Knitting – little cat

Selling price : 6 – 8€

Level : easy for knitters

Video : how to knit

Instructions : how to make a knitted cat

Tips :

• a project you could ask knitting enthusiasts to do at home

Knitting – Easter rabbits

Selling price : 6 – 8€

Level : easy for knitters

Video : how to knit

Instructions : how to make a knitted Easter rabbit

Tips :

• you can fill the rabbit with a single egg, or lots of other eggs or sweets
• you can make your own little fluffy pom-poms using your fingers and a pair of scissors : make a pom-pom – leave a long length of wool on the pom-pom to sew it onto the rabbit
• you could also make small toys by filling the rabbit with stuffing
• this is another project you could ask people to do for you at home

Cuddy toy – folded rabbit

Selling price : 5 – 8€

Level : easy

Instructions : how to make a simple folded rabbit cuddly toy

Tips :

• we used donated soft dressing gowns and donated material suitable for sensitive skins

• make sure you use stong sting or thread to attach the toy and pull the knots very tight

• we embroidered the face so nothing could fall off the rabbit for a young child to swaller

• of course the toy is not CE approved – so you would need to provide a little not with the toy, saying then parents would use the toy under their own risk

Bags – old jeans

Selling price : 15 – 30€

Level : difficult

Ideas and Instructions : Google “bag old jean”

Tips :

• these bags were made from donated fabric, jeans and trinkets for decoration

• they were made by a sewing enthusiast and were a great success

Little animals – hen

Selling price :

• keyring : 5 – 8€
• mobile : 15 – 20€

Level : quite easy – but you will need to help children

Instructions : how to make a little hen

Tips :

• use sacking for a natural look and felt is practical for the wings and the crest
• bright colours are a success
• you could use felt for the body and handsew with older children

Little animals – owl

Selling price (keyring) : 5 – 8€

Level : quite easy – but you will need to help children

Instructions : how to make a little fabric owl

Tips :

• we prepared kits for the owls, and different people made them at home
• they sold like hot cakes

Dreamcatcher

Selling price : 8 – 10€

Level : quite easy – but you will need to help children

Video : how to make a dreamcatcher

Instructions : how to make a dreamcatcher

Tips :

• make the ring using old electrical wire and electrical tape to secure
• be inventive to cover and decorate the ring – plaited wool, material strips, ribbons,…
• use any strong thread or wool for the web, insert beads as you go

 

Paper holder – folded book

Selling price : 6 – 8€

Level : easy

Video : how to fold a hedgehog paper holder

Instructions : how to fold a hedgehog paper holder

Tips :

• people seem to love these personalised paper holders for themselves or for a gift
• use paperbacks of about 200 pages
• we tried bigger hedgehogs, but the ordinary paperback size sold much better
• we asked friends and family to fold the books, then decorated them in a batch