Blue Angry Bird and Baby Pig

Both these guys are so cute and little. So fun!

Little blue angry bird:

In the game the blue one splits into three. I just might have to make two more to go with this one. The pattern for the blue bird is here.

Cute little baby pig:

 The pattern for the baby pig is here.

Angry Birds - Pig

In the Angry Birds game, the birds shoot out to get the pigs. Here is a pig. They are so goofy, but cute. My eyeballs ended up a little crooked, I haven't decided if I should worry about fixing them or not. It kind of adds to the goofiness. :)

Here is the link to the pig tutorial.

Red Angry Bird

We got an Android phone for Christmas. Anyone with an Android or IPhone has probably heard of the game Angry Birds. It quickly became popular in our house. My almost 5 year old loves to play it. He also really likes stuffed animals. So when I saw a tutorial for plush angry birds from Obsessively Stitching, I thought it would be a perfect present for my son's fifth birthday! His birthday is in a week, hopefully I will have them all done before then. First, for today, here is the original Red Angry Bird.

Felt Food #2

More yummy felt food!

My favorite is the little strawberry, so cute!

I didn't follow the tutorial exactly, but had looked at this one at Bread and Buttons, and then did my own thing.

Sweet little blueberry muffin.

I used Helping Little Hands' printable pattern for the muffin.

My boys eat pears for breakfast everyday, so I had to do a pear.

I found a great pattern on this forum. Unfortunately, I made it too big, and then tried to take the seams in a little to make it smaller and it ended up a little wonky. I also forgot to put the stem and leaves on and haven't gotten around to doing that. My boys still love it, though.

Next is a ham and pineapple pizza, designed by myself.

Then a quesadilla.

Cut apart with yummy yellow cheese inside.

It seems like I saw this idea somewhere, but I'm not sure where. I just sandwiched a yellow felt circle in between two off white ones, cut in fourths, and machine sew around the edges.

Next, take a slice of bread,

slather on some peanut butter and drizzle with honey,

and top with another slice of bread, for a delicious peanut butter and honey sandwich (another favorite of my boys).

I used Helping Little Hands' printable pattern for the bread slices.

There are so many fun possibilities for the felt food. I will probably make more!

Felt Food #1

I have been wanting to make some felt food for forever! I have been drooling over all the delicious looking food all over blog land, and flickr groups. I finally got a bunch done to give to my now two year old for his birthday. As he opened his present he pretended to eat each piece-- so cute!

Some of the food I made up, some I followed patterns, or just ideas from other people. I will try to give credit where it is needed.

First up, we have a banana.

Open the peel,

And take the banana out!

I used the pattern for the banana from Helping Little Hands.

If you need some breakfast, how about a pancake, with a pat of butter, and drizzled with syrup.

Add a slice of bacon,

And a fried egg,

Yummy breakfast!

I just free handed these shapes.

Next, a little green bean.

My 4 year old actually suggested that we needed a green bean. Not sure why, he won't eat them for real! I just cut out a little strip of green and sewed and stuffed it for the bean. I have another one cut out I need to finish because one little bean looks a little lonely. :)

Need some more veggies?
How about some broccoli, (idea, though not pattern from Made)

And some carrots? (pattern from I Make Stuff)

My boys love to eat grapes. 

The idea for the grapes came from Made, although she made hers so they could come apart in little bunches. I went for a simpler method.

How about a delicious chocolate chip cookie for desert?

Come back tomorrow for more!

Glow in the Dark

I still have a project that I need to edit pictures of before I post, hopefully I will get to it tomorrow, but first a comment on glow-in-the-dark.

When I was in high school, I loved all things glow in the dark. I think I even considered it my favorite color at one point (can it be considered a color?). I of course had glow in the dark stars on my ceiling, but also had glow in the dark fingernail polish, glow in the dark crayons, glow in the dark paint, and glow in the dark beads on a necklace, pretty much anything I could find glow in the dark.

When I was in Utah over the holidays, the Joanns near my mother-in-law's house was closing, so had everything left 75% off. I couldn't resist checking it out. I got a few button cards for $0.30-$0.45 each. I would have looked at the fabric, but didn't really have room to bring a lot home. Then I looked at the thread. They had glow in the dark thread for 75%. I couldn't resist! It was a great chance to try it out.

So I have two spools of this:

My four year old has already requested a dinosaur with glow in the dark eyes, and I have another project I am currently working on that I hand stitched some glow in the dark thread on it. I'm thinking some kind of wall hanging to go in my boys' room with some glow in the dark on it would be fun. Now I need more some fun ideas to use this.

What would you make with glow in the dark thread?

Hanging Towel

I made these hanging towels for my Mother-in-law. Last Christmas, I had made her a Christmas-y towel, and this past summer when we visited, I found out she had still been using it year round. She loved how it stayed put on her drawer handle.

So I made her four new ones, two of each color.