Free pattern: Great Gumball Challenge Game

Farah Wolfe shares a free project at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how you can make this gumball game for young children. The game includes two fabric and vinyl gumball machines, and a bag full of little felt gumballs. Players attempt to fill the gumball machine with one candy of each color. The project is an excerpt from her book Sew and Play: Handmade Games for Kids.

Click below for the tutorial:

Great Gumball Challenge Game: Free Pattern + Instructions, by Farah Wolfe

[photo from Sew & Play: handmade Games for Kids, via Sew Mama Sew]

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Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.

The list includes holiday themed hot pads, potholders ,aprons, and more that you can sew and decorate your kitchen all season long. Most are things you can make in an evening or less. These would also make wonderful hostess gifts for any holiday parties or gatherings you’re attending. Read on for the kitchen sewing ideas!