Posted in Kings Highway Homeschool

Taking time away from the computer had the boys and I FINALLY finishing up one of our endless projects that have piled up around here.  I taught the boys to crochet and we gathered all our flannel scraps to quilt these two beautiful blankets for Project Linus:

Project Linus is a non-profit organization that provides homemade blankets to children who are seriously ill or have been traumatized.  There are chapters throughout the U.S.  The boys had a harder time learning to crochet than I expected so we ended up working together on the one blanket until they got the hang of it.  They will be crocheting more and will hopefully get faster at it with time.  This will be a good handicraft project for the winter as they continue to make more blankets.  The quilt is an accumulation of baby flannels I had that were taking up space, so it felt good to use up these and try our hand at quilting our first blanket (no, there isn't any pattern to it because I didn't have enough of each different color but it looks alright the way the boys decided to lay it out).  

My boys were very proud of what they accomplished and it felt good to give something handmade from the heart.  I hope my boys always see the value in a homemade gift. (PS Yes, that is THE WALL that we have been working on that they are hanging from.  Great for biceps LOL)