Crocheted Indoor Snowballs!!!

Ready or not here they are!! My first ever pattern for indoor snowballs!! These were so fun to make! 

The idea behind these is a way for kids to have all the fun of a snowball fight with out the cold noses and snow!! These will make great gifts for kids who live where it never snows and great for indoor recess at school or fun time in a classroom or just another fun family activity!

I got the idea of these from the crocheted water balloons by Left in Knots but these Crocheted Indoor Snowballs are filled with polyfil stuffing. They are soft enough to not hurt even when thrown very hard and they are machine washable and dryable! 

See my last post for game ideas to use with the Crocheted Indoor Snowballs.

And now the pattern! I will be putting a pdf on Ravelry soon for those who want to work offline.

Crocheted Indoor Snowballs

By Um Creations - Melissa Johnston
Or grab a pdf copy on Ravelry HERE

What you need -

Bernat Blanket Yarn

8mm L hook

Polyfil stuffing

Large Eyed Yarn needle

Scissors

Stitches used

Ch - Chain

Sc - single crochet

Sc2tog - single crochet 2 together (decrease)

Slst - slip stitch

Ch 2

Rnd 1 - 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook join with slst to first sc, ch 1 (8sc)

(Ch1 does NOT count as a stitch here or throughout pattern)

Rnd 2 - 2sc in each st around join with slst to first sc, ch 1 (16 sc)

Rnd 3-5 - sc in each st around join with slst to first sc, ch 1 (16 sc)

Rnd 6 - sc2tog around join with a slst to first sc, fasten off leaving a 6 inch tail to close top. (8 sc)

Stuff firmly with polyfil stuffing. Weave tail through last round to close top.

And you’re done!! Enjoy!!

I hope you love making these as much as I did and remember to tag me on instagram with @umcreations and the hashtag #crochetedindoorsnowballs

I would love to see your finished snowballs!!

SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!!

What could be more fun in the winter than a rousing snowball fight??

How about a snowball fight indoors? 

I am planning a Friday enrichment at our school with a fellow teacher and the kids are going to get to have an indoor snowball fight!

My plan is to make about 60 of these little babies!! They are so quick to whip up you'll find yourself unable to stop making them, and the more you make the more fun the fight will be!!

We will have our event in our school multipurpose room, each team will get about 30 snowballs and a large stack of solo cups! We will play "castle down" where they will stack their cups into a castle type structure and then try to knock down each others castles. There will be a game of snowball dodgeball, and a capture the snowballs race. In capture the snowballs each team will have their snowballs on their "base" and they will try to steal snowballs from each other with out getting tagged out, first team to capture all the other teams snowballs wins! 

Would you like to have your own indoor snowball fight?? Come back here on Friday October 26th for the FREE pattern!! I am working on a pdf which I might post on Ravelry and my upcoming etsy shop for a small fee!!