During this blog post, I got kind of sentimental..
Last week, I started to clean the attic (seems to be a task for a whole century) and discovered my first crafted Advent calendar. I made years before I started my diy blog.

It's pretty colorful - perfectly for a kids' Advent calendar craft. Find the instructions and materials below, if you want to make your own Advent Calendar.

First, cut out 24 equally-sized rectangles from the felt. Fold them in the middle of the longer side, afterwards sew them together on the two longer sides on the edge with thread in matching colors. I did it manually, but I think you can also use the sewing machine.

Afterwards you turn the little bags inside out and inscribe the numbers. I made the effort to create patterns and spray the numbers on the bags - I think the result would have been better, if I had just written down them with paint stick. Plus, it would have been much quicker.

For the hanging, use thick wool or thread and sew the bags to the wool/thread.

Despite it's no German tradition, I love Halloween. The costumes, the horror movies, the scary food..

Hopefully, some dressed up kids will show up and demand sweets. If so, I'm optimally prepared. I took the opportunity to make some easy Halloween crafts for kids and created cute candy bags.
Find the instructions below, in case you want to copy them.

First, draw rectangles with the following measures onto the gift wrap paper: length 9.5 inch (24 cm), width 4.5 inch (11 cm). Cut out the rectangles. Afterwards, fold the rectangles in the middle to receive rectangles with around 4.8 inch (12 cm) x 4.5 inch (11 cm).

Stick together the longer sides on the edge. Next, cut out an irregular flame pattern at the remaining open side of the bag.

Bah.. Weather has been really bad here lately. It's starting to freeze in the morning.
Time to prepare for winter and get a knitted scarf. I like my scarves extremely huge, which is why I usually have to knit them myself.

If you have never knitted before: Scarves are quite easy to make and a good project for knitting beginners. Find my extra large knitted scarf and how to make it below!

The knitting of the scarf is quite simple. You start with a row of plain stitches, continue with a row of purls, then use plain stitches again and so on. Continue as long as you want - dependent on the size your stripes should have at the end. Once you're done with a stripe, continue in a new color and cut off the wool of the previous color. As soon as your scarf is done, bind off the stitches and sew up the remaining threads.

In case, you never knitted before and don't know anything about plain stitches or purls: there are lots of cool tutorials on Youtube, that show you exactly how to do it.

You're done earlier, if you buy bulky wool in a huge size.