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Kids Costumes : Get the kids involved by Dazza Walker
Kids love making things with their own hands, including costumes. The two costumes that follow, a sunflower and a queenbee, which so easy to produce that even the kids can make their own which gives them more involvement and ceativeness.
The queen bee will consist of:
An old black turtle neck or jumper
width yellow sticky tape
A Hair Band
2 Pipe Cleaners
2 Small Foam Balls (available at craft and dollar stores)
To make the body you would simply wrap the yellow tape around the jumper for the stripes and to give it that fat queenbee look you can stuff foam or an equivelent up the jumper for that rounder look.
To make the antennae twist 2 pipe cleaners to the hair band and then attach the foam balls to the end of the pipe cleaners. For an extra touch you can twist the ends of the pipecleaner around a pen for example to give it a spiral look.
To make a sunflower you will need ...
1 Green bin liner or old green clothes
Several Sheets of yellow Paper
Scotch Tape
To make the body, Cut head and arm holes out of the green bin liner if not using old clothes. To make the head of the flower, cut a 2-inch wide strip of paper and wrapped it around your child's head from the top of her head to her chin, being sure to create a comfortable fit.
Next, you want to cut out lots of big yellow petals from your paper or card etc and attach these to the band we made earlier around your childs face using your sticky tape or play glue if you prefer. You can have as many petals as you like depending on the size of them or whether or not you overlap them.
After these are made your child will a) look fantastic and b) have a sense of achievement which is so important to kids knowing they helped produce it.
You can get other ideas by checking out http://www.your-hobby.co.uk/costumes
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knitting partterns moda vera nuvola childs jumper/cardigan/jacket or a crocheted open weave rug?
I have 14 x 50GRAM balls of Mod vera nuvola purchased as spotlight I would like to make a childs jumper/jacket/cardigan or maybe even a crocheted open pattern rug. I was unable to find any patterns. On the label it says to use 10mm needles as I am a novice knitter/crocheter I am unable to make the conversions,please help me as I am making this my winter project.
I've searched everywhere but can't find Moda Vera's Nuvola yarn. Usually that means that it's been discontinued, which would also explain why it's on sale!
But that's not really an issue--you can still find patterns to use. The label of the yarn has all the info that you need.
On the label, you should see an icon like drawing of a tiny skein of yarn with a black label. There's a number between 1 and 6 on the label, and that number tells you the weight of the yarn. Based on the needle size you provided, you have a very bulky yarn, and the number should be 6.
So, do your searches for projects with extra bulky yarn patterns. If you're just starting out, though, clothing is rather difficult!
I would suggest joining an online knitting/crochet site, like Ravelry or About.com. The advantage of those types of sites is that you can ask others for help with your search and with your project once you get started. I know that you can search by yarn weight through hundreds of patterns on Ravelry.com. You can also google with keywords like "bulky weight yarn patterns free" and you'll get back a large number of replies.
Here are some sources for you
To decipher the label on the yarn, go to the yarn standards site
http://www.yarnstandards.com/
You'll find all the conversions you need there.
Knitting and crochet how-to videos are available at youtube.com
For Knitting information and how-to guides, go to
http://www.Knitwiki.com
For Crochet help and video tutorials, go to http://www.nexstitch.com/Tutorials.html
Ravelry is a really wonderful resource. To get an invitation to join, go to
http://www.ravelry.com
