Using crafts to raise money for East African drought

[ajs88]

Yesterday I was watching the news and was shocked by the drought in East Africa, I have since looked this up on Save the Children as they ahve launched an appeal and also have a blog

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/ea ... appeal.htm

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs ... e-drought/

I really want to donate but we've really struggling at the moment and I really want to give something more substantial then a tenner so I started thinking about things that I could to do to raise a more substantial amount on top of my own donation. I've been making toy animals out of reclaimed and scrap fabric recently and thought that I could make up a batch and try to sell them to colleagues at work and friends and family

Has anyone on here done something similar, have other ideas or be interested in joining me

[MuddyWitch]

What a good idea.

Good luck, & I may try something similar with patchwork pomanders.

MW

[ajs88]

Patchwork pomanders sound really good, please post some pics if you make some

[MuddyWitch]

Here's some I made for a friend, they have our own lavender in them, wrapped in stuffing so they are soft:



MW

[ajs88]

there really lovely i especially like the one on the left very dainty