A Christmas Menagerie

I have some important little people in my life: two nephews, a soon-to-be niece and soon-to-be niece/nephew (due any day now!) I wanted to make them something special for Christmas. In blogging about such somethings, I risk spoiling the surprise to their parents, but hopefully their little ones won't see this. I won't be telling who gets what, although they may figure it out.

I present this year's Christmas menagerie: a teddy bear, duckling, flamingo and monkey. 

I did them all within a week-week and a half. I used up some stash yarn, was given some and bought a little. I love using the black safety eyes and I filled them all with basic fiberfill. This was the first time I'd used "Fun Fur" (see the flamingo) and it was kind of, dare I say it, fun!

Here are some individual shots to get a better look at the fab four:

For the bear, flamingo and monkey, I found the patterns on lionbrandyarn.com. Such a great site to find cute patterns. The duckling, I found him from Kyuuto Japanese Crafts Amigurumi by Tomoko Takamori.

If anyone has questions or comments, let me know! I'll also take advice and suggestions on how to make these guys even cuter. Need a present for a little tyke in your life? Maybe a crocheted stuffed animal is the answer.

Thanks for visiting & happy handmade holidays!