What to make for little girls?

[gavinsmom]

I have 2 niece's with birthday's in January. One will be 5 the other will be 3. I'm at a loss for what to make them. I've made them scarves and hats, poncho's and purses. I need to make something by next week so it has to be something simple any ideas?

[Everyday Crochet]

Slippers with fun fur around them, like the orange ones that were posted here the other day. Those looked simple AND fun.

[antara]

What about small stuffed animals? Amigurimi might not take that long to make.

[liz31]

I love topsy turvy dolls. One side is a baby sleeping...the other side awake or there are a number of fairy tale ones.

Heres a couple of links to get you going

http://www.wendysweewoolies.com/topsy-turvy.html

 

http://www.******/crochet/toptur.html

[Sabra]

You can make them simple skirts very quickly. Get their mom to measure them around the waist and the length from waist to knees. Add about 1/2" to the waist measurement, and that's the length of your starting chain. Pick a simple stitch pattern & it'll work up very quickly, especially in worsted weight yarn. You can make a straight skirt, or the simplest way to increase is to simply bump up a hook size. You can do just about anything for trim. For the waistband, do a repeat of 1hdc, ch 1, sk 1 st around the bottom edge of the starting chain, and make a chain-stitch drawstring. (You can do an elastic waist too if you want.)

 

Or, if they're girly girls, you can make them muffs out of eyelash yarn (Bernat Disco is wonderful yarn & not that hard to work with). That'd be pretty much just a tube of yarn. Purses would work too. If you can make a hat you can make a purse. Either make it like a hat with a space for a drawstring like I mentioned above, or make a tube, sew the bottom, & crochet ch st handles. Or you could even make a purse out of 1 granny square & 2 plain squares (1 plain to put behind the granny, so treasures don't fall out).

 

Can you tell I've got daughters?

[Roli]

Danielle, my two granddaughters, 8 and 4, absolutely LOVE hair things. Barettes with cute flowers and hearts, some with strings hanging down, are very popular with all the girls in Sammi's school. Headbands are also great. And what about some cute cheap T-shirts that you've edged with crochet in different colors? You could add a few motifs too. Trimming the bottoms of a favorite pair of jeans is also a good option. I once bought some plain halter tops at Wal Mart and sewed all kinds of colorful character buttons (from Michaels) all over them. They were a big hit!

[Dorothy]

I have a great granddaughter and she likes for me to make her Barbie doll dresses If they have a barbie doll they would love this:hug

[Empress Busy Bee]

Depending on how many purses you've made, you could always make more. My two year old daughter and my 6 year old niece always want more.

This is one of my favorites to make them:

 

http://www.crochetnmore.com/duffelpurse.htm

 

I make it in whatever scrap yarn in girly colors I have. I've even modified it a little to make matching mini doll purses.

 

For the five year old you might, depening on how she is, make the lip balm holder:

 

http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/keychain.html

 

 

Here's a cute button bracelet you make in girly colors. You could make them each several. Remember to modify it to fit them:

 

http://world.std.com/~kcl/cbuttonbraclet.html

 

 

How about teacups:

 

http://www.christinesflowers.com/christines_teacup.html

 

 

Watchbands, my two year old loves her Star Wars watch even though she can't tell time:

 

http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/crochet/watchb.shtml

 

 

Crayon purse with crayons in it, be sure to get washable:

 

http://crochetnmore.com/crayonpurse.htm

 

 

A pillow of their first intial:

 

http://www.wovenspun.com/free_patterns.htm

[LadyyOftheOak]

What about the Cradle Purses? Those have been huge hits with adults and kids alike here

[Empress Busy Bee]

I have more for you.

 

Here's a cute ladybug or bubblebee purse. I've made several of the ladybug, without the fuzz/fur, and they've all been big hits.

http://www.crochet-world.com/freepatterns/pdfs/apr05_fp_kidshandbugs.pdf

 

Fuzzy edge purses.

http://www.crochet-world.com/freepatterns/pdfs/aug05_fp_kidspurses.pdf

 

Here's a cute Child’s Necklace, Bracelet and Pin Jewelry Set you could use any button/bead.

http://hometown.aol.com/crochetalong/kidjewel.html

[proudmama762003]

barbie clothes are always a hit!!

 

http://shiwri.mybesthost.com//patterns

 

do you make your own barbie patterns? are they posted somewhere?

[Nahvrianna]

I second the Amigurumi. If you know how to crochet in the round, you can make up a KristieMN one in no time. I have yet to make an animal that my 3 year old doesn't want to steal. I made a pig last week and it is missing all of it's legs because she stole him and claimed him before I could even put the legs on:hook

Look up KristieMN on here and she has a website up with free pattern Amigurumi

[Real Deal]

Child sized shawls. Little girls love shawls just as much as we do.

[Mushroom]

Have you considered crocheting bathing suits? I crocheted two identical bathing suits for a 4 year old and a 6 year old girls. The Theme was breakfast. Sunny side up eggs, hash browns and tied together with bacon.

Check out my blog to see.

 

Enjoy

 

Mushroom

 

http://http://bp1.blogger.com/_-JI5K3Y2wiY/R7krvNlmtKI/AAAAAAAAAVY/Bwo7-vYdjCo/s400/Breakfast+Bikini.jpg

[crazycrochet]

I second the cradle purses. Little girls just love them.

Check out this site, she has a few different patterns for them.

http://www.geocities.com/crotiques/

[Empress Busy Bee]

This thread is two years old. I'm sure she figured out what to make and made it already.

 

[grandmalolly]

My GD's loved the tic tac totes, and so did their little friends, someone here on the ville listed it, I think under original designs. Didn't take but a couple of hours to make them.

[pasteeater]

Amigurimi is a good idea because it really is fast and simple. They have really good patterns at the lion brand site. I got a lot of patterns from there. Since they are so young finger puppets might be cute too. I found a lot of patterns for them. You can just do a search and you'll find some. I hope I helped.

[pasteeater]

This thread is two years old. I'm sure she figured out what to make and made it already.

 

OMGosh! LOL I was wondering why she was talking about January! LOL