Crochet Unicorn Pattern Link

After crocheting a blessing/herd of unicorns to give out to the girls' friends for Christmas...

...I feel very good about recommending the free pattern from Sheep Dog's Fleece (click here to go there).  It's a beginner level project, and the pattern instructions are clear, and easy to follow. There is a fair amount of fiddly sewing together though - so allow a little extra time for completion if you decide to make a unicorn for everyone you know.  Believe me, it's next to impossible to make just one.

Oh, and don't worry if the head looks too small for the body when you attach it - by the time you get the mane on, it will look just right.

Merry Christmas! And, a big thanks to Sheep Dog's Fleece for the fantastic pattern and inspiration.

Preschool Egg Carton Manger Craft

For the preschool Sunday school class:

A googly eyed cotton ball "baby"...

...wrapped in toilet paper "swaddling clothes"...

...secured with a small piece of tape...

...and laid in a manger...

...made ahead of time, out of an egg carton, cut apart...

...and trimmed, so each cup has one side left sticking up, like a spoon handle...

...filled with ripped up, paper bag, "hay" (children can rip up the paper, and fill their mangers, while the googly eye glue dries on their cotton balls)...

...then topped off with a shiny star, cut out ahead, from tinfoil, or in our case - recycled chocolate wrappers, glued onto the egg carton "handle".

Any theological discussion as to when and where the star should actually appear in the Christmas story can probably be left to the grown-ups, or at least the upper elementary classes - but that's up to you.

Merry Christmas from Almost Unschoolers!