Creative Crafts: Tips & Free Patterns

Spiral Christmas Tree. You can make your own Christmas tree in one evening. It’s light and delicate and looks extraordinary. It hardly takes any space, you can assemble and disassemble it with ease. You can make it of any size by either increasing or reducing the number of chains of the initial round. Read more »

A New Year's snake. The size of your snake will depend on the yarn you use. The thicker the yarn, the bigger the toy you will get. The height of my snake is 12 cm. I used 100% acrylic yarn, 400 m/100 g, 1,5 mm crochet hook. Materials: You can choose yarn at your discretion, with similar color, composition and thickness. Acrylic, cotton will do. Yarn consumption depends on its thickness and a crochet hook size. My snake consumed: around 5g of main colour yarn, 2g of other colours. Choose 2 matching colours for the snake. Yellow for the crown, red and white fluffy for the Santa's Hat. Read more »

New Year's Alarm clock The size of your alarm clock will depend on the yarn you use. The thicker the yarn, the bigger the toy you will get. The height of my alarm clock is 12 cm. I used 100% acrylic yarn, 400 m/100 g, 1,5 mm crochet hook. Materials: You can choose yarn at your discretion, with similar color, composition and thickness. Acrylic, cotton will do. Yarn consumption depends on its thickness and a crochet hook size. My alarm clock consumed: around 10g of main colour yarn, 5g of other colours. Read more »

Bunny in a gift box Materials: - Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic, angora will do. You can choose smooth or fluffy yarn. - The yarn colour is at your discretion. The consumption of yarn is small My bunny is crocheted from 200m / 50gr "Baby" yarn. The height of the bunny is 7 cm + 3 cm ears - A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fibre for stuffing Read more »

Northern cardinal. Materials: - Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic, wool will do. You can choose smooth or fluffy yarn. - Colors: red, brown, light brown. The consumption of yarn is small My bird is crocheted from 200m / 50gr "Baby" yarn. The height of the bird is 7 cm - A crochet hook, I have 1,5 mm crochet hook - Hollow fibre for stuffing - A sewing needle, matching sewing threads - A long needle for sculpting, strong thread for sculpting - For the eyes: 2 half-beads, I used 6mm diam half-beads, white piece of felt or 1 pair of ready-made eyes - Transparent glue. Read more »

The size of your snowman will depend on the yarn you use. The thicker the yarn the bigger the toy you will get. The height of my snowman is 12 cm plus 4 cm for the height of the hat. I used 100% acrylic yarn, 450 m/100 g, 1,25 mm crochet hook. Materials: You can choose the yarn at your discretion, of a similar color, composition and thickness. Acrylic, cotton will do. Yarn consumption depends on its thickness and a crochet hook size. My snowman consumed: around 10g of white colour yarn, 5g of other colours. Read more »

Easy crocheted fir tree. This fir tree consists of separate parts. It's easy to assemble and dissemble like a pyramid toy. It's very easy to make, all you need is to remember two rows which will repeat themselves. Materials: - Yarn of any thickness and composition, at your discretion. 1 or 2 shades of green, and a small amount of brown - A crochet hook - A wooden stick for the trunk. I used a sushi chopstick - A piece of wood for a stand - A sewing needle. Read more »

Hamburger keychain. Materials: Yarn of the same thickness for your choice (acrylic, wool or cotton). I used acrylic yarn, 400 м/100 г. The size of my hamburger is 5 cm. Yarn color: sand, beige, brown, green, red and yellow. You may use any left over yarn as the consumption is minimal. - A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook - A sewing needle - Hollow fibre for stuffing - For embroidery: a few threads of white Read more »

Seagull in a minimalist style. Materials: - Yarn, (acrylic or cotton) of your choice. Required colors: white, yellow and gray. I used Alize Cotton Gold yarn, 330 m/100 g. My seagull is 10.5 cm tall + 10 cm for legs. - A crochet hook, I have 1,5 mm crochet hook; - Hollow fibre for stuffing; - For eyes: 2 beads, I used beads with a diameter of 4 mm Read more »

Pirate hat. You can dress up a doll or other toy as a pirate! Materials: - a small amount of black yarn (I used Cotton yarn 450 m/ 100 g.) - a small amount of white yarn (I used Cotton yarn 450 m/ 100 g.) - A crochet hook. I used 1.0 mm - Needle - Black gel pen Read more »

A Flying Saucer. Kids will certainly appreciate it! Materials: - Yarn, (acrylic or cotton) of your choice. The yarn colour is at your discretion. Grey, silver, or blue will do. Additional yarn of a contrasting colour. - A small amount of white colour yarn - A crochet hook, I used 1,5 mm crochet hook - Hollow fibre for stuffing - A piece of wire approx. 15cm long - Transparent glue Read more »

Bookmark "Ship". An interesting bookmark for adventure lovers. Materials: It is better to use cotton yarn. The colour being of your choice. I have brown for the ship, two shades of blue for the waves, and a small amount of white yarn for the sail. The size of the ship is 5 cm. The bookmark length is 18 cm. I used mercerized cotton «Pelican», 330 m/ 50 g. I crocheted with 2 strands! Read more »

Christmas toy "Deer" Materials: Yarn of the same thickness for your choice (acrylic, cotton). Colors: brown, white, red. I used Alize Cotton Gold yarn, 330 m/100 g. My deer is 7 cm high + horns. The consumption of yarn is small. - A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook; - Hollow fibre for stuffing; - A sewing needle, matching sewing threads; - For eyes: 2 half-beads, I used 8 mm diam half-beads; - Transparent glue. Read more »

Your child can use this kit in their game. A bun can become a bed for a dog, a tomato can turn into a pillow, and a lettuce leaf may become a blanket. Due to the fact that there is a wire frame inside the toy, the dachshund can take other poses. If the hot dog is a keychain, fix all the details with glue and sew a keychain loop or a trinket. Read more »

Baby Broccoli. The toy is crocheted in one piece, there's no need to sew any parts on. I used wire in the arms which is optional. Materials: - Yarn of your choice (acrylic or cotton). Colours: light green and dark green. I used cotton yarn, 350 m/100 g. Broccoli's height is 11 cm. - A crochet hook, I used 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fiber for stuffing Read more »

Little snake. Materials: Acrylic yarn, wool or cotton. Colour of your choice. I used acrylic yarn, 400 m/100 g. The consumption is minimal, approx. 15-20 gr - A small amount of pink yarn - A crochet hook, I used 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fiber for stuffing - A piece of wire approx . 2mm thick and 30cm long - A sewing needle, matching sewing threads - All purpose transparent glue - For eyes: 2 half-beads or ready - made eyes - For teeth – a disposable plastic fork Read more »

Little Rooster. Materials: Yarn of your choice. Acrylic, wool, velour or cotton will do. Choose 2 matching colours. I used 450 m/100g acrylic yarn in brown and beige colours. You will also need red, yellow and light brown cotton yarn. The consumption of yarn is small. The height of my rooster is 12 cm. Depending on the thickness of yarn a finished toy size may differ. Read more »

Little Martian. Materials: - Yarn, (acrylic or cotton) of your choice. The yarn colour is at your discretion. I used green colour cotton yarn, 425 m/100 g. The height of my alien is 11 cm. - A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fibre for stuffing - A piece of wire approx. 10cm long (at your wish) - For eyes: a small amount of white yarn, 2 half-beads, I used 6mm diam half-beads - Transparent glue - A sewing needle, matching sewing threads - Black colour embroidery yarn/thread Read more »

An adorable seamless knit hat for your 18-inch doll. This hat makes a great gift for any little girl, who loves dressing her doll up! This hat gives you a lovely winter accessory to add to your dolls wardrobe. The pattern is very detailed. It comes with easy to follow written instructions and photo tutorial. The photo tutorial contains many helpful step-by-step pictures to make the project as easy to follow as possible. Material: merino wool in three colors 50g/131 yrd, DK (11 wpi), US 2½ - 3 needles, yarn needle. Read more »

Crocheted Christmas Cake. For a puppet tea party! Materials: Yarn, (acrylic or cotton) of your choice. I used cotton yarn, 425 m/100 g. My cake is 6.5 cm x 5 cm in size Colors - brown, white, green, red A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook Hollow fibre for stuffing A sewing needle, matching sewing threads A piece of thick cardboard Read more »