5-point paper stars are easy and you can let even young children cut shapes out of the sides. It's impossible to cut the shapes incorrectly — it will always look good as far as I can tell. If you use brightly coloured origami paper it will also add a little colour into early December. There is a really good tutorial diagrammed at howaboutorange. I quickly photographed the sequence here, so it is easy to follow, step-by-step.
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owl cabled gloves
Ever since I found out that there is a cable pattern for owls, I've been wanting to do an Old Al pattern. However, when I found this clear pattern from craftsy — I decided someone had already done a much better job of it already ^_^
I did some sizing adjustments to make a pair of these for a toddler. My pattern notes, materials and sources are here at my notebook.
bat | cat hat
This is a good October Saturday project if you knit: bat or cat or superhero hat/mask pattern.
If you don't knit, I bet you could sew together 2 squares of fleece or knit fabric and cut out some eye holes.
In a pickles
I tried out a pattern via pinterest from pickles — small and clever baby set of slippers and a bonnet (free pattern). The bonnet is very sweet and a pleasure to knit. It fits a little small, so I added in a few extra rows. The soles of the slippers I used some scraps of brightly coloured yarn, and I tried experimenting with the pattern — my notes and images after the jump...
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Snufkin hats
Snufkin, the vagabond and philosopher, arrives each spring to Moominvalley to set up camp, fish, and comfort the small creatures of Moominvalley. He is always wearing a green hat, sometimes decorated with flowers and sometimes with feathers. If you would like to make your own Snufkin hat, you can use this Pilgrim's hat template, using green paper instead of black. Then decorate. Instead of gluing the headband, we cut notches like this. More after the jump.
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Lucky star necklace
Noodling around with lucky star necklaces and garlands with black and kraft paper strips ordered from the origami resource centre with knotted linen thread. These would be pretty at Christmas, too.
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