Girly Baby Shoes

I made these shoes for my friend's baby.

On the black ones, I embroidered some little white flowers.



For the brown ones, I made little removable flowers that button on.

Pink...


and purple:


I have these in my Etsy Shop!

Airplane

My son wanted to make an airplane out of toilet paper rolls. Sometimes he thinks we can make just about anything. Some things are harder than others! He insisted that two of the rolls be "wheels" on the bottom. It looks more like a pontoon plane. He had to color it his favorite color, pink.

Letter E

On the capital "E," we glued on colored Easter eggs.
The lower case "e" is an elephant.
We also read a book and wrote down all the words that started with the letter "e."

Letter "E" page from our Alphabet book.

Happy Thanksgiving

Sewing for Preschoolers

A while back I had made my son some lacing cards, just out of cereal boxes covered with pictures from magazines. He still loves playing with his "sewing thing." When he's not lacing the card, he will go fishing with it. :)

One day while I was sewing, he told me that when he was bigger he could get his own sewing machine. He really enjoys trying to help me while I sew, although it is hard to find things that he can actually do to help.

I saw recently a few different ideas for sewing projects for kids. Sew, Mama, Sew has a bunch of ideas for different age groups.

We did our own version. I had on hand a bit of toule that I put in my embroidery hoop. I threaded a dull needle (I think it is a cross stitching needle), and let him stitch away! The holes it the toule make it really easy for him to get through the fabric. He enjoys the chance to use a real needle to sew. When he is done, I will cut the knot off the end of the thread, pull out all the stitches, and let him go again!

Two Little Turkeys

Note to my Mom: If you don't want to see your card before you get it in the mail, don't read this! :)




The past three years, I have made a Thanksgiving card for the Grandmas with a turkey made from my son's hand. I used the basic pattern and poem from DLTK. It has been so fun to see how his turkey has grown.

This year we have two little turkeys, so I changed the poem a bit to make it plural.


Here is my revised version of the poem:

These aren't just turkeys, which really is a plus.

We made them with our hands which are a part of us.

They come with lots of love especially to say,

We hope you have a very, Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Letter D

Capital "D" is stamped with dinosaurs.
The lower case "d" is decorated with dots.
We also read a book and wrote down all the words that started with the letter "d."

Letter "D" page from our Alphabet book.