I almost forgot to share about the parachutes I made my older 2 boys for Christmas. They had played with some parachutes at our local children’s museum in the fall and had a lot of fun with them. So, I decided to try to make my own. They aren’t perfect, but they work. I did have fun playing with them…I mean testing them out. Quality control, right?
Before: A jacket that was given to us by someone, and a ripped stroller netting.
After: 2 parachutes for my boys. I basically made a 19 inch circle, but since the jacket wouldn’t allow for that I had to cut my template like a pie and cut 8 pieces for each parachute. I didn’t make good notes of exactly what I did, but just kind of winged it. The weight is made from a piece of the jacket filled with 2 stones. I think they will be fun to let go off of the clubhouse deck in nicer weather. I mean the boys will have fun. Who were these for anyway?
Below are some lip tube holders I crocheted for my mom, my husband’s step-mom, and my sister-in-law to be. I used this pattern. The buttons and yarn I already had in my stash. I filled them with chapstick.
Lastly, I made some photo coasters for gifts. I have seen these online and just didn’t like the price. We had several tiles left from our tub tiling project of a few years ago. The only thing I did purchase was the sticky-backed cork. I mostly followed this tutorial. I sure hope they work. I originally tried making them with water-slide decals, but the ones I got for our laser printer aren’t that great. After some trial and error with that process I decided on what you see in the picture below.
