Felt/Sweater Flowers

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The flower my Mom made out of an old sweater

Here is the felt flower I made:

To make it, first trace a circle onto felt, whatever size you like:

Then, cut it in a spiral pattern, it will look like this when you are done:

Then pinch the center part together, and start rolling it up:

You can hot glue it a little here and there as you go, or wait till you are done and then hot glue it. Here are some ideas you can do with your flower from a cute blog call One Little Minute:

Click HERE to see the full post at One Little Minute, Miranda has some other felt flower ideas that are really cute!

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Fabric Carrots

These fabric carrots were made by my mom using strips of orange fabric, styrofoam cones, a hot gun, and fake grass, or whatever you want for the stem part.

Get cones like this, I found different sizes, but you can make different sizes by shaving part of the tops off to make them different lengths. It is messy though so do it in a plastic bag.
Cut a square of fabric and hot glue it down over the top and bottom parts of the carrot, (like in picture below). Glue the edges of the fabric down over the cone part (it will be covered up by the strips of fabric).
Then take orange fabric strips (about 8-10 inches long - ripped about 1 inch wide), and hot glue them on as you work your way down the cone.
Then use scissors or a knife and poke a hole in the top and cut a small circle. Stab your grass or stem part into the cone and hot glue it in.

Taggies burp cloth

front

back

My cousin Tiffany made this cute little burp cloth for my son. It's an awesome idea if you want to make a taggie type thing for a baby. It doesn't even necessarily have to be a burp cloth. My son loves to just play with the little ribbons (or tags) coming out from the sides. Hope if gives you all some good ideas1

Homemade Fanny Pack

Here is the really cute fanny pack my mom made for my little guy. She kept making little purses and girly things for my daughter, and tried to think of something she could make that was boyish, and she came up with the Mickey Mouse fanny pack.

the Front

inside

the back

First she sewed a long rectangle shape, then folded it up to create the fanny pack and sewed the sides. She made a little pocket thing for the strap to go through and then sewed the straps on, but you could make it without the little pocket, just sew the straps on before you fold it together. Then sew on little pieces of velcro to hold the straps onto your child.

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Sock Bunny Family

Here is my sock bunny family (I got my idea from Family Fun, but I did mine a little different)

A close up on the back of them, cause I love the little fluffy tails

Close up on the baby bunny

To make these, you will need:

kids socks (I used girl's size 3-5 years, and an infant sock for the baby)

3 Clear hair elastics

ribbon (whatever color you want, I used pink, blue and yellow)

rice

cardboard

goggly eyes

pom poms (little ones for the noses, and medium ones for the tails)

hot glue gun and scissors

• First, cut out circles in the cardboard, I used the lid of a juice container to trace them.
• Put the cardboard circles in the bottom of the sock so it stands up.
• Fill with rice to just above the heel of the sock.
• Use a clear hair elastic to tie the top of it together (leaving an inch or so)
• Use some ribbon and tie it below the heel part to make the head/neck of the bunny
• Cut two slits in the top of the sock to make ears, and round them to an ear shape. (the infant sock worked perfectly for this, but the girl's sock didn't lay right, so I hot glued them in half, like this:

before

after

• Then glue on the googly eyes, and pom pom nose, and tail.

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Easter Hair Accessories

Cute Easter hair accessories made by my Mom:

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St. Patrick's Day Yo-Yo Barrette

My Mom made this adorable St. Patrick's Day yo-yo barrette.

St. Patrick's Day Wreath

I saw this over at 'Me and My Scraps' and I thought it was so cute! I really wanted to make one, but got too busy. Maybe I could do Easter, or a spring themed one.

St. Patrick's Day Hair Accessories

Once again, my Mom made these very adorable St. Patrick's Day hair bows. I thought I would put them up in case anyone needed ideas. If hair bows don't stay in your girl's hair, then try this secret: You know the rubber stuff you line shelves with and put under rugs to keep them in place, cut a tiny piece and hot glue it into the clip part (you can see in the bottom picture). It works awesome, keeps them bows in place.

Burlap Purse

I think this is SO cute. My mom made it for my daughter. Then added some ribbon, rickrack, and buttons (don't forget the handle). Really simple to make, and since there is a BIG burlap craze going on now, you could probably make this purse with some leftovers.

Fabric Baby Blocks

So I got this idea from Ashley at Make it and Love it, which is awesome. I am a very beginning sewer, like I mean my mom gave me her old sewing machine and I had to write down instructions on how to thread the needle and the bobbin so I could do it by myself. Anyway, I made these for my baby boy for Christmas, and they were pretty easy to do. I tried doing a plush fabric (with the pokey out dots) and that one was very hard to do but an experienced sewer could do it. Anyway, here is my work and here is the tutorial from 'Make it and Love it'.

*After I stuffed the blocks, but before I did the final sew up, I put little bells in. I got a pack of 9 bells at the dollar store. You could also put crinkly paper, or rattles or anything else that would make a cool sound.

No Sew Tulle Tutu

(use red tulle and glue on white felt polka dots to create a minnie mouse skirt)

(Or use green to create Tinker Bell; or use whatever color(s) you want to create your own look!)

So when I made the tutus for my daughter I cheated a little. I know it says 'no sew' but I didn't really like the idea of staples, so i hand stitched the elastic waistband together, which was really very easy and very quick. However, staples do work. Also, they say it takes about 30 minutes to make, but it took me closer to an hour to get the tulle all cut into strips and tied on (just FYI)

What you need:

6 yards of tulle (this may seem like a ton, but for my daughter who has a small waist, this was barely enough)

Elastic for waistband (1/2 inch - 1 inch thick)

staples (or needle and thread to hand stitch)

scissors

ruler

Next, here is the website I used that has step by step directions and pictures. Good luck!