Back in 2018, I did this post about my mandala doily earrings. In the post, I had mentioned my doily loop earrings I had made for my then 4 year old daughter, whom loved to wear these around the house and play dress up, back in 2011.
While making a lot of mandala doily earrings, Liz really wanted a pair of her own, and was willing to pierce her ears for them. I told her that she could not pierce her ears until she 7, if she still wanted to do it then, she could. On her 7th birthday, she pierced her ears.
In the mean time, I crocheted a loop onto a pair of small mandala doilies, and looped them over her ears.
They worked great worn this way. She would wear them for hours, dancing around the house with her big girl earrings.
The doily earrings were made by first making a small doily, then simply crocheting a large, ear size loop to hang the doily from. You want it to fit snug, but not tight, so best to measure before fastening off, and weaving ends.
This loop can then just be looped around a child's ear for light weight, grown up size, earring fun.
Little ones love them!
The ones below are a little bigger than hers, as well as they are stiffened. Though, I find stiffening is not necessary with slightly smaller mandala doily earring sizes, and so, these were the ONLY pair that I ever stiffened.
Because of the small size, mandala doily earrings are a great for a quick crochet gift, or last minute accessory, for grown-ups and children.
This picture is also from 2011 😅😂 Now you know why you do not see more pictures of me... I am not as photogenic as my baby girl, even when she is being silly, Liz is adorable.
Thank you for stopping by.
Best wishes, and happy crocheting!
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