Grinch Ornament

My kids have been really into the Grinch this year. It's so cute. They dressed up as the Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max the Dog for Halloween this year and they ask to watch the Grinch movie every single day. Of course when I stumbled on this Grinch ornament I had to make it. I made it during a football game with Red Heart yarn and some safety eyes that I already had.

I found the free pattern on the blog, Sewrella, and it was perfect and easy to follow.

Boxy Bear

I finished the last of the stuffed animals for my kids for Christmas. I really liked this one. It was easy and I found the pattern at this link. She has a couple of other boxy animals that I would be interested in making some day. This picture isn't great, but I think it turned out cute.

Giraffe

I finished my second animal for my kids for Christmas. The first was the frog, this one was a giraffe. I picked a giraffe for two reasons. One was that I saw this giraffe on Pinterest and I thought it was cute. The other was that I had found some yellow yarn for sale (practically free) and I bought without a plan and it had just been sitting around in my basement. This seemed like a good use!

I found the pattern from Flourish and Tots. The pattern was easy to follow and it was fun to make!

Amigurumi Frog

I made my first attempt at amigurumi. I thought that my kids might like little animals for Christmas (I'm trying to give them some handmade things this year), so I started out with a little frog. Honestly, I don't love how it turned out. I made the eyes too big and when I embroidered the mouth and nose, it made the face pucker. When my kids saw the finished product, though, they didn't care about those things. They fought over who got to hold it for a few minutes, and then I put it in my hiding spot where it will stay until Christmas. Hopefully they will forget about it by then.

The pattern was great...the problems with the frog were my own. I found the pattern here. I read through the comments for the pattern on Ravelry and some people suggested putting pipe cleaners in the legs to help them bend. I followed that suggestion and I really like what it did for the legs.