She's Crafty!
I recently tried my hand at knitting toy animals from a (rather vague) pattern in a book called Toymaking With Children (by Freya Jaffke), which is a Waldorf mama/teacher staple. These are my first attempts. The sheep is made from wool yarn and stuffed with wool roving, a la anthroposophical specifications. The duck is made from acrylic yarn and stuffed with wool roving. I didn't have the right kind of yarn for the duck's bill and had to improvise. Also, following the "duckling" pattern resulted in a duck that was way too long. I ended up stuffing part of the body into itself to make the proportions right. (I'm not one to scrap a project and start over, even when that's the right thing to do.)
Yellow Duck and Ba Ba Black Sheep
I had to learn to do this because Lucas is knitting a sheep at school (he will resume his project in the fall). We're going to try making chickens together next!
So far, Asher has decided they are great fun to throw.