This Easter I decided to make little yarny gifts for the children in my family to accompany their chocolate Easter eggs.
For the girls I made them little bunnies as featured in previous posts (click on the bunnies to take you to the relevant post).
For the boys I wanted to make them something a bit quirky. I found a pattern for some crochet eggs on the Toft Alpaca Shop website. Once they were made I thought that I would add some personalisation by sewing on each boys initial to their own egg.
For my nephew Charlie, his mother (my sister), had requested I crochet something she had seen I had pinned on Pinterest. It was a crochet minion granny square from Repeat Crafter Me.
This pattern was simple to follow and the block was surprisingly easy to make. The only difference is that instead of using a black button for the eye I crocheted a black circle.
Now the plan was to make the block into something so I asked Charlie if he’d like it made into a little cushion or a blanket and he said no that he liked it as it was. Well lucky me that’s saved me a lot of work and he has ended up with a gift just as he wanted.
I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.
Jean
The Creative Pixie 
I love the eggs. I am working on crochet food for a day care.
I have a book on crochet food but have yet to make something from it. I was tempted by the cakes and buns on the cover 😉
So sweet, and Charlie is a typical child, no fuss-muss…He loves his square as is and it’s something he’ll always have from his loving aunt.
Have a delightful weekend, Jean,
Marianne
Ahhh your gifts are so cute!! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Love the gifts! The minion is most certainly my favourite x
Wow I need to make the minion square… I feel the need for this pattern… I haven’t been so excited about a granny square since I made hello kitty ones!!!!
Hello Kitty squares!!!! Did you blog about it, if you did can you share the link?
I will find it for u this week, I definitely have a print out if I can’t find the link…
Thanks, my girls love Hello Kitty.