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Sitting on a mountain of old T-shirts? Bought some T-shirt yarn but never got around crocheting or knitting that rug? Or did you make that rug but you still have yarn left? Here's a fun craft making use of T-shirt yarn. These T-shirt yarn puppets were part of our school's Spring fair activities last June and I can immediately add that they were a big hit among all ages. It's a nice introduction to macramé as well. If you don't have T-shirt yarn you can cut your own from old T-shirts (you can find how to do this online). Or you could use fabric strips, bias tape, cord, ribbon, ... Slip the puppets on a key chain, use them to personalize school bags or make a bunch to make a cute mobile or garland for the nursery. Recommended age: 5+ Required skills: ability to tie a knot Click here to download written instructions. Note: inspiration for this craft was found here . Just now, I also found this tutorial online. As with all of my tutorials, please note, this tutorial is i...

Things are a bit slow around here but we're fine, enjoying our summer. And summer it is! Man, it's been hot around here - I can't remember it being this hot! Luckily, we were able to spend a few days away at the beach: - reading (I finally finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - a disappointing read), - making bracelets , - swimming, - sipping cool home made hibiscus & cranberry juice tea (so good!!) - making a lovely little purse (more about that later) - and crafting this shirt for M. She'd seen a similar one, ridiculously expensive, at a boutique here in Paris. We both agreed this was something we could easily whip together ourselves! The result you see below - she's been wearing it like this or over a tank top in a contrasting color. Both are equally nice. So, grab those scissors!!