When my husband got his first teaching job, in an amazing little Wyoming town, he asked me to crochet some dolls for all his students. I think he was scared the kids wouldn't like him so he wanted something to bribe them with. But they LOVED him, so he decided the kids would earn the dolls by hitting their reading goals. And what started out as a one time thing for my husband to make friends with third graders, has continued for 10 years, He still teaches in the same school and everyone still loves him. Here is a look at the things I have made throughout the years.
1st year (2015-16)
This was a jungle theme. I made a bunch of different dolls, the patterns were all from this book.
2nd year (2016-17)
Cowboy theme. I made horses, the pattern I used can be found here.
3rd year (2017-18)
Ocean theme. I made up the octopus and jelly fish patterns. The rays came from here. And the turtles and whales both came from the same shop.
4th year (2018-19)
Bugs theme. My least favorite. Luckily there weren't many kids in the class and not many of them hit their goals. I also made butterflies. The slugs were from this pattern. I made up the others.
5th year (2019-20)
Dinosaur theme. I got the idea from dinosaurs from this shop, but really had to tweak them to make them smaller.
6th year (2020-21)
This was the start of my husband picking the theme, before that, the librarian picked a theme for the whole school and we went along with that. Then she retired so he started picking. This was baby yoda, my own made up pattern.
7th year (2021-22)
He picked dragons for this year. I think it was because I made up this pattern and he loved it.
8th year (2022-23)
These sharks are all my own patterns, I will have to put them in my shop soon!
9th year (2023-24)
This Mario theme has been my favorite! I made all the patterns, but the only ones I wrote down were the Mario, Luigi, and them in cat costumes. This year I tried out making some smaller dolls as keychains, and they were a bust. They were the last two picked.
10th year (2024-25)
Star Wars theme this year. I did baby Yoda before, but did all new characters this time. They were all my own patterns, based off this Porg pattern and this Ewok pattern.
I'll get pics soon!
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