Road Trip Crafts for Us!

Today is Part 2 of our Road Trip series -

Time for Crafts for Us! :) Even if you have little ones, they’ll nap in the car at some point, which will give you a few moments for crafting fun. Again, I’ve tried to pick projects that don’t take a lot of supplies, or are too messy.

If you’d like to view the kids crafts post, click here. And remember, next week I’ll add a Road Trip Fun button to my site and you can access all the ideas and links from that page all summer.

For the kids I came up with the Paper Robot – for our craft I got the idea from a gift from my friend, Becky. She sent me a great book and bookmark for my birthday. And this bookmark is perfect for making on the road!

Here’s the bookmark I made:

These are super simple. I used about 16″ of ribbon and sewed a jump ring onto each end. I used small hand sewn stitches.

Then I chose beads and threaded them onto some nylon beading cord. I used a focal bead on the end, so I put the cord through that ring, then doubled it and passed it through the other beads.

Then I just knotted it onto the jump ring. If you’re crafting in the car, you could leave it at this point and later when you’re home or in a hotel, you could add a tiny drop of super glue for a little insurance – just to hold that knot.

Super Easy right? I got a little carried away making these – they were really fun. And I think they’d make great hostess gifts if you are staying with family this summer or doing a long stay at a B&B. You could make a bookmark and gift it with a book about where you live.

(That little crown bead says, “A Crown is simply a hat that lets the rain in.” Is that great or what? ;)

So are you ready for more? Here are some other options I found for Road Trip Crafting Fun.

Family Tree Brooch from Ruffles and Stuff	Beaded Felt Applique from Abigailscraftshowto.com	Sweet Birdcage Embroidery Pattern from merwing on Flickr
Chain and Ribbon Necklace from Blue Cricket Design	Felt Raincloud Brooch from Bugs and Fishes by Lupin	Fabric Scrap Necklace from cakies
Crochet a One Hour Scarf from Laughing Purple Goldfish	Knit this Take Me to Paris Scarf from Popknits	Crochet a Little Blue Lobster with Karabouts
Embroider this great Gnome pattern from Badbirds	Crochet Seashore earrings from Crochet Today	JCrew inspired necklace from Love Stitched at Craftaholics Anonymous
Felt Sand Dollars from Happy Together	Crochet Sweet Flower Pincushions from Creative Jewish Mom	Vacation Memory Jars from Martha

I kind of ended up with a lot of jewelry. But it doesn’t take a lot of supplies. :)

Knitting and Crochet are also perfect car crafts – if you need more ideas there are a zillion free patterns out there – these two sites have a pretty good listing of them.

Crochet Pattern Central

Knitting Pattern Central

If you know of a craft that would be perfect for the car, send me an email! We’ll add it to the list. :)

Click here to see the permanent home for these ideas – and scroll down to the bottom of the page for the New Additions!

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