[Giveaway Contest is now closed. Thanks for playing!]Thank you to Sew, Mama, Sew for hosting the enormous list of giveaways this week! To try your luck at hundreds of prizes, be sure to visit to see them all. Congratulations to my 10th comment-giver, Jingle, who won the prize package shown above. Thanks to everyone for their great comments!
And guess what else? You're all winners! Just because you're you, and because you stopped by, how about a free pattern to knit your own Dashing Honeycomb Cable Mug Cozy? I told you I was a giver :)
Here's a simple, quick, affordable project you can knit with leftovers from your stash. It's a great gift to give with a mug, and with a box of gourmet hot chocolate, tea, coffee, or even Cup-of-Soup!
Yarn: Worsted weight wool
Needles: Size 5 straight needles, Size 3 needles
Additional Requirements: Cable needle, yarn needle
Stitch definitions:
2RC- 2 stitch right cable
Slip first stitch onto cable needle, hold it behind your work and knit the second stitch, then knit the stitch off the cable needle to create a right twist cable stitch.
2LC- 2 stitch left cable
Slip first stitch onto cable needle, hold it in front of your work and knit the second stitch, then knit the stitch off the cable needle to create a left twist cable stitch.
Cast on 58 stitches.
Row 1: K4, P2, (K4, P2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 2: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 3: K4, P2, (2RC, 2LC, P2) repeat across row, end P2, K4
Row 4: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 5: K4, P2, (K4, P2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 6: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 7: K4, P2, (2LC, 2RC, P2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 8: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Repeat rows 3-8 (2) more times
Next row: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across, end K4
Next row: Bind off in pattern (K4, P2) repeat across row
Finishing:
Fold mug cozy in half and use yarn needle with matching yarn to securely graft the garter stitch edging together just roughly 1/4" (this creates the portion that sits under the mug handle).
To make button loop- Using your size 3 needles, pick up 3 stitches at the top left edge of the garter portion and attach new yarn, working the following pattern:
RS: Knit the first row, but all other RS rows, Slip 1, K2
WS: Slip 1, P2
Repeat these two rows until your button band is the proper length to secure your button, then bind off the three stitches and leave a long enough tail of yarn to securely stitch the end of the loop in place.
Sew on button, and voila!
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Marie~Jolie
Dashing Honeycomb Cable Mug Cozy Pattern
by Marie-Jolie
Yarn: Worsted weight wool
Needles: Size 5 straight needles, Size 3 needles
Additional Requirements: Cable needle, yarn needle
Stitch definitions:
2RC- 2 stitch right cable
Slip first stitch onto cable needle, hold it behind your work and knit the second stitch, then knit the stitch off the cable needle to create a right twist cable stitch.
2LC- 2 stitch left cable
Slip first stitch onto cable needle, hold it in front of your work and knit the second stitch, then knit the stitch off the cable needle to create a left twist cable stitch.
Cast on 58 stitches.
Row 1: K4, P2, (K4, P2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 2: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 3: K4, P2, (2RC, 2LC, P2) repeat across row, end P2, K4
Row 4: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 5: K4, P2, (K4, P2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 6: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 7: K4, P2, (2LC, 2RC, P2) repeat across row, end K4
Row 8: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across row, end K4
Repeat rows 3-8 (2) more times
Next row: K6, (P4, K2) repeat across, end K4
Next row: Bind off in pattern (K4, P2) repeat across row
Finishing:
Fold mug cozy in half and use yarn needle with matching yarn to securely graft the garter stitch edging together just roughly 1/4" (this creates the portion that sits under the mug handle).
To make button loop- Using your size 3 needles, pick up 3 stitches at the top left edge of the garter portion and attach new yarn, working the following pattern:RS: Knit the first row, but all other RS rows, Slip 1, K2
WS: Slip 1, P2
Repeat these two rows until your button band is the proper length to secure your button, then bind off the three stitches and leave a long enough tail of yarn to securely stitch the end of the loop in place.
Sew on button, and voila!
Thanks for stopping by... please visit again!
Marie~Jolie
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Yay I get to be first!!! Well my cheapo summer tip is after rinsing out dish soap bottles let the kids use them as squirt bottles for a water fight...you can even leave a little soap in there to have it double as a shower, then you have clean fun...
I HATE to heat up the kitchen during the summer by cooking. (Actually I don't really like cooking at any time!) Pull out that crockpot and throw dinner in first thing in the morning and have the rest of the day to play and still have dinner ready on time! Especially great for days when you are spending all day at the ball field, pool, or wherever....
Smoothie Pops! At our house we drink lots of smoothies! But in the summer we love to make extra and freeze them in popsicle molds. I love that they seem to take longer to melt because it was made from a thicker smoothie instead of runny liquid. This makes them not only a fun treat but hopefully less messy! I like that with kids. When we do green smoothies we call them Shrek Pops! The kids love them and don't seem to care that they are super good for them! ;)
How about planting something fun like watermelon, pumpkin, or sunflowers. Fast, big growing plants and less than $2 for a packet of seeds. :D
My summer cheapie tip is for my favorite salad:
one bag frozen black-eyed peas
one red onion
one can corn
two cans petite diced tomatoes
4-5 stalks celery
Drain the canned stuff, defrost the frozen stuff, diced the whole stuff. Mix together with 3-4 tablespoons of your fave dressing, or just EVOO and balsamic vinegar. Season with salt, pepper, Tabasco, chili powder. Eat until full!
Here is my favorite treat of the moment. Melt one bag of white chocolate chips, spread it over a sheet of parchment or wax paper, then sprinkle with 1/2 cup crushed lemon drops. I put the lemon drops in a heavy grade plastic bag, wrap it in a towel and hit it with a rolling pin until they are broken up. Let it harden and then break it apart. VOILA, lemon bark!
I'm not sure if this qualifies, but when I need to wash the car, I put the girls in their swimsuits and they get to help and get wet at the same time. I don't feel as if I'm wasting as much water and my car gets clean at the same time. :)
Camping in the backyard! Pitch a tent in the backyard, my kids love roasting marshmallows over a fire , spending a night under the stars and telling ghost stories. Perfect because you save on gas and avoid rattlesnakes & poison ivy!
whoo--I love the mug cozy! I'll have to make one (unless I win one, of course).
In the summer we get a lot of mileage out of picnics in the yard--but the key is that you really have to pack the picnic basket. Carrying a sandwich out of a plate doesn't count!
Tell you hubby Happy Birthday! A quick fun thing to make in the summer - Diet coke cupcakes served with ice cream! They are super low calorie and so good! Just take a chocolate cake mix of your choice and mix it with one can of Diet Coke - nothing else. Bake for the usual time as directed on the box! They are super yummy!
We pour 100 percent orange juice into pop makers.
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hmmm I think the easiest/quickest treat I can think of is a cheesy tortilla melt... simply unwrap one of those cheddar cheese sticks (like string cheese, but cheddar), roll it up in a tortilla, and then heat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Grating cheese is overrated. please pick me!
Thanks for such a lovely and generous giveaway!
xo
Lesley
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Oooh, thanks for the pattern! If you're a morning person and don't have too many little ones around, garage sales can be fun to scope out, even just for looking at. Another fun cheap thing is that the museums in my city are free on Thursday nights... and usually air conditioned!
Rain Showers!
When it rains, put the kids in a bathing suit, give them shampoo & soap, and let them get clean outdoors. This works best when it's a warm day, usually in August, and there are no thunderstorms.
For an affordable and fun activity, I would suggest riding bikes through a small town with lots of open spaces, or even make a picnic lunch for everyone at the park or beach! That's always so much fun :)
Our all time favorite thing to do in summer is to pack a picnic breakfast and hit a favorite hike at the crack of dawn before it gets to hot. Our reward at the end is a fabulous stream side breakfast. The mug pattern is fabulous, I'll be linking!
Having a summer picnic at a local park!
Thank you for such a great giveaway!
Try this: toss one squeezed lime, some ice, water, and cane sugar to tase into a cup. cover with another cup and shake it up baby! A refreshing beverage for a hot summer day!
I love your mug cozy! How cute. What a fun knitting project too. My tip is to save the juice from canned fruit and turn it into popsicles.
In the summertime, we love to go to the library & it's free! They have a reading club which is great for the kids. Both my kids have asthma, so indoor activities are really good for hot, smoggy days when it's just uncomfortable to be outside.
I'm excited to let the girls use the little kiddie pool in the yard this summer! Last year my youngest was too little to play, but old enough to know she was missing out on something. I am looking forward to watching them splash and play!
My tip is for my favorite salad:
1 cucumber, sliced
1 tomato,sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
feta cheese crumbles
balsamic vinegar
Layer in order. Sprinkle with feta and drizzle vinegar over top.
I cant wait for my garden to grow so I can eat this salad every day!
Thanks for the mug cozy pattern. It will make great Christmas gifts.
You have some lovely fabrics in your give away.
My favorite, easy and affordable summertime treat that everyone likes is the old fashioned root beer float.
Easy summer treat: Skewer grapes, roll them in sugar and stick them in the freezer.
We also like to pour the last little bits of juice into popsicle molds. When it's not enough for a cup, it's the perfect size for a popsicle. :) Also works great with Crystal Light and then it's only like a half a calorie.
My super cheap summer idea is instead of buying a slip n slide, you can lay out black garbage bags and get them wet, and even put some soap on them.
Hmmm, running through the sprinkler...I did it as a kid, and I still do it! So, when I get too hot after the commute home or mowing the yard, I run through the sprinkler like a kid! Makes my neighbors wonder about me, even better!
Love the cozy. I'm going to say ice cream + bananas. Let's not call it a SPLIT. Because that makes us feel pigish. Let's just say that when you add bananas to ice cream--sure, maybe some chocolate sauce and nuts, sure--then you get a WHOLE NEW ice cream experience. There's some ingredient that the bananas release from the ice cream, I think. p.s. Pick me! Pick me!
How very generous of you, and what a great pattern! My suggestion for a not-quite-quick, but fun and rewarding summer activity, is to make your own ice cream! Kids can get involved too; while you're mixing eggs and cream, they can be breaking up the candies or cookies that will go in the ice cream. Once it's in the freezer to set, take off to the playground/park/zoo/wherever you go to run around in the sun. By the time you get home you'll be exhausted and overheated and will have delicious cold ice cream to enjoy!
wow thanks for the giveaway!! i use the leftover dishsoap that you can't get out to make a bubble mix for lots of fun!
Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
count me in, please!!
love your blog :)
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ooo please enter me!ooo i'd say start growing your own garden! nothing tastes better than fresh veggies you grow yourself!
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Lolly sticks shoved in the top of (full, with the lid still on) yoghurt pots and bunged in the freezer for 3 hours. Hey presto, good for them ice lollies that don't rot their teeth!!
Tia xxx
In the summer I refuse to heat up the kitchen. Everything goes on the grill!
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Thanks for the pattern, and the chance to win! My fave tip is to cook a bunch of frozen boneless chicken breasts in the crockpot with a can of rotel - it will fall apart and makes fantastic chicken dishes. like quesadillas or nachos - easy peasy.
The best summer treat in my opinion is some ice cold watermelon. You can beat that on a hot day.
Thanks so much for the pattern! This is the best part of giveaway day...finding wonderful new blogs to visit!
I agree with Robin...crock pot meals in the summer are lifesavers!
One thing I love for summer is the make-your-own-popsicle molds. I mean, you can turn any juice, soda, or just about any liquid into cool, yummy treats in no time :)
Enjoy your time off!
One of my favorite summer treats is fruit dip. You need a block of cream cheese, a medium-sized container of marshmallow fluff (the one that's between 7-10 ounces) (or ricemallow fluff) and a teaspoon of almond extract. Allow the cream cheese to soften for about 20 minutes or so, then using an electric mixer beat all of the ingredients together until smooth. It's delicious served with a fruit platter for the perfect ending to a summer picnic. I guarantee you that your guests will take a bite and exclaim "Oh my goodness, this is delicious- what is it?!?"
Picnic on the lawn with the kids. It doesn't matter what you serve them, the kids will be thrilled thinking it's a special day just having a picnic.
One of my favourite easy summer treats is blender drinks made from frozen fruit - my favourite combination is fresh peaches and frozen huckleberries, but it's good with just about any fruit.
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I throw all kinds of just overripe fruit into a "smoothie bag." When the bag is nearly full, I pull out the blender and mix the frozen fruit with yogurt, orange juice cubes (leftover juice frozen in an ice cube tray) and a bit of honey. Yummy and thick (because of the ice)!
We love to make our own pudding pops. Just make a package of instant pudding, pour into paper cups, insert a popsickle stick and freeze. These are delicious - paper cup will peel off easily and you have a neat shaped pudding pop! I love this great giveaway. a.haun@sbcglobal.net
One of my favorite and frugal activities in the summer is going to a park and having a picnic. I love to go all out and bring a blanket, the picnic basket and perfect picnic food! It's such a blast!
Mash bananas (2 maybe) mix with any kind of juice you like. Pour in small dixie cups and freeze for popcycles. Add stick when they start to set up.
Most museums have a free day. Our local art museum is free every third thursday of the month. There's nothing better than a free outing. Take a picnic lunch and you can make a whole afternoon of it.
Christina
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ok, my tip has to be...... go camping! I love the smell of the outdoors and I soooooo appreciate my parents taking the time to instill the love of the outdoors in me when I was a kid. Love, love, love it!!
thank-you so much for having this giveaway!
Homemade popsicles, followed by running through the sprinkler! A dessert and a 'bath.' :)
Thanks for the offer!
oh my gosh I LOVE that cozy!! I am so going to have my mom make it for me, if I tried it would look like a SOCK! :)
I am working on a recipe this summer for mini cheesecake balls for a shower and a great simple quiche recipe. I am also making mini quiche, it's all about the tapas :) small plates, less cleanup!
My tip is to make lots of smoothies! That's often all we have for lunch--yogurt/fruit smoothies and a slice of toast. Easy and cool!
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plant a garden!
for kids, do an outdoor scavenger (or treasure) hunt around the neighborhood...
use a thrift store sheet as your quilt backing....
um...
cheers! :)
Love your giveaway. Thanks for adding me to your draw.
SUmmer tip: I love to grill! Or cook on an open fire. I also like to use tin foil when I do so that it is easy clean up!
Thanks for hosting
my favorite summer treat is home made Popsicles... I make daily or near daily smoothies, with yogurt... just make some extra, and fill up Popsicle molds with the leftovers... so healthy and refreshing...
Easy tip for Summer?
Freezing bananas & freezing koolaid cubes for drinks!
It's hot here in Texas, gotta involve eating & cool liquid!
ashley
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Cheap summer fun is planting seeds in the garden, then letting the kids water and care for them. They have lots of water fights in the process! Thanks for the great giveaway.
How great are you!? I don't think I have ever seen this kind of coffee cozy before. This would solve my morning coffee issues! =) Thanks for the chance to win! And for being so generous!
As for the summer tip, mine like pink lemonade poured into popsicle trays (or concentrated in icetrays) to eat, or put in their water.
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Thank you for the lovely give away. My keep cool summer tip is waterfights and having the kids play in the srinkler on the lawn. Lots of good clean fun. Thanks for the lovely blog and the pattern.
Love the pattern, I will definitely try this.
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And i forgot about the summer tip, stupid of me: how to catch bees in the garden. You cut an empty bottle of coke in two, the top you turn around and put in the lower half. You put some nice sugary liquid in it, bees will follow their urge for sugar, enter the bottle by the top and will not be abble to return, a bit sad maybe but bees stings are awful
Count me in on your drawing - I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for the great pattern already!!!
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Great giveaway! My favorite summer treat: gin and lemonade! Super easy to mix up (about one shot in a large glass, plus ice and lemonade to fill it) and it feels just like summer!
tip, huh? my CHEAP summer entertaining trick for little ones is to hand them a small bucket of water and a paintbrush and tell them to go paint designs on the driveway. by the time they get to the bottom of the driveway, the top is dry again!
Summertime is ice tea time. Tasty and cheaper than store bought is a necessity. 7 tea bags in a quart of boiling water. Steep for 5 min. mix in generous 1/2 cup sugar then 1 container frozen pink lemonade. Stir until mixed. Add enough water to make 1 gallon of tea. Put in fridge and chill.
Wonderful. What a great giveaway! My favorite tip is a pie. . . .Frozen lemonade and tub of coolwhip. Let the lemonade thaw and mix it up. Throw it in a graham cracker crust and freeze. YUMMY!
a fun thing to do with kiddos is to mix equal quantities of marshmallow creme & peanut butter... now you have edible playdo... so fun and so delicious!
What a great idea and such cute fabric!
A great summer treat would be frozen/super-chilled grapes! I'm not saying the grapes are always cheap, but they are certainly healthy!
Great giveaway. My summer tip is to allow the kids to get messy. Anything involving water: it's a great way to cool off and use up energy; water balloons, sprinkler, squirt bottles, sponges to toss, etc.
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Thanks for entering me in your generous giveaway! The cozy is so cute! I like to make homemade Popsicles using homemade yogurt and fruit:)
Thanks again and have a beautiful day!
~Sharon
My favorite summer time treat is iced coffee, so every morning my husband makes an extra pot. We freeze half in ice cube trays and chill the rest. In afternoon when we think we need something decadent, we mix the cold coffee with some cold milk (and maybe some almond syrup) and a couple coffee cubes and sit in the shade to chat about the day. So refreshing, easy cheap, and much less fat than an ice cream cone!
We used to make ice cream watermelons by molding lime sherbet and raspberry sherbet (with chocolate chips for the seeds) together. Fun to make, fun to cut, and so delicious and refreshing!
The best snack for everyone is frozen grapes. Put them in a bowl and start your card and board games outside under a big shade tree on an old soft quilt.
A tip for summer, eh? Well, it gets really hot here and we don't have AC so I try to be mindful about which rooms I heat up. With the lights off, nothing running in the room, and the shades closed it actually stays pretty cool, so I try to use a limited number of rooms in the first half of the day and keep the others closed and waiting for the second half of the day.
Frozen grapes. Refreshing and fun to eat and an excellent way to use up leftover grapes that might go bad.
Very nice! We love to spend time at the park - a great place to picnic and my son can use the playsets.
Neat pattern, great givaway. I picked up a half gallon of juice that was on sale in a flavor we don't usually buy. Filled up some tupperware popsicle makers with it and put them in the freezer. Fun, easy, cheap and I know the ingredients- they don't add colors to the juice like they do the premade frozen pops.
Cute! I'm entering b/c those vintage ric racs are awesome.
Fun summer stuff.... pasta salad w/ pasta, italian dressing, grape tomatoes, cucumber chunks, olive slices, and the all important feta cheese. This stuff is awesome.
My favorite summer treat are frozen grapes! Thanks for the great giveaway!
My summer tip is to check your Regal cinemas... they have free family film festival weekday mornings during the summer where you can catch a G or PG movie with your little one(s) for FREE!
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i like frozen orange juice pops, cooling, refreshing, and healthy!
What a neat giveaway!
My thrifty summer craft idea is making skirts for the little girls from thrift store pillowcases. Easy, fun, and cheap!
Very nice giveaway. Count me in, please!
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Awesome giveaway!
I am 8. Check out my giveaway too. www.sewingsister.blogspot.com
My mom also has a giveway at www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com
What a great offer! Now you need to come up with a tea cozy pattern to go with the cup pattern!
Summer treat from my childhood (1940's) Fresh lemon/orange ade
10 cups water
8 lemons squeezed and then sliced
3/4 oranges squeezed and sliced
1/2 cup sugar (to taste)
lots of ice and a pretty glass pitcher. Stir well, put ice,slices of fruit in glasses and pour in your lemon/orange ade.
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is to find free shows and music in local paper! Seems like nearly every restaurant and park has live music or other entertainment on the weekends.
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Hi!! Dishwashing liquid and a bit of sugar and water make great long lasting bubbles for some summer fun!
One of the things I like to do is make my own popsicles using dixie cups, popsicle sticks, and a variety of juices. This is especially awesome if you want to do lots of different flavours of popsicles, or multi-flavoured. Regular lemonade on the bottom and rasperry lemonade on the top anyone? You can also freeze smaller berries in the mold with the juice - so nice!
Thanks for such a great giveaway!
My favorite summer treat is homemade chocolate ice cream.
1 small tub of cool whip
1 can of hershey's syrup
1/2 gal of chocolate milk
Mix, pour into ice cream freezer. It comes out all frothy and chocolaty like a Wendy's Frosty!
Hope you enjoy!
Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win, I'll have to make a couple of cozys for our coffee cups.
Cheap, easy craft- knitting with cotton yarns. For the enjoyment you get it's very cheap
My summer tip, plant some basil (or pick it up at a local farmers market) and make some of the best pesto you've ever had. It freezes well too, its great to have over some pasta in the dead of winter!
This is very nice. Love all the goodies!
Thanks for doing this giveaway!
Cassie
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Forgot a summer tip:
I'm in a new location this year... so I guess my tip is to make sure that you get out and play in the sun! I haven't always done that in the past, but now that I live in rainy WA, I think I need to take advantage of the sun shiny days as much as possible before winter is here again.
We let the kids paint the house with water and paint rollers. They stay cool and it occupies them for the longest time! thanks ! tiffeg at gmail.com
I love blowing bubbles with the kids! So cheap and easy - AND, cleanup is so easy - the soap is already there! ha ha! :-)
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
summer tips... well - how about how the little things can save so much time! for example - use of bias binding foot! or gathering foot! as amother of two who often sew for them - I use these feet a lot, rela time saver!
please let me in the contest!!!!
thanks for the chance to win,
Michal
My favorite for summer is make your own popsicle or ice cubes, with any flavors - watermelon, my current favorite. Great small treat after getting hot & sticky outside.
My cheap craft for the summer is this skirt: http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=785
Its very easy to sew and only takes about 8€ of fabric. Loving it !
Thanks for your great giveaway !
Wow! Thanks for this giveaway! My tip would be to go picnic in a local park of your city! It's wonderful in Summer! I'm glad to have found your blog!
i cut bananas into chunks,put a pop stick in the banana, dip them in chocolate and freeze.DELICIOUS
Chop up some fruit and add to an ice cube tray before adding the water. Great for refreshing drinks
Thanks for entering me in the giveaway :) My tip for a quick treat is Angel food cake with whipped cream swirled around really pretty on top and then smother with blue berries mmmm
I love it! What a great idea :) I might have to make a bunch of these as gifts for next Christmas!
I love to teach my little girl all about nature, so our latest fun craft is to take an ink pad outside and see what we can make prints with - leaves, rocks etc. We roll them or press them on the inkpad and make all sorts of designs on paper. So much fun!
thanks so much for the opportunity!
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Several jump ropes, chalk, and water ballons the possilbilities are almost endless!
A good cold juicy watermelon is always a good treat on a hot summer day.
Just grab a camera, something to drink and eat and explore one of the nearest parks, forest etc. Atleast I plan on doing this a lot this summer.
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What a great giveaway!!
I can't pick just one tip, but I love going to the Familyfun.com website for craft and cooking ideas to do with my kids. They have such a great search tool that you can use by age and theme. Makes it easy.
I love to read in the summer. Just find a quiet spot and bring a good book and take time to read. Also, if you garden picking fresh fruits and vegetables all summer is such a happy event. My tip would be to take time to plant a garden and then enjoy it all summer. Also, frozen blueberries are a great way to cool off. Just pull some out of the freezer and eat them. They are so good.
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I have a pot of mint growing on my deck and I always toss a handful in my lemonade to sparkle it up1
Turning the lawn sprinklers on and letting the kids loose in the yard. They have a blast and the grass gets watered all at the same time.
Hello from Barcelona, Spain!!
I work in a public library, and we organize a craft afternoon once a month for children 3-7 years old, and this is the activity we're going to host this june: it's called "draw your twin". I will cut long pieces of craft paper, and make each child lie down, a child per piece. My colleagues and me (and hopefully some helpful parents too!!) will draw the silhouette of the kid on the craft paper, and then they will be able to fill in the inside of the silhouette! They can use pieces of yarn for the hair, different sorts of papers for the eyes, mouth, etc... colors to draw the clothes... Maybe I will take some buttons to attach, and we even have feathers in case they want to draw hats!!
I hope you like it. If you want to do it at home with children, you can also use scraps of fabric and hang the twin on the door of the dorm :-)
Cheers, and thanks for a great giveaway!!
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eat grilled veggies! they're in season and cheap! AND healthy.
thanks for the free pattern! that is very nice of you!
and as a affordable thing to do in the summer, stay at home, bake somthing, eat popsicals with the kids out side and sew when they are a sleep :-)
I'm just learning to knit now, so maybe I should start with a very simple pattern. Got any suggestions?
For my summer craft, I'm going to try this tutorial: http://www.se7en.org.za/2009/05/22/birdhouses-potpourri-and-little-birds-all-in-se7en-steps Pinata Bird houses! Awesome!
My favorite cheap (free) summer activity is taking the kids to the library! Air conditioned, full-o-books, kids feel at home goodness!! That, and gardening - I can never get enough of gardening (did I REALLY just say that?? Yes, I can get enough! But, I don't feel like it right now!) Thanks for the chance to win! : )
One of my favorite summertime activities is going out to the city parks, picking a trail I have not yet taken, and go for a walk or a jog. Grab the kids or the dog and go exploring!
That is a great giveaway--thank you!
my summer craft/tip
give the kids a pail full of water and clean paint brushes...let them paint the sidewalk with the water. it will dry up and they can do it again!
watermelon is my key to keeping cool and awesome in summer... lol
Please enter me in the draw, and don't forget to enter mine. :)
Backyard baseball!
I think I'm going to win!
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Water gun or hose turned really slow and let the kiddos 'draw' on the sidewalk/driveway over and over on a hot day! We did that all the time as kids.
I love the look of mug cozies!! I am going to get my mum to make me one hehehe... Summer tip... always have paint handy for finger painting out side!!!
We're having a give away too!!
xo Steph
Kite-flying in the park followed by homemade lemonade. Easy, quick, but memorable for the kiddos!
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This is hard, being nearly winter here in Australia, so...I like to keep a big jug of tea in the fridge with lemon slices and mint from the garden floating in it. However, right now I prefer hot tea, so the mug cosy will come in very handy :)
Painting with water! We do it on the sidewalk. No mess to clean up!
summer treat? why snow balls of course. ball a a big handful of shaved ice into a compact fist sized ball and drizzle/ drench (to your preference) your favourite drink/ flavouring - root beer's my fav. you prob should let the kids eat this outdoors tho. = )
The most fun to have on a summer day...is turning on the water sprinkler on the lawn & running thru it! Or using water to paint pictures onto crocrete!
I sure wish I could knit. That cozy is darling.
Thanks for the pattern! Very generous of you. One of our favorite summer activities is to have juice pops on the front porch. The other thing we do is water balloons. Not very environmentally friendly, but endlessly entertaining for 4 year olds. :)
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Hello and THANKS for the chance to win your great bundle! For summer craft, we LOVE to paint the rocks in our landscaping...we just use Crayola paints and they nearly always wash away after a rain or two...and then its time to do it again! Its fun being at your site! Jenny
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Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks! I make Kool-Aid pops like my Mom did when I was little - You just make the Kool-Aid with half as much water and freeze in a little Tupperware Popsicle tray. Thanks for the cozy pattern too - it's so cute!
Picnic in the backyard is what we do (and we don't even have kids, so you are allowed to think we're crazy!). It's just nice to pack a basket and bring it under a tree, surrounded with flowers, spread a blanket and just relax.
what a nice give away! I can't knit to save my life but it was sweet of you to include a pattern!
I live in Kansas where it gets hot and very humid. During the summer months, I spend a lot of time in my quilt room which is in the coolest part of the house - the basement. When I have to cook dinner, I have a ton of crock pot recipes and I pull them out. Keeps my kitchen cooler, keeps me out of the kitchen and the hubby loves the recipes. Great giveaway!
A quick summer tip is to make jello knox blocks out of juice and geletin. THey are really simple to make and taste like summer. I also like to just sit outside with a book :) THank you for the great giveaway and for the free pattern.
That cozy looks so great!
Well, I dont' have kids yet but my nieces love to be in their kiddie pool outside in the backyard and they chase one another with little balloons filled with water that we all use here when it's Carnaval, during the summer!
Thank you for the great giveaway and the chance to win!
Great give away. My summer tip: when the weather gets to hot to play outside (we get some crazy hot days here) or if it's raining. Anyway, fill the sink with water and a little dishsoap, pull up a step stool and let the little ones "wash" dishes to their hearts content. This will keep my daughter occupied for a good solid hour.
Oh, what goodies! We do a lot of cold meals and snacks in warm weather. Lunch today? Hummus with a tray loaded with snap peas, carrots, apples, organges, crackers and granola bars. Yummy and perfect!
Thanks for the cozy pattern. Our favorite summer treat we call "Zoobies" (don't remember why) but we just take leftover fruit - strawberries, melon, bananas, blackberries, peaches....in a blender with sherbet and juice if needed - just mix and drink! No real recipe just what needs using up. We do put some of our fresh blackberries in the freezer just for the zoobies.
Tip ~ Bring a cooler in your car for drinks whenever you go anywhere. It will save you money from having to stop at convenient stores because kids are always thirsty while out!
Love the fabric. My probably repeated in here summer tip is to let the kids do fingerpaints outside in their swimsuits. I hate doing it inside-so much work. But outside it's easy-breezy!
Thanks for your generosity!
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