Soccer Crafts to Support the German Team!!!

Seeing as today is the last day before Germany's big game against Spain I decided to do another post about the World Cup. BUT I have some awesome projects to share with you! I wish I had found these before my last post, but better late than never I guess.

I found a site called Gabriele's Conga-Baeren Blog which happened to have some really creative World Cup projects. The site is in German, but she takes wonderful photos which are really inspirational. I am only showing you the soccer related projects in this post and I would reccomend you check out her site even if you don't speak German for some other great ideas. Google will do rough translations for you if you want to know more about any of the projects in her photos.

Gabriele generously agreed to let me feature pictures from her website in today's post.

Vielen Dank Gabriele!

All of these projects can also be found HERE.

To start off we have these super cute rings made in Germany's colours. These are made using elastic with organza ribbon sewn into a rosette or flower shape and then sewn onto the elastic. You could wear one, or even two if you wanted to have a larger looking ring. Super fun!

Next she has made a plethora of jewellery and accessories to keep you sporting the team colours at all times. An assortment of earrings, a bracelet, a ring, a cellphone charm and a key ring. It would be easy to expand on this and make a necklace or a purse charm or something similar. The possibilities are almost endless!

This one struck me as quite hilarious as it is a kleenex holder for people who get emotional very easily. In the event that Germany does not win their next game they will have their tissues close by. LOL. I love it.

Of course I will be hoping and praying that Germany does advance into the final.

Last but not least, she has made a beautiful flower for those who want to support the team but still look classy. This flower can be pinned onto a jacket or a blouse, a purse or a hat. Basically anywhere that things can be pinned. Very creative!

I hope you have enjoyed sharing in the team spirit a little with me and if you would like to see the original projects please go on over to Gabriele's Blog.

If you have any other World Cup related crafts you would like to share make a comment!

In other news I am extremely excited to announce that I will be interviewing Cynthia from THE SEWING DORK on Friday July 9th. She has very generously offered to do a GIVEAWAY for my readers which is so very thoughtful of her. I can hardly wait!

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World Cup Fever - Germany Beats Argentina 4-0

Well everyone - it was a spectacular day for soccer (football) in South Africa today. And Germany did not disappoint the multitude of fans who turned out to cheer them on. The game was won 4-0 in Germany's favour - what a match! I could hardly believe the screen myself as I was watching the game, after all Argentina is a formidable opponent. I am very excited that they won the game and in such a big way too! the next match will be on Wednesday with Germany playing against Spain. This one is going to be a good one.

 The streets of Berlin were packed with people cheering on the German national team today. The sheer amount of people who showed up is incredible!

I don't have any soccer themed projects of my own to post here but I did find a few fun ones on the internet to share with you all. The first is a fun felt beanbag. The black felt has been sewn onto the white and then whipstitched together. The original project can be found HERE . This would be a fun craft to make for a Soccer themed party where contestants would play the traditonal game of beanbag toss but with "soccer balls".

Of course no party would be complete without refreshments, and why not a themed cake?

this one was found HERE .

I won't be able to have a Soccer party of my own but I hope that some of you will be celebrating and watching the upcoming games with friends and family - no matter what team you are cheering for.

Best of luck to all four remaining teams!