Bag

A birthday present I made, this one for a three year old friend. A little tote bag with pockets on the side, divided to hold crayons. This made the standard coloring book and crayons present a lot more fun!

PS-Do you like my quilt rack? I got it at a yard sale for $3! It is in perfect condition, too!

Wall

We recently took down all the letters that my son had made off of our wall. He was worried that he would forget his alphabet, so we made a new one. I drew out all the letters and he traced them. I also put up a map of the United States and a map of the world. They are actually place mats that I found for super cheap at Goodwill.

My son likes to find the state we live in as well as his grandmas. He knows a few different countries, too. We ate at an Indian restaurant the other night, so we had to point out where India is. I'll need to figure out some more fun activities to do to learn about different countries and states this summer.

Dinosaurs

I mentioned how much my son loves dinosaurs. He also loves pink. It has been his favorite color for a while now. I had out some pink suede cloth and he really wanted me to make him something out of it. When I asked him what he wanted me to make, he of course said, "a dinosaur!"

I actually made the Tyrannosaurus Rex a few months ago. I traced around a dinosaur figurine onto the back of the fabric, stitched around the traced line, then turned it inside out.

He wanted a Triceratops, too, but I resisted making it because I wasn't sure I could make it look like a Triceratops. I finally tried it a few days ago. I again just traced one of his dinosaurs. It worked OK.

Do you think it looks like a Triceratops? All the little horns were hard to get turned inside out. I shouldn't have made them quite so small.

T-Rex and Triceratops are good friends, now.

Mother's Day Cards

I'm a little slow getting this on here, but these are the cards my 4 year old made for me and his grandmas for Mother's Day. He drew all the petals and centers on craft foam, then I cut them out (he tried, but the foam is a bit tricky to cut). Then I helped him glue them together. A little note on the inside, and it made a cute homemade card!

I told him the yellow one was my favorite, and he decided to give it to me. He wrote "I ♥ Y" on the inside. (We had written "I ♥ U" before, and I guess he forgot the "u" stands for "you" and just wrote what "you" starts with. I thought it was cute.)

Letter Z

The capital "Z" is a zebra.
The lower case "z" is a zoo.

Letter "Z" page from our Alphabet book.



Now you know your ABC's, what am I going to post? :)

Letter Y

The capital "Y" has a yo-yo on it.
The lower case "y" is colored yellow.

Letter "Y" page from our Alphabet book.

Baby Ball

Another baby gift I like to make are little baby balls.

Just the right size for little baby hands to hold. I put a little bell inside so it would jingle when shaken.

I was a Math major in college, so I like it when creative meets Math. This 14 sided polyhedron is a tetradecahedron. OK, I did have to look that up. :)