So when I was pregnant with Lily, I made a bunch of things (you can see them below) and I figured it’s time to start making things for Leo! I actually knitted a bear for him while I was pregnant with Lily because I knew we would have a 2nd child eventually, so I made a similar style stuff animal for the 2nd child, and make it gender neutral. I crocheted a little beanie for him with ear flaps and baby lamb ears and braids, and letter blocks that spelled out his name, just like the ones I made for Lily. My favorite thing that I made for Leo though is this musical baby lamb that I crocheted, and when you pull it’s tail, it plays the musical tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! It’s so cute and I can’t wait to give it to my baby Leo. I’m thinking about making one for Lily but with a different animal since it’s so cute and adorable! I found the pull string music box on ebay and this particular one, you can choose which song it plays too, so for Lily’s I’ll pick a different song so they can have their own unique musical stuff animal. There’s a video to demonstrate the musical lamb below, ENJOY!
Here are some crafts that I made for Lily when I was awaiting her arrival! The first collage image is all done by knitting. I remember going to a specialty yarn store to buy the pink yarn for the dragon’s body since I wanted to find a yarn that had random specs of color in it. Making these little crafts for my babies is very relaxing and fun and I know they’ll appreciate the time, effort and love I put into them one day!
Soooooo coooool!!! That lamb is super awesome and cute! They are gonna love it! Can you send me the pattern and link for the pull string music box?? Merci!!
You should make Lily a stuffed animal that plays “Jingle Bells” when she pulls the tail. hahaha!! These are super adorable, and I know the kids will appreciate it when they get older. Who knows, maybe they will give them to their children some day! <3
Haha, so true… she loves Jingle Bells so much! My favorite is the musical sheep, too cute! And it has that lumpy wooly texture… looks really hard. I saw a sheep on etsy the other day with that lumpy texture and I thought to myself that it’d be way too hard to attempt. But now that I know you can totally do it I know I have a tutor! I can’t wait to see Leo in his little lamb beanie!!