Hello Friend,

It's graduation season! Our adult daughter, Marissa, graduated from a Christian college in Tennessee this month with a BA in Politics & Government. We traveled to Tennessee with our four youngest children to watch the ceremony and we had a party for her at a local park shelter here in Wisconsin. We are so proud of her!

Crochet Hacky Sacks

Earlier this month, I was contacted by Etsy's merchandising team to make and list hacky sacks as their searches were up 63% week over week. I looked into it and apparently hacky sacks have become very popular with teens and young adults.

This is due to tik tok influencers telling followers to take a digital break if they are feeling "digital burnout." They recommend creating an "analog bag" of things to do when they are off their devices.

The most popular "analog bag" item is a hacky sack because it is small, portable and you can play with it in so many different ways, such as kicking with feet or knees, juggling and squishing as a stress ball.

The hacky sacks really took off and people started posting "fake/real hacky sack leagues" they are in, things they are doing with their bags, etc. They are also called footbags.

Due to the popularity, the low cost ones at retailers were selling out and so influencers were saying they got theirs on Etsy and everyone went to Etsy.

After learning this, I decided to go ahead and make some and list them on Etsy and they have been selling! Also, I was recently contacted by a school to make 100 of them!!! I created another listing in case another group would like them (this particular listing has a generous three weeks shipping time for me to make them). One thing I love about selling on Etsy is that people message me for "special requests," which is a fun challenge for me!

If you decide to make something and list it on Etsy, but don't have a shop yet, set one up following my instructions here:

​How do you Start an Etsy Shop?​

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Hot In Our Etsy Shop This Week...

​hacky sack handmade, Foot Bag, footbag, Stress Ball, Crochet, Cotton, Solid Chartreuse Green (most popular color this past week for some reason, today it is "solid red" though)

See it here

​Assorted Facial Rounds, Print Cotton Flannel Reusable Face Pads, Makeup Remover

See it here

​Printable Road Trip Bingo, 28 Unique Travel Game Cards (PDF Print), Vacation Activity automobile

See it here

This same Travel Bingo Game as pictured above was also our second biggest seller in our TPT Store this week.

#1 Seller In Our TPT Store This Week...

Large Print Multiplication Table and Large Print Addition Math Chart Bundle​

See it here

Have a joy filled day!

~Amy at NeededInTheHome - Website - Faith Testimony ​

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