Organise an event to craft with family and friends, or craft an item to celebrate the new addition to the royal family. You can use various crafting techniques to produce your pieces, ranging from crochet, knitting, cross-stitch to even mosaics, card-making and papier maché! Think about the different items you could produce to associate with the royal baby. It can be toys such as teddy bears and play cubes, or even decorations such as cards and bunting! 

You can download some patterns for all different types of craft from the following website https://www.buysubscriptions.com/Craft4Bliss

To get your free digital magazine with lots of creative ideas go to www.worldcraftweek.com 

The money you raise from Craft4Bliss will help make a huge difference:

£10 will enable us to give vital emotional support to a parent when they need it most, helping them give the best support to their baby. 

£125 will help us keep the Bliss helpline running for a week. 

£1000 will go towards supporting us to recruit and train a new Bliss volunteer to provide parents with support whilst they are on the neonatal unit. 

£5000 will provide training to neonatal professionals to improve the quality of care babies on neonatal units receive

£20000 will provide a new information resource to help parents

What you can do for Craft4Bliss 

To help fundraise you could ask people to make a donation for attending your craft event. 

You can also text to donate by sending MAKE14 followed by the amount (e.g. MAKE14 £10) to 70070.

Every day 270 babies are admitted to neonatal care, and one in four of these little ones will need life-saving intensive care. Bliss exists to improve the care that premature and sick babies receive across the UK through ground-breaking research and campaigning, while offering the best sort of personal support to new parents going through this difficult journey with their baby.