Build Your Own Toy Workshop

Three exuberant little boys really enjoyed putting together toy race cars & toy airplanes.

Call us if you would like to schedule a workshop for the little boys in your life!

317 - 896-4411

New Folkmanis Puppets

We have some more cute critters in the shop. Our new shipment of Folkmanis puppets has just arrived.

These puppets make great gifts for children and school teachers!

Read for the Record

Read for the Record

DATE: October 2, 2008
TIME: 5 PM-7 PM
LOCATION: 116 N. Union Street
in Westfield, Indiana
PHONE: 317-896-4412 or 317-896-4411

Bring your child to Crafty Capers between 5PM and 7PM to participate in Jumpstart's Read for the Record! This is a national campaign designed to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book on the same day. Children throughout the country will be participating in the event and the goal is to set a world record.

This year's book is Corduroy. Bring your child to the store and a staff member will read them the book interactively and register your child as a national participant. (A great time for you to knit or do some shopping!) Each child will receive a certificate, sticker,
and may help set a world record!

What a Great Bunch of Girls!

Each one of these girls is talented in lots of different things. They are the younger staff at Stitches & Scones and Crafty Capers. Most of them teach classes and do private lessons in knitting, spinning, weaving, tye-dye, beading, needlepoint and more. Come visit us and meet our energetic staff. From left to right they are, Lauren, Elizabeth, Lisa, Brianna, Emma, Abby, and Cait.

Grand Opening Party for Crafty Capers

We are celebrating the historic home of our new store. It is an Early Victorian home built in the 1850s. It was a stop for the Underground Railroad in this Quaker town.

There will be games, crafts, costumes, and food from the Victorian period. Come between 10AM-4PM on Saturday, July 26, 2008 to 116 N. Union Street. If you have a costume, wear it. Here is the schedule. Join the fun. The first 25 youth will receive goody bags.

Come & Go As You Want:

10 AM-11 AM Listen to a fiddler & pioneer dancing

10 AM-11 AM Meet a Native-American in dance costume & see beading

10:30 AM-11:00 AM Learn about quilts in the 19th century

11 AM-12 PM Play pioneer games

12 PM-1:30 PM Spin on a spinning wheel

12 PM-1 PM Join us for a tea party inside Crafty Capers

&

2:30 PM-3:30PM Tea party inside Crafty Capers

1 PM-2 PM Try traditional rug hooking

2PM-3PM Spin on a spinning wheel

All-Day: Try knitting

New Gift Cards!

Not sure what give your favorite young fiber artist as a gift for a birthday or any other time of the year? Get them a Crafty Caper's Gift Card! The new Crafty Capers Gift Card works at both Crafty Capers and Stitches & Scones! It's great for a Mother's Day gift or any other occasion!

Doll House Kits Update

Recently, I (Joe Spaulding, an employee at Crafty Capers) put together one of the many doll houses that we have available for sale. Whenever I thought of someone building a doll house, I always thought of this huge long process that took hours on end. I could just imagine billions of tiny pieces of intricate parts that I had to some how manage to put together without completely ruining the thing.

Surprisingly, the doll house I put together only took about 25 minutes all together. After taking it out of the box, I realized how easy of a job it would be. I just put a few walls up, secured them with dowel rods and secured it all together with a small amount of glue, and it was done! So, if you're a parent of a little one, don't be intimidated by doll house kits. They're easy and they're fun! The doll house I completed is shown above.

So come in to Crafty Capers and get your doll house for the little ones, or yourself, today!